Stop! Just withdraw and give yourself five minutes & breathe. Centre yourself: Use a changing breath: close your eyes. Breathe deeply in through your nose and all the way out through your month. Repeat. This will bring you into the present. Centre yourself in your body: What can you see, smell, feel, hear and taste….. […]
Ever had one of those days when you don’t know where to begin Sometimes an Urgent/Important Grid will work. On some days it feels like all the items on your to-do list fall into the B category of ‘immediate or crisis’ priority and then where do you start? Whatever your professional role, the list of […]
: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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Is a phrase frequently hurled at me by my husband and not only do I resent him for it, simultaneously I also know that he is right! Firstly as a coach, supervisor, business owner, mother, and all the other hats I wear, much of my world is organised using this device…. And because it is […]
We all do all have the ability ……… to put on many different hats during each and every day. As you move fluidly between your roles, be they 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 […]
In business, as in life, never, ever, underestimate kindness. Genuine concern, and it really cannot be pretend, for another’s welfare, is what makes business a pleasure. They do say ‘it’s not what you know but who….’ Whilst this is simplistic and can seem callous, what I now realise is that alone, without each other, without […]
You know you have a good mentor when….They pick right up on the bits of your business plan that you know you have been avoiding. It may make you flinch when the words are said…. But the flip-side is that you know, that ‘they’ know! This is essential in the building of the trust that […]
There is a notion that an individual needs to hit rock-bottom in order to reinvent themselves but I beg to differ. From my own experiences, and, those shared by people I have known & worked with, the evidence seems to suggest something different. Firstly hitting rock bottom seems less about reinvention of the self and more […]