Helen Marie Brogan: Hand crafter silver jewelry, artisan candles, and life lessons

When I Was Ready, the Right People Appeared Thank you Toastmasters!   I used to believe that opportunity came first. That the right people, the right rooms, and the right chances would appear.  All I had to do was rise to meet them. I had it backwards. Nothing truly changed in my life until I was ready. After leaving policing, I wasn’t just stepping away from a career, I was trying to rebuild a life. I had accomplished a great deal, but I was also carrying damage I didn’t yet

I read an article recently that hit me in the face like a baseball bat. It was written by a man in his 60s who realized something devastating: he had spent decades being the person who remembered birthdays, called when people were sick, showed up when life fell apart — and almost no one had ever done the same for him. And the worst part? I realized I had been living the exact same life. The Life I Built Around the Wrong People For the first 44 years of my life, I surrounded m

A blog post about dealing with narcissistic/ problem makers in your life I have lived this. I have learned how to work around narcissistic people who use abhorrent and disruptive behaviour and act with malicious intent. People like this exist, and they are often not seen coming from a mile away. You know the saying, never meet your heroes ? It’s usually because what you see on TV creates a one-dimensional impression of all their good parts. It’s difficult to wrap your head ar