Holiday friends, with benefits. This week, good friends from Manchester have come to stay. In more normal times this would hardly be news, but it’s the first time since last March that anyone other than our immediate family has spent the night, and it’s the first time we’ve welcomed these friends to the Highlands. In… Read more »
Posts By: Nicky Marr
A life well-lived
Will yours have been a ‘life well-lived’? There’s a homework exercise I sometimes offer to coaching clients who are struggling to work out their next steps in life; I suggest that they draft their own eulogy. Spending a few hours thinking about how they would like to be remembered at their funeral can really help… Read more »
Dreams for Inverness
I’m utterly relaxed. I’m sitting writing this on a camping chair with my feet in a loch. Our van is parked off the road and there’s a promising whiff of bacon in the air – Mr Marr is on catering duties. It’s the sort of summer day when it’s easier to see the shoals of… Read more »
Let’s be confident and ambitious about Inverness
Lessons from coaching In another part of my life, I’m a coach. I often encourage clients to focus on what they can do, rather than what they can’t, and to ask themselves ‘How would I like things to be?’ That can help them shift their perspective from negative to positive. Why not let go of… Read more »
Can we get back to theatres soon, please?
All being well, by the time you read this we’ll have been out for a meal with friends. Hardly earth-shattering news, but with most of Scotland having shifted to Level 2 on Monday, we can finally eat inside, and have a well-poured pint or a chilled glass of white to wash down our dinner. The… Read more »
Get outside, for the good of your health
Some days, it feels good just to be outside. Last weekend was a lovely combination of pottering in the garden, an al fresco catch-up with friends, and a ‘fresh’ (freezing!) swim in the clear waters of a favourite loch. To hang onto that outdoorsy feeling, I took myself off for a cycle this morning. Solo,… Read more »
Speak about Suicide. It could save a life.
Suicide surrounds us Let’s be honest, suicide is not an easy topic. It’s not something we want to talk or think about; in a perfect world it just wouldn’t be an issue. But suicide surrounds us. There won’t be many reading this whose lives have not been touched by suicide. Most will have a friend,… Read more »
List MSPs, Bye Bye Les, and a new Walrus
Scottish Election – who’ll get my vote on the Regional List? If you look at the polling history for my home constituency of Inverness and Nairn, it’s fairly clear which of the six constituency candidates will be returned. Fergus Ewing is a member of the Ewing Dynasty (not the ones from Southfork in the 80s)… Read more »
Motorhomes and assorted ‘wildlife’.
Motorhome mayhem. I’m part of the problem. Did I miss the memo that said it’s ok to stay away from home overnight if you’ve got a campervan or motorhome? No, I thought not. Till the rules change on Monday, they are clear – we can travel across Scotland to visit family and friends, but we… Read more »
Sometimes it’s a struggle.
I’m ready to admit it – lockdown is a struggle I know we’re inching towards the light at the end of the lockdown tunnel but indulge me for a few paragraphs while I deviate from my usual state of breezy optimism. Because for all my talk of focussing on what I can do, rather than… Read more »