by Eve Darker | Aug 19, 2021 | Blog, No BS Coach blog post
A friend of mine went through something really difficult last week that had been looming for some time, and she got through it well with the best possible outcome. So I asked her how she would be rewarding herself? Inevitably she had not thought about it but...
by Eve Darker | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog, Clear Day blog post, No BS Coach blog post
For this week’s blog I have a guest contributor, Sara Kay of Serious Laughter. Sara had depression in January 2016 and life was a bit grim.A chance Laughter workshop at a wellbeing day changed all that.She discovered that laughter was definitely missing – little did...
by Eve Darker | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog, Clear Day blog post, No BS Coach blog post
I touched last time on feelings around belonging and how we often fear being an outsider. This is a normal human fear with roots in survival, but in the age of social media it presents its challenges. Our brains cannot distinguish between things that happen to us in...
by Eve Darker | Jul 29, 2021 | Blog, No BS Coach blog post
Have you heard the phrase “crab bucket”? I came across it in the Terry Pratchett novel “Unseen Academicals”, which centres around the fortunes of three football fans who work in the kitchens of a university. It struck me as such a recognisable...
by Eve Darker | Jul 22, 2021 | Blog, No BS Coach blog post
I told this story to a friend the other day and she encouraged me to turn it into a blog post. It is about five women whom I met when I was working at a residential home for the elderly in my student days. I worked in the kitchens and as a cleaner at the home, and as...
by Eve Darker | Jul 15, 2021 | Blog, Clear Day blog post, No BS Coach blog post
For this week’s blog I have a guest contributor, Kate Brown of Calm at Work and Calm at Home. Kate’s aim is to help facilitate a calmer and more connected world. She is a professional member of the Complementary Therapists Association (CThA) and is registered...