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How to Review Your Vision Board: A Mid-Year Check-In
Now is the perfect time for a mid-year vision board check-in. Whether you’ve created a vision board or simply set intentions for the year, now is your chance to reflect, refocus, and realign your goals. Read on and we can do this together...
otherwisekate
Jun 265 min read


My First Year of Blogging: What I’ve Learned as a Beginner Blogger
A year ago I was nestled into the corner of a local coffee shop, hot chocolate in hand, earbuds in, laptop open and numerous notebooks by my side. I was preparing to launch my blog, “Otherwise Kate”.
I was studying blogging courses, listening to podcasts, and reading books while setting up a website. My reason: to offer solace to people who were living through the same experiences as me and feeling alone in it.
otherwisekate
May 299 min read


Budget Travel to Montenegro: A Self-Care Break for Tired Parents
If you’re a parent or carer, you’ve probably had moments where you dream of running away - just for a weekend. Not to escape your family, but to return to yourself. That’s what this trip to Montenegro became for me.
otherwisekate
May 229 min read


Three Years On: My Life After Teaching
With this article my wish is that I can give hope and reassurance to people who are in a similar position to me. I can’t give you a roadmap to build your own business and make your fortune but I’ll share the honest reality of my life after teaching...
otherwisekate
May 510 min read


The Movies That Inspired Me To Change My Life and Chase My Dreams
Have you ever watched a film that’s made you stop and really think about your own life?
otherwisekate
Apr 259 min read


Stepping Through Life: The Mental and Physical Health Benefits I've Found in Walking
If there’s one medicine I’ll gladly take every day, it’s walking. No prescriptions, no side effects - just fresh air, movement, and a...
otherwisekate
Mar 276 min read


How The COVID-19 Lockdown Changed My Life For The Better
Can you believe that it's been five years since most of the world went into lockdown to suppress the COVID-10 pandemic? The “Covid babies”..
otherwisekate
Mar 2011 min read


Living More Gently: Lessons from Miranda Hart’s 'I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You'
My life is not gentle enough. I realised this while I was listening to , 'I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You' by Miranda Hart.
otherwisekate
Feb 236 min read


Alone, Not Lonely: Embracing the Freedom of Solitude
“Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone”, the lyrics to Kelly Clarkson’s song,are playing on repeat in my head as I write this..
otherwisekate
Jan 316 min read


Am I An Introvert?
I’m probably known by most people to be a fairly quiet person, never the outgoing life and soul of the party. But recently I found myself...
otherwisekate
Jan 247 min read


Creating a Vision Board: My Tool for Designing a Life I Love
As we usher in another new year, my thoughts turn to the coming year and how I can continue to build a life I love.
otherwisekate
Jan 37 min read


Blogging My Way Through Midlife: Why I Blog
“You should write a blog” was something my husband, James, said to me many times before I ever seriously considered it.
otherwisekate
Nov 15, 20246 min read


Trying Life On: The Freedom to Create a Life I Love
“I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”
otherwisekate
Nov 8, 20247 min read


Living with Anxiety: My Story and Strategies
If I could banish one thing from my life forever, it would be anxiety. Only those closest to me are aware of the extent to which anxiety
otherwisekate
Nov 1, 20247 min read


Seasonal Affective Disorder: My Plan To Beat Winter Anxiety
While some folk look forward to embracing a winter of cosy nights, it fills me with dread as I think back to previous years. Months of...
otherwisekate
Oct 25, 20247 min read


Social Media: Striking A Balance
I’ll share my own complicated relationship with social media - how it’s connected me to amazing communities, yet also frustrated me with its
otherwisekate
Sep 26, 20246 min read


Podcast Therapy: How I've Used Podcasts To Support My Personal Development
Did you know that I have some pretty high profile friends? You’ve probably heard of some of them
otherwisekate
Sep 6, 20247 min read


London Calling: Why London Is My Happy Place
Why the city of London has captured my heart.
otherwisekate
Aug 2, 20248 min read


"What do you do?" Discovering Identity Beyond a Title
feeling flummoxed by the simple question “What do you do?” has been a new experience for me. It used to be so simple: I’d say “I’m a teacher
otherwisekate
Jul 19, 20245 min read


School Leaver - Saying Goodbye to My Teaching Career
Why I've bid farewell to my teaching career
otherwisekate
Jul 5, 20249 min read
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