The streets smell different, the food challenges your palate, the people are fascinating, and your passport is borderline quivering with possibility. Living abroad can be thrilling, but as a digital nomad, you may find yourself rebuilding your identity in ways you never expected. All of that sense of possibility comes with a shadow: a gnawing… Continue Reading
33 Proven Ways To Make REAL Friends When Travelling
33 Proven Ways To Make Friends When Travelling By ‘make friends when travelling’ I’m talking about meaningful connections, real friends and deep bonds that can last for a lifetime. As an online life coach, online counsellor, online relationship coach, and digital nomad, I get how hard it can be to make friends when travelling. It’s… Continue Reading
Making new friends as an adult: digging deeper than shared activities
Making new friends as an adult can be really tough. You have more of a sense of what your values are, the things you like doing, and what deeply matters to you. You’re busy, you don’t suffer fools lightly, and you want something more than ‘I like green, you like green. Let’s be best friends!!!’… Continue Reading
Resigning from Christmas: 10 ways to tell everyone to stuff it and enjoy yourself for a change
You’re over-planning and getting worked up before it’s even here. Completely resigning from Christmas feels like the only option at this point. Go on. Admit it. You’ll feel better. I see more stressed-out people at this time of year than any other, no matter what their relationship, friend or family status. Which is sad, when… Continue Reading
Why do we have such a big problem with childfree women?
Sometimes not doing something can be even more scandalous than doing something. (And speaking as someone who has done a number of scandalous things in her life, the response to this particular ‘not doing’ has been the most shocking, and caused me the most bewildering amount of sadness. Perhaps other childfree women can relate) It… Continue Reading
4 Creative Ways to Use the Internet as Self Care
Full disclosure: I’m a 100% online counsellor and a fierce believer in the power of my friend The Internet, as a potential provider of support and self care for everyone. There have been a number of articles recently questioning whether or not therapy ‘works’ online, and it’s got to be said: they’re pretty dismal and… Continue Reading
