On 4 December 2018 I had a pre-holiday Skype with Kerstin Martin. We are blog pals from way back, and meet regularly to chat all things life and self-employment. You may remember from her Working In My PJs interview that she runs a hugely successful business as a Squarespace designer and educator. So there we […]
Belated happy new year to you! For the tenth year on the trot, here is the Annual Review Thingo. Previous episodes: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009. 1. What did you do in 2018 that you’d never done before? made two new friends who live in the next village. Walking distance pals: the holy grail! took a beginner’s sewing class […]
Time for another instalment of Working In My PJs. Today, I’m talking to PR maven Elaine Fleming. Elaine is one of those people so brimming with spark, brains and wit that you feel your own mojo rising just by being in her glorious presence. During her 17 year career Elaine has worked for some of Scotland’s […]
I wanted to share with you all a big old list of things, from books to apps to courses to podcasts, that I’ve found helpful as I inch along this journey (spew) of finding my way forward from chronic dieting, learning to take better care of my long-suffering bod, while also working on this binge […]
Howdy comrades! I’ll be writing updates here about how I’m getting on with my binge eating recovery shenanigans since I got home from Green Mountain,* as well as sharing some resources that I’ve found helpful. But first I thought it might be helpful to define things a little, as the various terms can be vague and/or […]
Ziggy recently went missing for 20 agonising hours. Background: When we got her from the shelter in January 2016, Ziggy had always been an indoor cat. After much research we decided it was safest to continue that, since we’re not that far from a main road. A few months later she expressed curiosity about […]
Behold! Working In My PJs is back. Today, I’m talking to Squarespace authorised trainer and web designer Kerstin Martin. Originally from Germany and now based in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Kerstin designs gorgeous Squarespace websites and teaches online courses. She recently launched Squarespace Biz Box, a comprehensive course to help people create their own successful and profitable web […]
Out of all the ideas I heard at Green Mountain*, one that really sang to me was the floodlight and twinkle lights. In the aforementioned Hungers That Influence Eating Behaviours class, Shiri explained that a binge acts like a floodlight. To quote her blog post: “The truth of the matter is that nothing will do it like food… Eating in […]
I took a lot of notes during my three weeks at Green Mountain and I can’t tell you how satisfying it was that they fit precisely into my little notebook, with one page to spare! Maybe I subconsciously paced my scribbles but it’s still a pleasing outcome. Even if I hadn’t learned a thing, the […]
