For all my new followers and as a reminder to my dedicated ones, my name is Nichole McIntosh and I have been blogging for 8 months. I started blogging to share my reflections on life, work and studying for my PhD. I have never kept a journal and so I thought, if I am going […]
Author: Nichole McIntosh FRSA
I am a Jamaican-born British nurse, poet, blogger: http://nicholemcintosh.com, vlogger, podcaster, motivational speaker, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Editorial Advisor of the Royal College of Nursing Institute’s Nursing Management Journal.
I am also the Founder and Director of Maroon Mindset Unlimited Ltd, a consultancy company that works with the NHS and other systems to learn, think and behave differently.
Follow me on Twitter: @McIntoshNichole
Instagram: @tyrese876 or @maroon.mindset
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The year 2016 hopefully holds the promise of a bright tomorrow. None of us really knows what the future holds and we must live life to the fullest while we can. I don’t advocate making New Year’s resolutions because, in my experience, they are doomed to be broken within the first weeks of the new […]
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Be you!
As one of my favourite singers, Beres Hammond beautifully sang, “I may not be rich but I sure got style…🎶” http://youtu.be/h5pM2XSEndw That’s more than enough for me, thank you very much!😉 I am more blessed than I ever thought possible. I live in a world where dreams are possible. Hard work, dedication and resilience combined […]
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Thank you!
To all the friends I have ‘met’ online in 2015, I say thank you. For every kind word of encouragement that has been sent, I say it is much appreciated. For every tweet, retweet, mention, like (favourite) and all the banter and laughter, I say keep them coming! 2015 was the beginning of our beautiful […]
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Season’s Reflections – 2015 🎉🎄
Photo credits: Above quote: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/elizabethb121464.html Featured image: http://www.theabp.org.uk/news/looking-back-and-looking-forward-directions-for-2015.aspx. Well we’ve almost come to the end of another year again. Where did 2015 go? I remember welcoming in 2015 with quiet optimism that it would be a better year than 2014. As I sit here and reflect on the past year, I feel so blessed […]
Photo credit: https://headspaceefford.wordpress.com/ I’m often repeating my view that in this world of technological immediacy of the internet, emails, texts, direct messaging and other social media in our personal and professional lives where everything is urgent, the reality is that nothing becomes urgent. Where do you start? Which is more important? Do you wait to […]
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Embrace your ‘differences’.
It is often said that ‘variety is the spice of life’. We are also reminded that there are ‘different strokes for different folks’, which implies that it is almost inevitable that, as individuals, we will display differences in views, values, attitudes and beliefs. Parents instill in their children, the importance of having a tolerant and […]
“Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness”. This quote made me reflect on a number of recent experiences. I thought I should jot a few of these in a blog post, so here goes… My reflections centred around how we ‘see’ ourselves and how this can […]
“🎼Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds…🎶 ” These are the hauntingly prophetic lyrics of the legendary Bob Marley as he sang Redemption Song. This song was among many more that were staples on constant rotation on the radiowaves in Jamaica when I was growing up. It wasn’t until adulthood […]
Nichole McIntosh FRSA, Hon DUniv (BNU) 