Tag: Confidence
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TIME on MY HANDS
Do you need time? A strange prompt. Time for what? Or is it about the need for more time? There’s nothing like retirement for making you realise that time is man made. There are days when you feel constantly on the go rushing around and then others where the day seems to just drag. The…
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MOVE COUNTRY
What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to? I would move to Texas at the drop of a hat, somehow I doubt they give greencards to pensioners. Something about that USA State really resonates. Their independence and can do attitude. Their kindness and friendliness, their support for the underdog. …
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THE HARMONY THERAPY TRUST
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? After I lost both my sisters and a niece to cancer I set up a charity to provide the financial means to provide free complementary therapy for NHS patients with cancer or other long term conditions. It started out as…
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LEAVING
What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? By far it was finally getting up the courage to leave a marriage that I had invested 37 years of my life never admitting to myself that I was married to a controlling man who had narcissistic tendencies and that I had allowed it to…
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IMPOSTER SYNDROME
Tell us about a time when you felt out of place. Back in 2017, unbeknownst to me, I had been nominated by several people to be a candidate for The Association of Reflexologists “unsung hero” award for my work as a charity founder bringing the NHS closer to working with holistic therapy for cancer and…
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THE SADNESS IS UPON ME
My name was not chosen for me. Both my sisters (who both sadly died far too young) were going to have my name as my mother liked it so much. She was persuaded to choose other names. These sisters were 10 and 15 years older than me, and as a surprise pregnancy just after the…
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MY DEFENCE MECHANISM IS SELF DESTRUCTIVE
A recent group family outing photograph, allowed me to see the health damage I have been inflicting upon myself. Allowing winter weight to pile on the pounds is my familiar “go to” defence mechanism whenever I am struggling emotionally. It’s a pattern deliberately (whether consciously or subconsciously) I see myself absorbing when faced with emotions…
Dawn Loves Buttercups 