You know that feeling you can get deep inside … A pain, frustration, anger, anxiety, stress … Inconsolable, the torch light flickers deep within and the fire feels weak/ hot all at the same time …

That’s when I pick my feet up and know I have to move. Anything and everything. It’s like a gut reaction I have to play my saddest or happiest of tunes and dance!!

Even if I’m all alone, no one is watching … I feel a sense of freedom, like speaking, shouting a 1000 words but my body embraces every emotion deep within and expresses it out …

Like a tumbling waterfall over a mountain, the connection from music to movement even in silence is so powerful. It can lift you out of the darkest spells and release the burdens you carry deep within …

Next time you feel these emotions, don’t be scared to embrace them and carry them into the expression of dance.

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They say ask a traveller where he is going and find out where they’ve come from…

The moment we begin to ask why? What? How? When? As early as 2… Is the moment our brain starts to travel - a journey is being carved, absorbed and understood.

Our environment where ever we are brought up plays a huge impact on our lives. From our families, friends, education, clothes, food, country, society, culture, traditions, and beliefs. We grow, we learn and develop.

The way in which we are brought up is just the beginning. It gives you wings to fly and roots to come home to.

No matter how much you know or think you know, there is a wealth of knowledge we can learn from our past, the here and now and from people all over the world.

Curiosity and having the courage to question is living. To broaden your horizons is a privilege and a rite of passage you can do everyday. You create your own history in the world you live in.

Don’t let the pressures of modern life stop you from those early years of travelling, use the knowledge and all that you have to continue to carve your journey…

There’s a reason for everything…

Why people walk into our lives when they do, why people say good and bad things, the little challenges one faces day in, day out. The things you learn from work, the things you do and don’t like.

Underneath I’m a great believer in hidden messages that are testing and challenging you. You may not know them as they are happening, but one day in the future you’ll certainly look back and think oh my goodness…. It all makes more sense now. Things start to click into place and suddenly you start to feel more alive and stronger than you ever have before.

Sometimes you do need a helping hand, guidance and support to get you through the tough times. That’s ok, we are all born on this planet to grow, love and nurture one another otherwise what is real life all about?? A salary, career and a house??

There has to be something deeper behind the walls of a persons eye. We all have opinions to what is important to us, those opinions are precious, if knocked, made fun of, ridiculed and even worse bullied for can have the biggest knock on effect on a persons thoughts and soul. The thing you learn to develop is how to look after yourself, and think how can I move forward from this experience in a positive way and let go of any resentment or fear?

There’s basic needs we all have as humans to live… food, water, clothes and then there’s even more nowadays Cars, TVs, phones, gadgets, social life keeping up with the jones’ as they say. Pressure, expectation it can be extremely overwhelming!! But what if we were to strip those all away and went back to the core of real living. The basic humanly needs and principles… I bet there’s very little we do actually really need!! I wonder if there is things we need to re-learn we forget in our busy lives we need to be reminded of?

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Well, I woke up this morning, one of those mornings and thought right thats it I’m going to start writing about this last year and all the stuff I’ve learn’t TV running… So here’s my first blog… If you are looking to start out in TV this my be of interest to you. :)

You know when you’ve been at home or Uni/ College, you’ve been busy studying away, frustrated a bit stressed, tired and someone knocks on the door and says are you hungry? Do you want a cup of tea? You feel that sigh of relief on your face, you feel somewhat rescued and slowly a little smile sweeps across your face!

In Runner TV Land right there, in that moment, that is you at the door… !!! On location in the office, in a house wherever you are, just as common as the phrase How are you? Literally the next few words that will come out will be… Does anyone want a cup of tea?

In simple terms: If you are a girl think like a Mum/ If you are a guy think like a Dad. This is your crew and team, they need looking after! It’s about thinking of all the things everyone might forget and haven’t always got time for… from food, tea, car-parking, picking up and sorting out kit, looking after contributors/ talent, collecting release forms for people to sign, writing down notes, sun creaming up, acting as a stand in etc… :) 

Whatever you do, no matter how tough it is, how many hours you’ve done… Never forget you are somebody, you are something and a very important asset to the team! A happy team, is a strong team and you are part of it!

Thank you for reading my first blog… In my next blog I’ll be talking about what snacks are good to have on location and a few experiences I’ve had.