Sonya Daniels

This weeks blog is inspired by the Chinese Year Of The Horse When I think of a horse, I picture the striking beauty of Black Beauty , powerful, elegant and commanding. Then I look at my two stocky Shetland ponies, small, stubborn, adorable and built like little tanks. Same family, different build but with a very different pace, if you've ever tried to walk a Shetland pony, movement and drive are not really forthcoming! And that’s the point. The Year of the Horse represents energy — but...

This week’s Monday Musing is about pivoting. When you watch a ballerina, she doesn’t leap every time she changes direction she pivots. It’s controlled, it’s intentional, and it’s subtle, and yet that tiny shift completely changes where she ends up. Life is a bit like that. Sometimes we don’t need a dramatic overhaul, we don’t need to burn everything down, we just need a small, brave turn. I think you know something isn’t working for you when you’re putting the same effort in, having the same...

This week’s posts have been circling around confidence, but I keep coming back to this question: Is it really a lack of confidence that stops us…or is it our ability to talk ourselves out of things before we even try? Last weekend reminded me why showing up matters. For three years, I’ve been invited to a local neighbour’s supper evening and each year followed the same format: good food, new faces… and reading something aloud that you’d brought with you. Year One: Panic The first year, I went...