Last week I posed the question: how do you respond to having a tech free day? Let’s look more at the specifics of that, because what I am really asking is: Could you live without your phone for a day? In my work as a life coach, what I do most is ask people questions.…
Reduce burnout: have a tech free day
When was the last time you had a tech free day? Perhaps a more pertinent question is to ask how you respond to the very idea of a tech free day? That probably depends on your age. For those who are technology natives – born after the 1980s and brought up in the age of…
The power of choice: to forgive.. apologise..take action
What stands out to you from that list? Where do you most need inspiration or encouragement – to forgive or seek forgiveness, or perhaps to take imperfect action towards reaching your stated goals? This is what we are revisiting this week: the power of choice and how to be more intentional about it. Perhaps the…
Making good choices: how, why and what?
Giving your best, being disciplined and being brave. What do they all have in common? They are all choices that we make, day in and day out. Often subconsciously, and there perhaps is the rub. Because this – of course – is about awareness. “Why am I doing what I am doing?” That is the…
Revisiting relationship lies
Now is the best time to spend some time revisiting relationship lies – after all, what is more important than the relationship you have with those closest to you, especially a partner? The pandemic has taught us to not take anything for granted. We are learning to value each other more, and to tell each…
Summer calls for a wee breather…
The last few weeks have seen me musing here about some basic and essential human values.…respect, kindness, patience and honesty. And as I consider those values, I choose to apply them to myself and tell you that over the coming few weeks, I am taking a wee breather from regular musings here. Thinking about this…
Why honesty is the best policy
I heard a fantastic sketch by Bill Bailey recently. Made MB and me properly laugh out loud, but also made me think wryly about the nature of us Brits when it comes to speaking of our feelings. Bill Bailey’s sketch was about us Brits answering the question: How are you? With Not too bad…” …regardless…
Trying out our way to happiness
What new things have you been trying out recently? As we meander our way through 10 keys for happier living, as outlined by the Action for Happiness folk, we come this week to Trying Out. It seems fitting indeed that this idea of trying out new things – be they skills, ventures, hobbies, opportunities, places…
“This is the time to be slow”
And so it begins….Advent. The lead up to Christmas. You don’t need me to tell you how different this Christmas is going to be, after what has been the most challenging, unsettling, and destabilising of years. How is your soul this week? What do you most need? This is the time to be slow. I…
Courage to choose hope
Hope. What a word to be using just now. After long months of incremental losses, disappointment and joy-sucking restrictions, there is a general feeling of weariness and heaviness around. This week we can have courage to choose hope because a new word is filtering into our news and consciousness – not pandemic, nor lockdown,…