Oh hello, yes you read the title correctly, this book may slightly offend those who do not favour certain language. However, the message in this book is just too amazing to let that make you choose not to read it!!!

I thought this book very much aligned with my podcast release which is a reflection on my Wimp2Warrior journey where I trained for 20 weeks to have an MMA fight.

Now the title of this book may lead you to believe it is telling us not to care about anything and let life just happen but it is the complete opposite. It discusses the idea of trying to commit and care about everything which results in not being able to care about anything truly because well everything is just too much!! 

So I want to share my reflections from this book as well as my journey of understanding confidence and happiness ....



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So here we are - it is the week of the 25th May 2020. I am writing this post from New Zealand and we have just had our first week back to school after 7 weeks off, including 2weeks 'holiday' (on lockdown in our houses with one hour exercise) and 5 weeks virtual learning. 

I wanted to write this post to share our transition back into 'new normal' and reflect on the emotional & physical responses I felt  personally as well as the responses of others in our community. 

I am a Class Teacher and Learning Support Coordinator as part of the SENCO team @StonefieldsSchool. As part of my role for the rest of this term I will be working in a range of hubs across the school which is great because this has allowed me to see a variety of responses from our learners. From our Year 0s, who were having their very first day at school all the way up to our senior learners......

This week really has been one of my favourite weeks of reading so far!! I feel like because I am committing to reading a book a week I am starting to make connections in my head and the themes that I mentioned in a previous blog post are really starting to align and become clearer in my head. 

I really enjoyed recording this week's session - I will be releasing it on Monday as I only recorded it on Friday so this messed up the releasing schedule a wee bit but it really is worth the wait make sure to check it out on my channel.

Do you ever feel like some weeks just feel better than others? I feel like this week was one of those weeks. I have made lots of new connections in the #edutwitter space and it has been so great to hear how people have been facing their challenges and overcoming them.

That is what this week's book is all about - holding ourselves accountable for the things that happen in our lives.....

Ever wonder why you react the way you do? Ever feel like you are self sabotaging? Ever question your ability to make decisions and have confidence in yourself? Well you are not alone!

During my first year of teaching I was 21, turning 22 years old and I made the big move to inner London. I was not prepared for the mental rollercoaster that I was about to embark on for many reasons!! 

I had such high, unrealistic expectations for myself and those around me which meant I was constantly 'failing' and that just resulted in constant battles in my head about why I wasn't good enough and I was backing my own negative thoughts up with evidence because of my need to please. 

This is when a friend introduced me to 'The Chimp Paradox' and it literally changed my whole way of thinking. Let's see why.....