I remember working with a client years ago who was really struggling to make the change he’d told me he wanted for his life. He’d set goals to get a big promotion at work and to find a partner to settle down with and start a family. He seemed pretty driven to achieve these things and was an incredibly capable man, but was nonetheless struggling to make any progress.
Continue readingAs part of my job I get asked by organisations to help their teams work better together. These forward-thinking companies have realised that happy staff make more productive staff, and so they know that productivity will be down if the team isn’t gelling. And many, many teams are simply not gelling! Just like many of our closest domestic relationships might not be gelling…
Continue readingI’m often asked to tell someone what I do in a nutshell and I always give the same answer… “I plug people back into themselves.”
Continue readingThe average woman criticises herself at least eight times a day, says a new study. Remind you of anyone? I was delighted to offer advice to readers of Saga Magazine this month on managing that critical voice. Read the full article here.
Continue readingHere in the UK we talk a lot about having the ‘January blues’ because the cold weather and post-Christmas comedown are foremost in people’s minds. So, to my mind that means January is the best time to talk about joy! Because true joy has less to do with what’s happening on the outside and far more to do with what’s happening on the inside.
Continue readingWhat would you do today if you knew you were somehow being taken care of by a benevolent force? That Life was on track and your job was to simply live well today. What would you do?
Continue readingSometimes you just have to let go of things or people or situations. Not because you’ve failed or they’ve failed. Maybe just because it simply isn’t working any more. Einstein said that insanity is, ‘doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.’ I can see now that before I let go of something I will often be caught up in the insanity Einstein describes. Letting go often isn’t easy –…
Continue readingToday and just for today try this… try to imagine what life would be like if you genuinely loved and cared for your body.
Continue readingWe’re approaching the end of 2015 and I find myself struck by all that’s changed in my life over the past 12 months…
Continue readingFor years I had no idea what self love was and, in fact, I probably thought it was a narcissism in disguise. Today, I better understand what self love is and why it’s so important for us all to practice and develop it.
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