Today Might Be A Sad One.......

 

                                                                          "Misty"

Today is Wednesday 28th June 2023 and it is the day before Dawn's Birthday and sadly it may be the last time we have the company of our beautiful little cat "Misty"  She has been with us for many years and is probably Dawn's most devoted companion.

She is as much a family member as any one of us and so I am here at work writing this with a very, very heavy heart!

Admidst many tears (in private) I knelt and whispered in her ear as she slowly ate her breakfast.  I thanked her for being such a loving member of the family, for being probably Dawn's best ever friend.

And so if this is your final day on the earth and you walk the Rainbow Bridge, please do so with my heartfelt thanks, my blessings and my love.

You will always hold a very special place in my heart and in those of the other members of your family.

As I am again fighting back the tears I give all my love and thanks to you 

Misty (our beautiful friend and family member)

DAD xx

The week from hell-p

Hi and welcome to this week's blog

To say that this last week has been the week from Hades is a bit of an understatement.  There has been lost data, computer crashes and subsequent recovery systems put in place which did work to some extent but then managed to lose other important information like log in details, passwords etc.

Nerves have been rather frazzled and I have been close to breaking point a few times in the last few days but fortunately not all of it was my fault.   Computer systems that were working perfectly last week suddenly decided that they did not like what was happening and that they would shut down / freeze.

The friendly IT guy put things right by dumping everything, installing a new o/s (which to be fair has made a huge difference to the speed of my machine but alongside that I lost a lot of email information that was saved within the program, and lots of documents now don't appear!

Sadly I am NOT particularly literate when it comes to computer speak so I get lost when my well meaning friend lapses into computer language.

The I find just a few moments ago that (despite his reassurances to the contrary) some of the programs I use regularly (such as this one) have asked for passwords to be entered when I have never had to enter them at all during the past 4 or 5 years..... now maybe you (dear reader) have a password file the size of an encyclopaedia but let me assure you I do not!!

So, in a nutshell I have most definitely felt the strain during the last 7 days.

If I wasn't committed to not smoking this week would definitely have made me become a smoker again.

So there you have it - rant over!!!!

Thanks for taking the time to be here and I hope that the next 7 days are much better.

all the best

DAve x

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Plus, the page also provides advance information about forthcoming projects and events.

So, please spread the word about the blog, the tribe, and the other areas to your friends and family, and I hope to welcome you as a member of our tribe very soon.

Issues All Around

 Hi it’s Dave and thank you for joining me on this week’s post

To say that the past week and a half has had its’ share of issues is something of an understatement.  So far I have had a total meltdown of my laptop / a rebuild (and teething issues).

This has resulted in having to try and fathom out how to use a brand new set up and the attendant complexities of learning how to do things on what is ostensibly a whole new computer whilst trying to continue to function effectively at work whilst battling through this.

It has definitely not been the smoothest of times!!!!!

Anyway that said the computer engineer has said he will come out and try to iron out at least some of the bumps and glitches.

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“I established my coaching practice, a number of years ago, and, although it has gone through various incarnations, the core of Altered Image Coaching has always remained the same – to help and encourage people to live their best lives”

Certifications 

I hold qualifications in each of the following disciplines: –

Suicide Alertness - awarded 2019

Music Therapy (Diploma) - awarded 2016

Personal Performance Coaching Certificate - awarded 2008

Life Coaching (Honours Diploma) - awarded 2007

Introduction To Counselling Certificate - awarded 1995

Introduction To Employee Investigation Certificate - awarded 1993

Crystal Therapy (Practitioner)

Reiki (Practitioner)

Dementia Awareness Award

I have also compiled a series of short videos that help to provide an

Introduction To Mindfulness

To Find out more about how we may be able to work together or to just dive straight in and book a session, please click here to send me an email

We also have a Facebook group and join search for the Altered Image Coaching page.  This page is home to a group of like-minded people (affectionately known as the tribe), and as a thank you, for their continued support, people who join “the tribe” often receive exclusive content that I do not post anywhere else.

This page is home to a group of like-minded people (affectionately known as the tribe), and as a thank you, for their continued support, people who join “the tribe” often receive exclusive content that I do not post anywhere else.

Plus, the page also provides advance information about forthcoming projects and events.

So, please spread the word about the blog, the tribe, and the other areas to your friends and family, and I hope to welcome you as a member of our tribe very soon.