Welcome!

Life’s a journey, and wherever we live, whatever we do, we get to meet all kinds of interesting people along the way.

My own journey…

I grew up in a Scottish mining village and recently came back to Scotland to raise my kids, after years spent working with words – teaching, examining, translating, singing and songwriting – in Greece, Portugal, Spain and the North of England.

I’m home-based now, combining my writing with being an IAC certified life coach and a full-time mum, wife and homemaker. That’s why I specialise in what I call ‘homelife coaching’.

Until I took a sabbatical in March 2010, I also spent four years supporting other coaches through the Coaching Moments column I wrote for VOICE, the official newsletter of the International Association of Coaching. Those articles are archived throughout the site or you  can download my free compilation ebook.

The blog posts are a mixture of patchwork posts, recipes, quotes, photos, music, reviews, movie chat, coaching tips and homelife coaching hints plus all sorts of things that make me go Mmmm…

If you’re looking for gift inspiration or a good read, check out the book shop; I’m aiming to fill it with my favourite personal development, writing and homelife coaching books – as well as some inspiring DVD’s and CD’s. My kids want  to share their recommendations too!

Travelling companions…

As a relative newcomer to blogging, I’m still learning new skills and meeting new people; my life is constantly taking me in new and unexpected directions and I don’t want to be pinned down to one ‘niche’, one type of travelling companion.

That’s why I’d like this blogsite to feel like a Bloggers’ Bistro or a Coaching Café - somewhere writers, coaches and homemakers can come for connection or for soul food, a bit of respite, a moment’s peace or some quiet inspiration.

I’ve enabled ‘CommentLuv’, so you can find new friends and create your own community in the comments as well as giving folk the chance to visit your own blog if you have one.

Recently, I’ve met some brilliant bloggers and marketing gurus on my blog-building journey, so check out my links list and save yourself some blogsite-surfing time!

I also have an address book full of wonderful IAC certified coaches and IAC coach certification mentors if you’d like me to recommend one.

Sharing the journey…

Whether I get two visitors or two hundred, I’ll still be writing away happily, sharing my own journey, savouring and cherishing the homemaking, writing and coaching moments in my own life. I write because I couldn’t not write, but it’s sharing the journey that makes it special.

Alone, we all have our own unique voices, our gifts and talents – together, we’re a choir and the song it sings!

So, thanks again for visiting! Have a wander around and see if anything resonates or catches your eye. If you enjoy your ‘coffee break’ here, please leave a message in the guest book or in the comments of Meet My New Baby Bloggling.

Best wishes,

Janice