One of most wonderful experiences we can ever have, is when we really dig deep and connect within ourselves with real courage and compassion. I mention ‘courage’ and ‘compassion’ because it really does require both, along with being really honest with ourselves and taking one hundred percent responsibility for our own lives. When we choose…
Category: Personal & Professional Development
OUR ‘UNREPEATABLE UNIQUENESS’
Over many years in my talks, seminars and workshops in schools, colleges, communities, businesses,organisations, and in one to one consultations, a key theme has been about consciously embracing and celebrating our ‘unrepeatable uniqueness.’ Why has this been such an important area to share insights with others? It is, because both in my own life and…
Imagining Compassionate Societies
The scenes over the past few days of thousands of people walking for miles and sitting bewildered on railway stations of European Cities, could not but move our hearts to the very fibre of our being. However, of course the scenes we viewed told only a fraction of the awful and horrible experiences that so…
Learning from Life’s ‘Curve Balls’
We have all had them ‘The curve ball’ when we are going through life with an eye on where we want to go and generally feeling good about things. WHEN! suddenly we encounter a problem, situation or new circumstance which derails us or stops us in our tracks. This can happen when we are planning…
‘DE-CLUTTERING’ A NEW CONSCIOUS WAY TO LIVE
If we are honest most of us have too much ‘stuff’. Over the years we buy and receive items until our homes are full to the brim. This is made worse when, if like me, things become sentimental to you and you have learned to think ‘sure it might be useful or come in handy…
Who Did You Say That I Am?
We live in and are part of a ‘Global Village’ where the flow of information is so fast and furious it can seem some times to be in a free fall and we with it. Global modes of communication across the internet, social media forums and training platforms opens us up to a variety of…
WRITER’S BLOCK UNBLOCKED
It is a great moment when the mist rises from the mind of a writer and heart and soul is once again free to gently create. When words once again come easy and flow from the fingers onto the page with the excitement of being at last released from their place of hiding. An experience…
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
When making ‘real’ changes in life and in business one of the first things we need so often to do is to ‘Get Out of Our Own Way.’ That may seem like a strange thing to do, but it is exactly what is required if we want to move to a whole new level of…
MINDFUL MOMENTS
So often, life is lived so much through the past or the future that no time is given to consciously living the present moment. The past is gone and the future lies ahead, but the present is here and now. When we take a little time each day to be ‘mindful’ we create space to…
SLOWING DOWN THE HAMSTER WHEEL
Stresses and pressures in life and business can bring us to a crossroads. After years of being on a hamster wheel it can be difficult to stop and get off it. The key is not trying to stop it too fast, but rather to make little changes that begin the process of consciously slowing the…