About Pat

Just working stuff out... Well, January whizzed by in the blink of an eye... could be something to do with living in the Southern...

Glad tidings to one and all ! 'tis true, our intelligences ensure we are complex creatures. That said, at our core, our essences remain...

Is it one ‘l’ or two? So, I have been enjoying Lori Gottlieb’s ‘Maybe you Should Talk to Someone’ – a lot! So not a textbook, and I’m...

Wow! Long time no blog! So, I have been up to a lot, and yes living a life I like, which is 2023's New Year's resolution ;-) has untold...

Long time, no blog update! Instead I have been writing about anxiety and ways of transforming out of being anxious. So here I am writing...

One thing I have learnt is that the only constant in life is change. This time last year I was still grieving my mum's passing. Little...

Life's a funny old thing when you're a bit of an explorer. In fact you can find yourself in the most weird and wonderful of places....

All change... Yes, Living First has broken free it reins. As from tomorrow I'll be setting up a platform on Facebook through which people...

To my mind development, growth, fulfilment and progress is a given ... it's how we're travelling that's important. The problem is that we...

Yes, my journeying into psychology continues and where better to begin than the word itself: psyche ology Ology means the study of and to...

... that you can't wait to dive into

Day one of the journey - really! Only day one...?

Farewells are never forever, but tricky all the same. As to stuff, well there's a whole other world beyond dry old economics...

Letting go can be tough, and yet...

Yes, Australia beckons once more - for me and Living First therapies! Ever since we realised this shift in our lives, life has been a...

I've just been looking through the last few photos on my phone and realised, yes it is official: I love my life Give it a go... flicking...

I know, to me this would be a strange question to ask anyone. It's obvious, right! Everyone wants to be happy... or do they? It is a...

Gosh, that's a loaded title - now I'll have to unpick it! Being and doing what you like sounds dreadfully selfish, irresponsible even,...

Becoming your different really isn't as easy as you might think. The key to unlocking your unique qualities in life is personal freedom -...

I picked up a quote by John Maynard Keynes, ... the idea of the future being different from the present is so repugnant to our...