Trawl for Gold on The River Blog

A nudge About Living With Less Pressure
Living with less pressure I took this photo as the sun was coming up and I was just about to land back at Heathrow from a recent trip to Cape Town. And it got me thinking that this is one of the few occasions when time feels suspended, and it’s possible to feel less...

A Happy New Year nudge and a Fresh Perspective
Happy New Year Wishing you a very happy New Year. I hope you had a lovely break and the new year has got off to a gentle start. I’ve been mulling what would be a helpful nudge to kick off 2025 having been inundated with New Year’s resolutions and social media posts on...

A nudge About Dropping Your Shoulds
Dropping your 'shoulds' I’ve called this nudge ‘A nudge about dropping your shoulds’ because I’ve been ‘shoulding’ all over myself in the last couple of months for not writing a nudge sooner. Since I’m pretty sure I’m not on my own with this habit of shoulding, I...

A nudge About How Well We Work
At last the sunshine has come out in the UK, and, for those of you living here, I hope you’ve been able to make the most of it. This is the view just down from my mother’s home in Berkshire where I had a lovely walk recently! How well we work In my last nudge, I...

A nudge About the Power of Insights
I had a lovely weekend away in Brussels last month, and took this photo of the canal in Bruges. Living on water as I do, I love seeing different waterways and rivers, and had a thoroughly nice time living in the flow! Living in the flow and the power of insights I...

A nudge About Changing Your Mind
I took this early morning view down river from my Marina over the weekend…it was freezing cold, but lovely to see the blue sky and morning sunshine. Changing your mind I’m going to come straight out and say it, it’s okay to change your mind…and it’s okay for others to...