by Amanda | Jun 15, 2014 | Weekend Takeaways
Hey there, I’m writing you this on a train as the countryside flashes by, on my way to a weekend helping an artist friend with her Open Studio event. I love trains – they are an eminently civilised form of transport and give me endless opportunities to people watch...
by Amanda | Jun 8, 2014 | Weekend Takeaways
So today I learned how to make sushi at our local fair and what a blast it was! One of my fellow students looked at me and said, “You’re glowing,” and I was – with achievement. There is something so satisfying about learning a new skill, however small, and I hope...
by Amanda | Jun 1, 2014 | Weekend Takeaways
It’s been a long week for me as we had the half term holiday here in the UK… Normally I love to spend extra time with my daughter but unfortunately a trip to Emergency last week turned into a full blown diagnosis of asthma this week so we’ve been getting...
by Amanda | May 25, 2014 | Weekend Takeaways
Today we have a good friend coming to stay on her way to one of the biggest antique markets in the UK and that got me thinking… You see, we’ve often helped my friend with her market stall, especially after she lost her husband to cancer. We’ve stalled out (technical...
by Amanda | May 18, 2014 | Weekend Takeaways
It’s been a full-on weekend and it’s not over yet! Yesterday we had our annual high street event to promote local businesses (I wrote about that in my course The Edge) and today it’s our annual street party, a charity event with local businesses...
by Amanda | May 11, 2014 | Weekend Takeaways
This week I’ve been coaching someone who has a book coming out later in the year and wants to launch it with maximum impact. This is a book about pitching and the author used to run one of the biggest advertising agencies in the world which you would think might make...
