Take a break – is it time for a holiday?

Are you ready for a break?  It looks as though Pickle is! I’ve never really understood the whole ‘rest is for the weak’ approach. I know some people thrive on very little sleep but for me it’s essential.  Some industries seem to value the hours of work put in rather than the quality of it. …

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Three tips to reduce overwhelm, now

It’s 3pm on Monday as I write this and overwhelm has already struck (and to think I normally love Monday).  Does that sound familiar?  Along with all the usual work and home stuff I’ve signed up for two online programs for work, I’ve got a growing list of books I want to read, I’m developing a…

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Seven Questions from Bekka Prideaux

I picked up on a post by Bekka Prideaux the other day about ‘7 questions to review your business and be ready to take action on what you learn.’  Always keen to try out new questions, and knowing Bekka always asks good ones, I sat myself down in the garden with a pen and paper and…

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Time – Our Quest for More

Time – if only I had more but do we really need it? How many times do you hear the plea “I wish I had more time” or ” I wish I had more hours in the day”? Talk to anyone these days and it seems they are struggling to keep up.  I wonder how…

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A lesson in friendship – Reason, Season, Lifetime

Friends Years ago now and email arrived in my inbox.  It was one of those circulars that had been sent to many people and I thank whoever sent it from the bottom of my heart.  This one had a real impact for me and the lesson is one I’ve used time and again in my…

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Stress less

It’s an ‘in the moment’ time. We all have days that don’t quite go to plan.  Perhaps, like me, you’re having a day where you just can’t quite get clear on something and it’s starting to frustrate you. Top Tip – Stress Less Instead of getting stressed about it just take a few deep breaths,…

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Isn’t life strange? Vision Board Update

Well it just goes to show that Vision Boards have an impact, though maybe not in the way that we are expecting. On Sunday we had friends visiting and Rebecca had seen my posts about Vision Boards and asked me to show her.  So I took her through to the coaching room to show her…

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My Vision Board Story

I’d heard about vision boards long before I made my first one.  They sounded fun but I didn’t really ‘get’ how they could help.  Then about three years ago I was invited to one of Angela Samm’s workshops. I ‘suffered’ through a morning of relaxation and meditation all the while feeling anxious that I’d not…

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Word for the Year

As we welcomed 2014 into being I thought my word for the year was going to be ‘Healthy’.  Word for the year? It’s a concept my friend Bekka introduced me to.  Rather than setting a resolution or a goal you pick a word that you want to sum up the year ahead.  It’s worked well…

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