The fear - and the fallacy - of going 'backwards'

Have you ever felt scared that you've gone 'backwards' and undone all your 'hard work'? I definitely have - and as a result, I recently returned from an incredibly powerful internal 'adventure' and I would love to share it with you…

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The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek

you know what? Sometimes I really hate the truth...and sometimes, I love it. But most often times, its a bit of both....

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Ignorance isn't bliss - it can kill

Some of the things I have said to me in the past could be incredibly damaging to those suffering - here are some of the ways in which we treat different conditions differently. And why it matters.

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Charlotte Fowles
Cancer sucks - as I know only too well

Cancer SUCKS. Chemo SUCKS. Take it from me and please read this PSA (public service announcement). I was ALWAYS careful and yet I ended up in this state 4 years ago…

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Charlotte Fowles
An important reminder - for a WHOLE life

A powerful reminder of how we all can live - using this poet’s powerful words and setting a video of thorough joy to the words. “You are a whole that exists to live a life, not half a life”.

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Charlotte Fowles
Our Paps - a tribute

We called our Dad ‘Paps’.

He would have been 85 today, and he’s been gone nearly 13 years.

It feels right to share some of him. There is so much to say - which I’m sure is the case for many of us who have lost someone that we love - and I still think that his eulogy that we read sums up our experience of him as our Paps the best.

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Charlotte Fowles
STOP using these words and phrases to become a more confident leader!

STOP using these words and phrases if you want to be more confident, and read this for some alternatives ⬇️

Remember: how we speak our world, creates our world.
Language matters HUGELY.
When you use phrases like this, you undermine yourself…

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Charlotte Fowles
Sunrise in Namibia

Sunrise. Alone. Blissfully and utterly alone.

I’m in one of the most famous landmarks in Namibia: Spitkoppe

In the Christmas holidays.

And yet, for this incredibly magical moment, I am alone.

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It's ok if you see my process

I was reminded how powerful it can be for some people to see a glimpse of others’ real process when we’re trying to achieve goals or be more confident or have more self belief. So, I’m sharing this brief video compilation to illustrate…

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Charlotte Fowles
Want more confidence? Remember this...

If you want to be or have more confidence, it’s definitely worth remembering these points…

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When Mother's Day is difficult...

Thinking of those for whom this day is difficult for ANY reason.

Ours had due dates but never birthdays.

We never met any of them. The first one was the only one we shortlisted names for - we didn't let ourselves hope for the others - I think the loss of such a joyful hope and expectation is one of the hardest parts…

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Dancing in the rain

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s learning to dance in the rain”.

WAIT! Before you share this/dismiss this as a cheesy platitude blog post…

Thing is…that’s all very well, and we all have VERY different ‘storms’.

I’ve been ‘dancing’ through my storms for nearly twenty years…

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It's time...

Sometimes, it takes a long while before we start to share things that have shaped us over the years. Here is one of my stories, because it’s time.

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Charlotte Fowles
She is not easy to love

She is not easy to love. 

The desert.

If you swoop in, briefly, catch her at her ‘best’ season

and pick off her wonders with ease and head home…

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A relationship saving sentence...

Do you want to know a relationship saving sentence - workplace relevant; romantic relationship relevant; friends and family relevant?

It is this:

"The story that I'm telling myself is..."

And you can say it to yourself AND/OR others to clear up troubling situations.

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Your brain tells you lies...

a communication lesson: what you hear in your mind is very rarely actual truth…

"Surely, I've posted SO much about this trip and spammed people with photos and videos, I can't post anymore?" ...said my brain, preventing me from posting another adventure-related post.

I was SO wrong.

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"Let it BE"...instead of "let it go"

Distinctions are EVERYTHING.

”Let it BE, rather than let it go” came to me yesterday and I immediately thought "YES. That's it, a perfect distinction".

And why shouldn’t we just ‘let it go’?

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Why is THIS so important?

What is it that helps make us who we are and follow the paths that we do?

I was reflecting on this as I was preparing to head off on my current adventure.

I might never have been this person who enjoys doing these things that make some people say “nope, you’re mad!”, and others say “can I come, too?!”

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“Pain is inevitable...suffering is optional".

The last five months have been very hard, and the last few weeks before I set off, particularly so. I’m sharing to increase congruence - which is vital in the work that I do.

This is NOT a sympathy request post, or attention seeking, or an invitation to ask for further details. If you want to offer me commiseration, I appreciate you, and that is not what this is about, thank you.

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"I HATE this..." and I truly did

I wanted to share this one tip that helps anyone with pretty much anything. It is the one daily practice that is my only non-negotiable.

Here is the story of how it came to be…

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