Transition is a really hard task mistress and is the difference between ‘change’ and ‘transition’. Dspite our fears, the practicality of change is far more immediately and outwardly rewarding, than the internal root-deep excavation of transition. Transition can be an isolating and lonely path. It is the time when we choose a different way, set […]
How do you find what you want to do? In my experience as a practitioner, it is usually a process of elimination. Whilst of course there are people who, when they first touch the keys of a piano during childhood, know this is what they will do for the rest of their lives. For the […]
If you do not celebrate your learning and reward you achievements, you will become undernourished. Beginning the next project, job or qualification, when you are already undernourished, makes it more difficult to do. Keep repeating this cycle and you will burn out. Fact. Stop, think of something you did well in the last day […]
How often do you pause to listen? We do not hear ourselves, or our own needs and desires, for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons is practical. Most of us are very busy, juggling work and home and family and friends and community and it seems there is little time to set aside […]
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. WB Yeats If your career feels frustrating or even dire to you right now, maybe pause, hear what your quiet ‘inside’ voice whispers, and honour it in the smallest of ways. You will feel more whole for doing so. Explore […]
The observer-part of me witnesses a behaviour by me, that does not serve me. On a ‘bad’ day, I can react to feedback, however well intentioned, very badly! Ever had that defensive, prickly, spikey feeling when a comment is made about something you have done? Well that’s the mix of fear and the accompanying adrenaline […]
I don’t know about you but I used to read that word and my heart would sink. The very phrase contains the word ‘dead’ for goodness sakes and somehow it held the death of all inspiration. A deadline was just someone else wanting something more from me at a time that suited them. So that […]
I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid, so yes, I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just because chronologically on a Friday night you have reached a certain age… with all that experience, how can it be that on a Monday morning, you are […]
Sometimes that’s all it needs to be, ‘good enough’. When I quit aiming for perfection, it’s amazing how much more enjoyable my work, my life and my relationships can be. It’s also amazing how much more I can fit into a day and how much more diverse my world can becomes. Sometimes it is essential […]
You have to play to your strengths. It is rare that for anyone using a metric such as Belbin will come out as equal in all areas. This is exactly as it is meant to be and this is the purpose of teamwork. You may be a really strong plant/ innovator, but your completer/ finisher […]