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Did you know that January 13th is Make Your Dreams Come True Day? Well it is according to a calendar I found online and that’s good enough for me! Actually as far as I’m concerned that should be the case every day but maybe that’s a little unrealistic for some. In all honesty I love…
Read More“Who am I?” can feel like a really big and scary question to ask can’t it? Yet having a sense of self can help us to steer our way in life. I was reading about this recently in the magazine Calm and Clear. The article quotes psychotherapist Noel McDermott as saying “We can think of…
Read MoreA comment made by a friend over dinner the other night about some advice she had been given has triggered one of my pondering sessions…. Having started a new role she is now working from home for some of the time and was telling me that she has been advised to setup an office space…
Read MoreIt’s the first Saturday of 2019 and our regular plans were cancelled….so I slept in until about 10 am! Shocking! That’s when the self-judgement struck. Actually it’s very similar to how my Saturday’s worked when I lived on my own but it’s only recently that I’ve noticed just how well it works for me. Today…
Read MoreTime to Talk When you hear the word HEALTH what comes to mind? For many it is diet, for others it is all about activity but until recently the mind/soul/spirit side of things has been largely neglected. The tide is turning though. With stress, anxiety and depression now affecting so many people this is an…
Read More100 Year Old Inspiration, Ivy Ivy was my husbands nan and she lived to nearly 101. Ever since I first met her Ivy impressed me, she was a mere youngster of 86 then. She still did her own housework and shopping, regularly went on outings with her boyfriend and would be the first on the…
Read MoreNew Year, New Options New options is the way I prefer to see the whole business of New Year resolutions. After all the idea is about creating something different for the year ahead. There is something inspiring about that first blank page of the calendar. A fresh start, a new beginning. Of course we can…
Read MoreI’ll warn you now I don’t have the answers but this question was prompted by reading, on facebook, that there is going to be a Virgin Disruptors debate on education. Having read the article I decided to share it and add my own comments. When I started I didn’t realise quite how much I had…
Read MoreYou often hear people talking about the differentiation between how they see the proverbial glass; half full or half empty. It’s used as a pointer about how positively they see life. I’ve noticed though that there’s another distinction that is worth looking out for when it comes to how you view your achievements or…
Read MoreSince I started my life coaching training I’ve become very sensitive to the word ‘should’ and love to replace it with ‘could’. Recently I’ve noticed that every time someone in the coaching room says ‘should’ my first question is “who says?” It’s far better than asking someone to do the ‘should/could swap’ as it really…
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