Ok, I'm Back Now!

It's a long one because its full of pictures not words, I promise! 😆

Hello lovely subscribers!

I’m back!! Horray! I mean I never really went anywhere, I just had a near mental breakdown with the overwhelming urge to run for the hills and tell everyone to kindly fuck off as I ran. Which is absolutely ridiculous of-course because, well besides anything else, me… run! Pa ha ha ha ha ha! No chance! 🤣

My usual pace these days 😆

So, here I am back and ready to start bringing you some fabulous writing… starting with this great little ‘what I’ve been up to’ post. If you couldn’t give a toss what I’ve been doing with my time, you can ignore the rest of this and I’ll be appearing in your inbox again in the near future with something that’s hopefully more to your taste.

Anywho… for those who would like to know, it’s been a very mixed bag. Many of you will have seen my “I’m Taking a Break” post, which I’ve actually just referred back to and was delighted to discover that I have in fact done ALL of the things on my list of intentions - Go me! 👏

I did indeed have some (much needed) focused time with the kids throughout August and found myself actually really enjoying their company; once I had taken the pressure off myself and my mind wasn’t constantly elsewhere. I also really enjoyed my birthday, which included a special meal in a rather fancy restaurant with my significant other.

Birthday Dinner

And just because it is too hilarious not to share… me getting ready for photo no.1…

Oh, and then there was this card from my sister, which I’m sure you will agree is absolutely bloody genius…

Pure genius 🤣

Then there was Amsterdam… I have mixed feelings about our little trip to the city where some people looked like they once ate a “special” cookie, forgot who they were and never left! Yes, we did visit the red-light district… just “to see what all the fuss is about”… and yes, we DID eat a space cake and… NO, I would not do it again! Let’s just say my brain fell out for about 24 hours, leaving me in such a state of paranoia, I was never quite sure if the things I said in my head were me (or someone else) actually saying them out loud and vice versa… bloody nightmare! One cake, no alcohol… remind me again why people say weed is safer than booze??! I beg to differ! 🥴

Amsterdam - Really quite a beautiful place 🧡

Oh, and it was Mark’s birthday while we were there, and yes, I did make him wear an embarrassing badge all day long.. check it out…

What a good sport! 😆

Right, what else… Oh, I did A LOT of reading… over a million words (just on Substack) apparently (according to their clever little feature that was all the rage for about 48 hours). I wrote about it HERE, in case you missed it. Erm, I also wrote a bit… quite a bit actually… I wrote another children’s book – how exciting! 🎉 In fact, I will be sharing that very book with you lovely lot very soon over in my “Open Book” section of the publication.

Oh yeah, while we’re on the subject of “sections” let me quickly share (for those who don’t know) how to opt-out of the posts you don’t want arriving directly in your email inbox.

Oh FFS, “Toggle” Off!

So, as a subscriber (thank you 😊) you will always receive my monthly newsletter (like this one) directly in your inbox. However, if you wish for that to be the only thing you receive from me directly via email, then you can go into your profile settings and “Toggle Off” the posts you don’t want to receive directly. 👍 (btw: you can still find all my posts whenever you want via the web or the App)

Go to your profile, click on ‘manage subscriptions’ and scroll down to ‘notifications’… Like this…

Great, now that’s sorted… what else? Hmmm… I’ve been using lots of the wonderful resources provided by some truly FABULOUS people here on Substack and my favourites have included:

• Kate Harvey
  ’s wonderful ‘Heal Your Past’ & ‘Podcast’ Series

• Emily Male
  ’s gorgeous slow living prompts over at Generosity of Spirit

• Beth Kempton
  ’s ‘Summer Sanctuary’ & ‘Deep Journaling’ and her incredible, truly life changing book ‘Kokoro’ - This is an absolute MUST read! ❤️

• Jodie Melissa Rogers
  ’ beautiful ‘Autumn Equinox’ workshop 🍂

• Jo Hutton
  ’s brilliant yoga course for Complete Beginners

• Natalie Eslick
  ’s fabulous ‘Wild Art Week’, where (among other things) I produced this little beauty 🐦‍⬛🥰

In Other News

New medication! I’ve now got to inject myself with immunosuppressant drugs every two weeks – yay! 🙄 But.. you know what.. it’s working! I will write more about this at a later date, but the biggest positive so far is that my psoriasis has almost completely disappeared!! This is a HUGE deal, as I have suffered with it for nearly 25 years!! I cannot tell you how life changing it is to be free from it now. Well, I can tell you… and I will… but not now because this post is getting so long the “near email length limit” message has come up 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣

What Now?

So, that’s me for now. If you want a reminder (or you missed it), of what the future will look like here at Great Little Insights. You can read that HERE.

Also, if you missed it or want to know more about my little ‘side hustle’, I’ve written about that HERE… Or, you can head to my Website to find out more about my Great Little Company! Eeeek! 🙈🎉

📣 BIG Shout Out!

To

Lucy Werner

who has been an absolute star, not only over at Hype Yourself (which I HUGELY recommend by the way), but also with her incredibly infectious ‘can do’ attitude, that has rubbed off on me in a big way! Thank you so much Lucy 🥰 x

Thank you to all of you who read this to the end ❤️

Until next time…