There really IS enough space for all of us to be just what we want to be. The more clients I work with and professionals I learn with, the more self-evident it becomes that if you wish for success, you need to be authentic. Even If you say the right words, in the right way, […]
These words from Oriah’s “the invitation” always resonate with me: “I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it or fix it.” http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/ And this is the basis for all healing. It is within the moment following important words being spoken, that […]
I am not one to engage happily with the consumer-society we have created. It is possible to hoard however without spending any cash at all. Are you holding onto clothes that, even if you did return to a size ten, you probably wouldn’t wear now anyhow? You may have outgrown them in your persona too. […]
Few professionals would admit that sneaking off for a snooze mid afternoon constitutes ‘agility’. Call it a ‘power nap’ however and you’re in a different realm. When one is early to rise AND late to usher the last client out through the door, you have to make the most of opportunities as they present themselves. […]
We are cyclical beings we humans. We have biorhythms & social commitment rhythms, sleep rhythms and Luna ones too. The mid week blues, our social rhythms, can make Wednesday a challenge. Whether we entered our week fresh or frazzled from our weekend endeavours, by mid week, the excitement has worn off. The project might not […]
I am intrigued observing my reaction to a cancelled meeting. Not only did it have business potential, but I also wished to see the colleague concerned as we have much to catch up on. There’s a series of emotions that surface in response to this kind of event. What I am enjoying is that the process […]
As a career coach I have seen two ways of choosing a career. One is more successful than the other. The first is to do as you’re told, it is to choose the options you were advised to do at school. To choose the degree your family felt would be good for you. It is […]
It is very British to be unable to accept a compliment with any kind of grace. It is also very British to be unable to value our own skills for ourselves. We are in a bizarre catch 22 situation of not being able to hear how good we are because we don’t allow ourselves to […]
This is a message of encouragement for all of you who are about (or indeed have begun already), to embark on a new project. Hold strong! The universe is configured the wrong way round when it comes to courage….. We are only given the courage to do a new thing, once we have done it! […]
As humans and as professionals, we all have our own unique combinations of things that count as ‘hell’. We also all have our own combinations of coping strategies that see us through these disaster zones. My own particular version of hell right now is a 4 year old just gone to Big School, a husband […]