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On noticing the narrative of a chronic back condition

As well as living with my husband, my daughter, my three cats and 12 pond fish, I also live with a chronic back condition, who for the purposes of this piece, I am going to call Susan. (I’ve no idea why, it was the first name that came to me when I decided to finally […]

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Noticing the Comfort of an Intentionally Created Space.

A few ‘noticings’ ago (I still can’t quite believe I’m writing, so I’m not ready to own the word ‘blog’ yet!) I showed pictures of the beginnings of my office make-over. Well today, I thought I’d give you a little update. As you can see, the walls are painted green (not the green I wanted/chose […]

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A Little Bit of Noticing Brings Much Satisfaction

Years ago, we bought a Sonos music system, and for years it has been brilliant. But recently Sonos made some changes, and despite making sure we had the right apps to make it go we just couldn’t get it working and so we have been music-less. Very disappointing! So today, I was determined to get […]

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Noticing Small Moments of Joy

So, I don’t know about you, but I am a reluctant writer. I love the idea of writing, and I’m sure that somewhere within me there is a great writer who is being held back by a story I tell myself that I am rubbish at writing. But today I was given a challenge to […]

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Noticing the Self Doubt in Decision-making

Change is afoot in the Helen WD Coaching space. A blank canvas waiting to be transformed. A ‘work in progress’. My office is getting a make over and will emerge as a cosy place to think and work.  But what colours 🤷‍♀️ all these greens but all so different… which do I choose and will […]

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The Little Blog of Noticing

What have you noticed about the stories you tell yourself? Here’s my offering on this from last week.  On Thursday, I had branding/business photos taken. It’s the fist time in my 58 years that I’ve done such a thing.  As the day grew closer, I noticed that I was sensing massive discomfort and at times, […]