Mentoring, Revision, Responsibility & Christmas Shopping?
I recently started a mentoring programme in a local secondary school where I am mentoring 3 girls and 5 boys who are in Year 10. It is such a privilege to connect with young ...
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Psychologically Unemployable
I had great fun reading Psychologically Unemployable – Life On Your Terms by Jeffery Combs. What he expresses in the book resonated with me when I first read it and, many years later is ...
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LAUGH AT YOURSELF & BE HAPPY!
This week’s recommendation is another of my favourite books: BEING HAPPY! A Handbook to Greater Confidence & Security by Andrew Matthews. First published 30 years ago, this is a book about understanding yourself, being ...
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WHAT TIME IS IT?
I must have had this book as part of my “wish list” because the boys gave it to me for my birthday as far back as March 1998 (that is over 20 years ago ...
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WHY AM I AFRAID TO LOVE?
What caught my attention about the book I am sharing this week, “Why Am I Afraid To Love?” by John Powell, was the phrase “Overcoming Rejection and Indifference”. At the time my working life ...
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ARE YOU LIVING YOUR “HAPPILY EVER AFTER?”
With the summer holiday coming to an end and the need to reorganise our daily life, the level of stress may be higher than normal. For this Friday Reading, I have chosen a great ...
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MAKING CHANGES
“FOR THINGS TO CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE, FOR THINGS TO GET BETTER, YOU HAVE TO GET BETTER”. I heard these words in the early 1990’s! At the time I had to face a few ...
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