Christmas: Love it or loathe it?
Childhood Christmas Like many I have nostalgic memories of Christmas as a child. I remember it as a time of magic, twinkly lights and fun. I loved being with my mother as she went through the family Christmas rituals. Early December was the tree ritual, where the lights were taken out of the boxes and…
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How Did I Book a TEDx Talk?
Stepping into Your Story I am giving a TEDx talk on November 16th at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (RCSSD) about creativity and its transformational powers. I am not going to tell you here about the contents of the talk, but how it came about. What’s a TEDx? When I tell someone I…
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Why does creativity require serenity?
How to stay connected to your creativity Journaling Serenity As a creative being I hope you have come across journaling as a way to connect with yourself and set you off on a creative journey. Most mornings I spend some time journaling. I have done so for many years now, on and off, after the…
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Connecting to a Creative Community
How do you find your tribe as a creative introvert? Odd one out As a creative and an introvert I often feel like I am out of touch when I’m in a group of people. I see a group full of happy, smiling, chatting people and the fear starts. My stomach clenches, my palms start…
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Can we find Joy in the Juggle?
Maybe it’s the fact that I woke up with a headache, maybe it’s the pounding rain outside or maybe it’s the realisation that the summer, that long awaited haven, has only a few weeks left to run before the back to school buzz of September, but I’m feeling a little underwhelmed right now. Anyone else?…
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Five reasons why you need a holiday, even when you love your work.
Loving your work doesn’t mean holidays aren’t valuable. Here are my thoughts as to why! Work life/ Home life or simply LIFE I love my work and I don’t really have a distinction between life and work. I don’t want one. I have organised my life to support the work I want to do and…
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Why are Audiobooks better than Books?
A Celebration of audiobooks in audiobook month Introduction As we near the end of audiobook month I thought it might be fun to consider the ways in which the audiobook is better than a book. I am a lifelong book lover and an audiobook narrator. I love to listen to audiobooks, also it’s part of…
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My First Audiobook
Remembering my first audiobook in audiobook month. Summer of 1978 When I was five I went into hospital for the summer, a warm August in 1978. I had been born with a hole in my heart that had left me officially failing to thrive. I was small, sickly and struggled to breathe with a fairly…
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We are in this together
Stories unite us and help us recognise our common humanity Mental Health Awareness Last week was Mental Health Awareness week. One of the memes used to promote it says “You are Not Alone.” During that week I suffered a bout of insomnia. I found myself awake at four o’clock in the morning, the summer sunlight…
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Storytellers are Emotional Athletes
Athletes need a support team. Being a storyteller Al Pacino said that actors become emotional athletes. I would extend his description to all storytellers, whether writers, film makers, musicians, theatre directors or actors. He describes this as a painful process that caused his personal life to suffer. But does that have to be the case?…
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