Brene Brown says Comparison is the thief of joy and I have certainly found that to be true in my life. Whenever I stand my life up against someone else’s in comparison I am always left with less. Less joy, less contentment, less fulfilment.

I used to be woken by Batman leaping on top of me and Hulk running in for a face plant right on my chest – my mini superhero’s were always early risers when they were tots and I was always woken bleary eyed by their playful pleads for breakfast –“ we are starving mummy, pleeeeease can we have breakfast now! Usually followed by an accidental foot in the mouth or kick in the eye!

Have you ever felt burnt out? Like you have nothing more to give? I experienced this a few years back after I had begun my first business around 3 small kids. Looking back – I was so driven to achieve success and leave the land of never enough that I jumped into a new opportunity with both feet and truly believed I was superwoman!

Who has time to reflect on the day, the conversation, the week, month or year? I’m often asked this question, and my response is always the same – Who has time not to? Socrates cautioned us to “Know thy self” and Aristotle once said “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”.

I remember the first time I ever heard the term “Personal Development”. I was in my late 20s with three small kids all under 5! I was married, living in rented accommodation, raising my family, working as a youth worker, seriously in credit card and loan debt, and living month to month with a tight income, a car that cost me £500 and not many opportunities coming my way!