by Carrie Ekins | Dec 15, 2021 | 1 to 1 coaching
No? Huh!? Strange. Let me tell you about it now. I graduated University in 1998, I studied in Sheffield and had met a boy. Now, the plan was that we’d go travelling together. But at that time, apart from a mad weekend in Moscow to see the Prodigy play a snowboard...
by Carrie Ekins | Dec 13, 2021 | 1 to 1 coaching
If you have kids you’ll recognise this time of year as ‘The Slog’. There’s still a couple of weeks of school left before the Christmas break, and junior school aged children are an intoxicating combination of over excited and tiiiiired. Whoah. So tired. And yet… the...
by Carrie Ekins | Dec 1, 2021 | 1 to 1 coaching
As we all know, life doesn’t always go to plan. Says she, as she sits at her laptop with a coughing, snuffling child rustling around in the background (on a school day). Sometimes you’re just going to have to work with the fact that the circumstances aren’t ideal and...
by Carrie Ekins | Nov 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Do you remember being a kid? If so, I’m curious, how much time did you spend daydreaming? How much time did you spend thinking about what you would do as a grown up or how you would like your life to look? Younger children often play creatively, inviting toys and...
by Carrie Ekins | Nov 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
There’s a thing about the song ‘Jolene’ that draws you in, and it’s not just about Dolly Parton’s vocal power, her ability to play complex guitar riffs with acrylic nails like an American Eagle’s talons. It’s also about how she can draw us in...
