Linda Parkinson-Hardman's Blog, page 20

Beeble’s bedtime biscuit

Beeble lay in her basket listening to the tick tock of the clock on the wall.

Where were they?

She snuggled down further tucking her tail under her legs and sighed.

Where were they?

It was a long time past bedtime, the light outside had gone out long ago and she could feel her breathing slowing down as she drifted off into sleep.

She was just reaching her paw out to grab a juicy bone from behind the butcher’s back when she was jerked awake with a start. Listening carefully Beeble could make...

Meet Francis H Powell, author of Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation

Meet Francis H Powell, the author of Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation. What if the human race was considered irrelevant and then each being was just uploaded then locked away on hard drives called “brain pods?”

What is one thing people wouldn’t usually know about you?

I once dressed in a gorilla outfit for a Pigbag video

What did your best review say about your work?

They are a little Ray Bradbury, a lither Stephen King, a very interesting read.

How important are the names...

Meet Rita Louise, author of The Dysfunctional Dance Of The Empath And Narcissist

Rita Louise has been sharing her thoughts on my Thursday Throng author interview. Her book The Dysfunctional Dance Of The Empath And Narcissisttakes an in-depth look at the dynamics between the loving, compassionate, and often selfless empaths and those willing to take from them, the self-serving narcissists, and endeavors to uncover the unconscious patterns that keep them trapped in cycles of abusive, toxic relationships.What is one thing people wouldn’t usually know about you?

That I am...

Meet Tracey Morait – author of Episode

Tracey Morait is the first author to be interviewed me since I moved my online presence to healthy, happy woman and she joins me today to share new about her latest book, Episode. She’s the author of 6 books, comes from Liverpool and is a fanatical football fan – who wouldn’t be coming from Liverpool! She now lives in Bristol with her husband. Tracey writes and self-publishes books for children and young adults between the ages of nine and sixteen and Keith designs the book covers. K&T...

Re-introducing Hysteria with Eithne Cullen

Spring next year will see the return of the Hysteria Writing Competition, and I already have the Poet in Resident in place. Eithne Cullen, has been both entrant and judge in previous years and to celebrate the return of the competition she created a nicely rounded, simple explanation of the writing process for both writer and poet ..

How great when

You sit with paper and a pen

Sifting words into lines

Thinking of rhymes

Edits and amendings

Rhythms and patterns

Internal distractions

And...

My Values

My core mission is to demonstrate the extraordinary capacity for change that everyone holds within them. I believe everyone can be happier, healthier and more successful because they already are, even though it may not feel like that right now.

My role is to help you recognise the truth of this for yourself, so you can live the life you were always meant to have.

I will not judge where you are or criticise the decisions you make. I will not make any decisions for you. I will encourage you to...

How to be happier

Most of us probably have an understanding of what the word ‘happy’ means and don’t believe we need a dictionary to tell us. After all, it’s something to do with well-being, being positive, joy and gratitude isn’t it? Or is it?

As I was thinking about this article, it occurred to me to find out if there was a single dictionary definition for the word “happy” and the results were interesting! According to the Oxford English Dictionary the word ‘happy’ means ‘feeling or showing pleasure or conten...‘feeling

What is the difference between coaching and counselling?

It can sometimes be confusing to decide whether coaching or counselling will be more helpful to you in any given situation. And, to make it even more complex, you might find one more beneficial than the other, depending on the circumstances. Which means you may not always find the same therapy helpful.

Whilst both are talking therapies focused on improving your life experience in some way, there are some fundamental differences in approach.

Counselling is often used by people who have experienc...

What is coaching?

Coaching has been described in many ways:

it helps people change in the way they wish, enabling them to move forward in a new direction it supports people at every stage of their life to become who they want to be it builds awareness of unhelpful patterns, empowers people to make healthier and more appropriate choices

Essentially, coaching unlocks everyone’s inbuilt potential for success by helping them to see it for themselves, rather than by training or education.

Rather than being hierarchical, coaching is a partnership...

What is counselling?

Counselling is a way of talking and helping people that explores the things that may be worrying them. It can also help people if they aren’t sure what to do by giving them some time to think through their ideas and choices.

Being self-aware and having the capacity to think and feel emotions with clarity and understanding is part of being human and means we rely on more more than instinct to live our lives. Because we have this capacity our thinking and emotions can become intertwined i...