by admin | Dec 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
I have hardly had a moment to stop and think this intensive year, I heard it called ‘the year of rapids’. It has certainly felt like I was on one of those white water rafts, holding on tight half the time and enjoying the experience the other. Some of the many things...
by admin | Sep 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was inspired this morning by these thoughts from Marcus Aurelius, one of the key thinkers of Stoicism and wanted to share them with you. Although from two millennia ago, the wisdom strikes me as deeply relevant for us today. ‘Don’t set your mind on...
by admin | Aug 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
With inflation on the rise and growing economic uncertainty, it can be tempting to hold on to things with the thought that ‘this may come in handy one day’. Maybe we can justify having seven corkscrews or four potato peelers just in case we lose all the others? Or...
by Helen | Jun 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Over the years speaking to hundreds of people, I’ve seen how the type of environment we grow up in has a huge impact on how we relate to our home as an adult. The way this manifests itself is complex though. Maybe, if your parents had a cosy, albeit cluttered home,...
by Helen | May 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
As a professonal organiser and interior designer who’s also trained in psychotherapy, I’m often asked the same question: what do certain objects or styles of home living say about people? The simple answer is, there’s no simple answer. A particular object or style may...
by Helen | Sep 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
The key to effective home working is creating physical and psychological boundaries and ways to contain the different areas of your life. These are my top eight tips to doing this. I’ve spoken to quite a few people about working from home during the pandemic. There...