How are you tending to the greenhouse that is you? Are you watering it? Are you giving it enough sunlight and oxygen? Are you giving it enough nutrients? Are you removing the weeds and pests? Are you planting new seeds? Are you being patient enough to do the right things daily and watch what grows? Are you taking time to marvel at what you’ve created? Amazing how much we have in common with the natural world isn’t it? Self care with ADHD can be tough. Want to explore how ADHD

No not that one that’s a tin or draw full of screwdrivers and allen keys. Or that immaculately organised workspace with a space and label for each tool. Your own personal toolkit. The one that YOU have created to keep yourself in a good place. Balanced, calm, productive and less reactive to life and open to possibilities? Over the years of my self development journey I’ve created my own. It’s not been a click of the fingers and its done. There’s been a lot of trial and error

George R.R. Martin put it well when he wrote “In the end words are just wind.” Words are nothing but pressure waves in air created by the larynx and received by the ear drum. No doubt talking is a wonderful human way, amongst many, of communicating with others. Yet something more is needed for it to have some impact in our lives. If we want to make changes and have an impact we need to move from a place of talking and into action. If the subject seems overwhelming break it do

Where in life do you need to recalibrate? Life is a state of flux and we are constantly making choices and decisions. If we don't intentionally create our life then we live in a reactive state. Even with the best intentions and focus in the world s@$t happens and we have to adapt in the moment. Over time this mean we can drift away from things that are important to us. Things like: 1) Business goals 2) Connections 3) Relationships 4) Self care With heightened awareness we can

Just let go... As long as you hold onto the belief that you HAVE to do things a certain way you are living from a place of limitation. Ask yourself: Does it REALLY matter? WHO does it matter to? Is it ME or am I living in the shadow of someone else's fears? What would happen if I do it differently? What would become POSSIBLE for me if I do things differently? Same actions = Same results. Embrace being different. And yes, it's non alcoholic beer. In a gin glass. With ice. Dea

SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY PERFECTIONIST CREW!! This morning I chose to do a 15 second intro clip for a website I use. Easy! Oh no… That camera angle looks off 🛑 My skin looks dry and blotchy 🛑 You need more energy Rich come on do it again! 🛑 Ah man you hesitated that time 🛑 There’s something on your lip WTF is that?! 🛑 I just wanted to say if you’re a perfectionist I feel you! I personally have to walk the line of is it good enough to present me in a way I deserve to be seen o

We all struggle with self discipline around something… Eating Exercise Financial Work/life balance Smartphone addiction Learning To name a few! Recently I’ve noticed the lovely office space I had set up for myself was starting to slowly drift back into a dumping ground for the house again. I’ll admit it I have been finding being self employed a challenge in terms of creating a clear cut boundary of work and home life. I’ve read about it so much too and thought I was ready for

It's never too late to make major changes... I've been posting less than usual lately as I've been travelling and helping my mother in law relocate to the north east from the north west. I've been reflecting on her courage and strength to take on such a huge undertaking at her age and how this applies to all of us. She left behind her most stable home of over 30 years ( she had to move all over the UK when she arrived ) in order to plan ahead and have her closer to us. It's t

This is not a post about Valentine’s day… I recently drove past a garage on my way back from a meeting. A garage near to my first training practice as a GP and close to a practice I did locum work at for a long time. A place I visited after almost every day after work, whether I needed petrol or not. I’d buy a bar of chocolate and a milkshake or coffee drink. Almost every working day. Some days it wasn’t even the first sweet treat of the day. Certainly not the first coffee. I

You are who you are because you are who you are. Let me explain… The person you are being right now, the results you are getting are being created by who you are being. That’s not to say everything in life is in your control. That would be disingenuous to say so. Some really difficult, challenging things can be thrust at us in life. But you do have control over who you are. How you respond to these events and what you create. You DO have a choice over how you shape your day a

Recently I took up learning salsa with my wife. I swear I didn’t set out to make this a listicle but here’s 10 things I’ve discovered in the process: 1) After covid it still feels somewhat anxiety inducing to be so up close and in contact with other people. I’m being kind to myself about this. Each time it gets easier. 2) I’m so much better than I used to be at putting my hand up and declaring “Nope! I don’t get it!” 3) Working with others that have are on the same journey as

"So are you happy now?" I often get asked this question when I explain how I left medicine and how I chose to move in a new direction. I'm glad that I can respond with a resounding "YES!" to this question. I love what I do and feel honoured to work with the clients I work with. To get to know them, their desires, their needs and dreams and how we can work together to make these things happen. To watch them grow with each session as new ideas, possibilities and perspectives be

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” Well I’m still here and there are lots of them so… This is one round of picking from our apple trees this year. They are producing so much the poor trees are struggling to stay upright under the weight! Trying to decrease our impact on the environment is a value of ours and one way we are doing a little to contribute is by growing our own food. We do so avoiding any chemicals and just letting the garden do its own thing. Knowing what you

This day could have turned out very differently had I made a different choice. I was in a funk the morning I took these photos. I had to make a choice: Stay at home and spend some time alone and recharge my batteries OR Chose to go with the family and tackle Ingleborough mountain. In moments like this the choice for me can feel paralysing. My people pleaser says you have to go along and keep the family together. The other side of me recognised that maybe the reason I was feel

Who’s this cheeky chap then? :-) I’m hitting all the classic 70s check marks here! Long hair High necked sweater Dungarees ( and corduroy at that!! ) 70’s Rich grew up on a council estate in the North East of England. Working class mum and dad and went through a state school system. I had few but close friends growing up. I favoured depth of connection over popularity. Of course I didn’t see it that way back then. It may have been a preference that was forced onto me because

Anyone else feeling in awe and inspired by this incredible image released by NASA?!! I am, I've loved astronomy since a young age and followed the James Webb Space Telescope launch and mission progress with real anxiety. $10 billion dollars of kit sitting on top of a rocket that could go off course or explode at any moment is as tense as any Hollywood blockbuster if you know the stakes involved! This image is a section of the night sky is so small it covers as much of the nig

I thought I’d share the book that started my journey of transformation. I was fortunate enough to spend dedicated time reading this book in a peaceful setting. No doubt this aided the impact of the book too. The author John C. Parkin is the son of Anglican preachers and has practised systems of eastern wisdom for over 20 years. Part of the appeal of this book at the time was life was feeling heavy at the time so the idea of something simple and light appealed to me. I was not

Do you recognise yourself in any of these? “I don’t know what to say” “Nobody cares what I have to say anyway” “I’ve nothing new to say” “I didn’t say anything. It doesn’t matter.” I’m here to tell you: You DO! Somebody DOES! You DO! It REALLY DOES! Your voice is unique. Your experiences are unique. The way you express yourself is unique… There is only one YOU. That matters. You matter. If you need to remind yourself of this today.

Ever found yourself in a situation or place and felt your energy drop? You might repeat this same moment many times ( maybe more than you’d like to admit to yourself ) before one day something shifts. A little delicate bubble of a thought floats to the surface. “I don’t want do this anymore.” Maybe you listen to it. Maybe you don’t. That thought has showed itself to you for a reason. That inner voice that cares about you and knows what it is you need. I ignored my own inner v

One thing you might not know about me is I LOVE movies. What I might love even more is the process of creating movies and the behind the scenes stories of how they were made. The creation of Top Gun Maverick is one of those stories I can’t wait to hear and watch more about the processes of how they made it. It had me on the edge of my seat throughout ( minus the romance stuff - whatever… ha ha! ). It was clear to me this was a movie made on another level. A landmark in cinema