Why noticing the little things is one of the simplest, kindest and completely free ways to boost your wellbeing, plus 20 everyday joys to look out for this week.

The clocks went back this weekend.

I don’t know about you, but I always feel it. One minute it’s light at teatime, the next I’m drawing ...

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My 2027 planner arrived this week.

If you've been here a while, you'll know I'm a self-confessed stationery addict. New pens, fresh notebooks, coloured tabs, the lot. So when a brand new planner lands on the doormat, it's a very good day in this h...

At the weekend I had a couple of hours spare and, honestly, I nearly talked myself out of it. But I pulled on my garden gloves, grabbed the trays of pansies I’d picked up from the garden centre, and got on with it.

I’ll be honest, it very nearly didn’t happen. There was washing to sort, emails I’d ...

Okay, it’s officially spooky season, and I’ve got a confession. The scariest thing I’ve ever faced didn’t come with a mask or a creaky door. It came from inside my own head.

I love October. The pumpkins start appearing on doorsteps, there’s a chill in the air that wasn’t there last week, and the ev...

How many times this week have you chosen what felt good right now, even though some quiet part of you knew it wasn’t really what you wanted most?

The late-night scroll when you were desperate for sleep, but your brain wanted one more hit of something easy. The glass of wine poured almost on autopil...

So, this past week..

I don’t know about you, but mine has been what I can only describe as juggling central. The usual business stuff, home life, daily taxi duties for my daughter, parent responsibilities and their appointments, getting her sorted for her final year at uni (where did that time go?!...

This week’s reflection didn’t come from a book or a podcast. It came from my daughter.

She wandered over the other day, phone in hand, buzzing about something she’d seen online. “Mum,” she said, “listen to this one.” And then she read me a question I haven’t been able to shake since.

Here it is:

This week I went to the theatre.

The lights dimmed, the first few notes rang out, and the whole theatre seemed to lean forward at once. I was at The Lowry, tucked into my seat with a programme on my lap, watching High School Musical. I’d come for a fun night out with one of my daughters, nothing mo...

I wasn’t quite prepared for how this news would land.

A couple of years ago, I sat with Sean and our daughters watching the film about her life, and we’d been lucky enough to catch a screening of the 9 to 5 musical together too, which was every bit as joyful and foot-tapping as you’d hope. So when ...

It’s only mid-August and already something feels different. The current heatwave has faded, the rain's back here in Manchester, and this morning I genuinely reached for a sweater, which feels even more noticeable after the kind of heat this summer has brought. The evenings are drawing in too. You gl...

I want to share something I have been quietly building for a while now because it came from something I kept noticing among the people I work with.

So many of us have had that moment where something genuinely helps, and we feel it. A workshop, a session, a quiet morning where we actually slowed dow...

Why emotional wellbeing deserves the same care as your physical health

We sign up for gym memberships. We book the fitness classes. We try to eat well, drink more water, get our steps in, and generally look after our bodies as best we can.

We charge our phones every night. We service the car. We k...