We do all have the ability to put on many different hats during each and every day. As you move fluidly between spouse, coach, professional, entrepreneur, colleague, supervisor, learner driver, mother, gardener, cook et al I have one piece of advice……Take a minute, even if it is only one minute, to take a deep breath, […]
:In very hot shop, a carton of apple juice in my hand, running between nursery and provision of supervision, I discovered I had no wallet. Not the end of the world, but, not arriving home with that aforementioned juice would have had consequences further than the realisation of my daft ness in my inability to […]
I have been reminded in the last few days just how important people are to me…. Whilst it ounds obvious, it is easy to forget just how much we need each other as we career chaotically through our busy every day lives, and that we cannot easily do this alone. A Colleague with a cancer […]
It’s easy to notice the irritations of our lives. The small problems that seemingly will not be solved. There’s the colleague who is leaving that piece of work undone, again! there’s child who stubbornly refuses to meet expectations. There is the husband who appears to maliciously (like he has the time to plot against me!), […]
The world is a much nicer place if we can hold it gently and with gratitude. It is also SO much easier for us to do our best for our careers, our families and our Colleagues when we come from a place of appreciation. This was brought to my attention only today, when a distressed […]
There is a moment of peace, that is eerily still & quiet in The midst of any mayhem…..The adrenaline still flows, but the outside world becomes stilled. All I can advise is that this too shall pass….. I say this not from a pessimists perspective, but from one that knows that all too soon life will have […]
It’s very easy for it all to be So Serious. &, what I am discovering about business, is that the more open and dis-armed I am, the more fun business development becomes. I am meeting wise and talented people who have learnt not to take themselves or this journey too seriously. I do not mean […]
Every emotion, every connection, every experience and every moment passes.The only thing we can be certain of is change. This however is not easy to remember when we are in the midst of turmoil. I caught myself only this morning, watching as I wound myself into a frenzy, and I had to find a way […]
We need to know we can make a difference. We need to know that the thoughts that we have and the actions we take can effect changes out in the world. I notice this with my 4 year old, who if he cannot make himself heard or cannot explore and take choices, does literally withdraw. […]
Sometimes it is not that we are ‘wrong’, nor that criticism recurred is unwarranted either, but perhaps it stings a little because we are already vulnerable? Ever had a colleague feedback on your work and whilst your head knows it us valid, and whilst in your core you know it is useful, your heart hurts […]