Emotional resilience for a happier Christmas

Emotional Resilience? Sounds interesting yet what is it? Could be helpful especially at Christmas when emotions can be stretched to their limit. So, what is emotional resilience, why is it needed during Christmas and what can we do to improve … Continued

Reflections on birthdays past, present and future

Another year, another birthday. Some people struggle with birthdays, especially as they get older, because of the implications regarding having, or not having, children. So here is some reflection on Birthdays as part of my reflections on the past year. … Continued

The healing power of laughter

Laughter. There’s not been a huge about of it ringing around “Chez Fletcher” recently. As I briefly mentioned in “You can never have enough Flamingos” the last few weeks have been tough. Any laughter has been of the “OMG I can’t … Continued

Innocent comments that hurt

TRIGGER WARNING: The thoughts expresses in the videos about the innocent comments that hurt may be upsetting. If you are feeling vulnerable please watch which caution. These videos were recorded just prior to WCW2017. They were part of my blog … Continued

What a difference 18 months and Canbace makes

At the moment I am in the middle of a moratorium of creating new content for the Canbace Diaries. I’ve been struggling with exhaustion and Andrew put his foot down last week. No new content until 1st November. So instead … Continued

The first steps towards emotional healing

The emotional pain that we all experience at one time or another can be overwhelming. In the midst of it it is hard to know where to start in terms of emotional healing. However, there comes a time when we … Continued