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Despite global chaos, you can regain a sense of control and purpose by focusing on three specific areas where your actions still matter tremendously. When the world feels overwhelming – with conflicts raging, political upheaval, and growing inequality – these practical steps will help you move from helplessness to good-feeling action. Feelings of helplessness don’t …
This message appeared in a group chat I’m part of this weekend. I wasn’t in the hospital this weekend. Were you? I hope not. I had a lovely weekend with Catherine. I ran this morning, our fridge is full and bills are paid. Elsewhere – people you know are struggling. Illness, heartbreak, sick children, money …
It turns out National Quitters’ Day was January 17th and represents the day people typically give up on their New Year’s resolutions. I didn’t know it was a thing until I started seeing posts about it, then I had to look it up. I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. I did make a decision though …
LinkedIn just signposted an article on the news about coming back to work after your summer vacation and the feelings around that. It’s an interesting article and intended to be helpful, but I found one phrase that shocked me. It was this: “If you did take a holiday, the return to work can feel like …
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐜k 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡? Play is how we begin our lives as children – we spend untold hours entertaining ourselves in stuff (or at least, I and my generation did). We explored the world, tried things just to see what happened. We used out imaginations to create worlds and games and …
We are born having very simple needs – comfort, food, to be clean and safe and warm. Over time, we are “educated” into fast and thinking-is-king and that results are the only thing that matters. We lose that connectedness, slow and awareness of our bodies and feelings. We become wedded to the idea that happiness …
Is your work zapping your passion these days? Do you feel experienced, but bored? I know I can do this, but do I want to? This is the key question. So many of us do things because that’s the road we are on. If you are going to change things, you need to decide to …
The Wheel of Life is a simple, easy to do view of how satisfied you are right now with your life. It’s fun, quick and intuitive. If your wheel is balanced, it’ll roll well, but if one or more areas is out of kilter, life will feel more difficult than necessary. This simple activity gives …
Hello and welcome, I’m really looking forward to getting to know you and finding out how I can support you on your journey. I love the analogy that “coaching” is just like stage-coaching in the old days: it’s about getting someone from where they are to where they want to be. So what coaching can …