Month: January 2018

Back in the zone

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Hi, It feels very much that I’m back in the swing of things. We’re heading towards the end of the month, and there’s a few more days until payday (eek!), so I shall have to be frugal. Perhaps buying a dress in the sale, and *ahem* taking advantage of the Boots vouchers for some press-on nails and a Nyx lippy, was a little extravagant. Still, a treat here and there’s not so bad. Instead, I’m going to blame the service on the car. 😉 So what’s been going on? Well, since you asked, it was Chams last night, and yes I double checked I had packed what I needed. No missing bra & boobs this time! It was also Helen’s […]

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Helping

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Hi, Over a handful of months, I’ve had the good fortune to attend some workshops on coaching people. It’s something that I’ve somehow found myself doing through work, and to small extent, at Chameleons too. One of the things we spoke about the in class was, what do we mean by coaching? Well, if you imagine a line with counselling on the left, and on the right, telling people what to do; coaching – at least as the tutor pitched it – would be sort of left of the centre. It’s been a fascinating few months, and I’d like to think I’ve picked up some quality advice and ideas over the sessions. Certainly, the listening skills, and how different people […]

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Forgetful

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Hi, Gah, it’s nearly 9 o’clock and I’m struggling to get started blogging. Funny how life gets you like that. I think, for me at least, it’s a lot to do with being in the right mood to write something. Okay, I could go with ‘when the Muse takes me’, but… well, it seems more to do with not being out-and-out knackered after a number of long days at work. Oh, and by long, I mean working to about 5pm. Frankly, it’s touch and go between 10am and 4pm, but it may be best not to say too much in the office, eh? 🙂 First Meeting So it was the first meeting of the new year for Chameleons. I was […]

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Turning a page

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Hi, Sometimes, a new year can feel like a newly opened exercise book. An empty and pristine medium full of promise. There’s that beautiful first page which is both yielding and opening to writing on. Conversely, the second page is thin, provides little comfort between you and the desk. In some ways, page two is like the first week back at work 😉 But, hey, I turned up, and therefore get paid. Whatever you got up to over the festive break, I hope you enjoyed it. From a T point of view, I find that after the Chams Xmas party, it all kinda tired quiet until the first meeting of the year. Not that the trans stuff switches off, although […]

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