Last week, I had a great conversation about friendship with a group of women who aren't afraid to get vulnerable. We explored what women want out of friendship, and how our needs today compare to the needs of our former selves. As we [...]
Do you ever find yourself feeling lonely? We all do at times, I suppose, and we don't have to be alone to feel it. We might be blissfully married with kids, have a great extended family, and a broad circle of friends, yet [...]
Perfectionist. It's a label I've never applied to myself. I've seen it in others, though. Take my daughter, for example. When she was little, she'd draw a circle, scrunch it up, throw it away and try again. One. Two. Three strikes and she [...]
I hadn't planned on entering an inspirational speaker's competition but at 4 pm a couple of Fridays ago, a friend told me that Speaker Slam was accepting entries up until midnight so I just went for it. I'm doing a lot of that [...]
We all need room to breathe. Some more so than others. I used to be one of those all-up-in-your-face people. Now, while not perfect, I'm much better at giving people space. In fact, as a life coach, I'm now a professional space-giver. Giving [...]
Last weekend, I won a silver pendant at an online event I attended. In January, I won a club membership. Last year I won a hypnosis treatment and an interior design consultation. Sure, luck has something to do with it, but you know [...]
"Mom, be nice." I like it when my daughter calls me out for being judgy or unkind or just plain thoughtless when I could be practicing compassion or self-awareness instead ... like the other day. A woman walked by while I was sitting [...]
Well, this is a post I didn't see coming. We're in the midst of a global pandemic (even if the old man at the bakery thought this was all being blown out of proportion last week, and the local chocolatier had her store [...]
I once wrote, “I’ve always wanted to be someone who wants to go to India,” because I didn’t actually want to go to India. I didn't think I had it in me, but having finally ventured outside of my comfort zone and into [...]
Written by Tamsyn Wood Tamsyn Wood was living the dream until her husband suffered a severe head injury that left him in need of 24/7 care. Today, she resides in North Devon, England, where she is raising four children single-handedly, caring for her [...]
