How is your attitude of gratitude coming along? What gratitude practices are you cultivating? This is what I was musing on last time, along with not falling into the trap of Pollyanna-style toxic positivity. No one needs that. But like all practices, gratitude practices take…well, practice. I used to work as a physiotherapist (physical therapist).…
Which rest need are you missing?
What is your body telling you this week? What is it trying to point out to you that you need in terms of rest? Where are you depleted? And what can you see about which rest need are you missing? My current musings are working my way through the Seven types of rest that we…
An accessible process for self development
I have been musing over these past couple of weeks about what I have learned and continue to learn after writing, developing and launching The 10 Things Challenge some 8 years ago. The 10 Things Challenge is an accessible process for self development. If that is enough to sell it to you and you want…
Slowing takes time
There’s a lovely irony there methinks: slowing takes time. These past weeks have seen me musing here on building new habits and rhythms into our current season in sustainable ways, and creating intentions for who we want to be and how we want to live. I am by nature an ‘onwards and upwards’ kind of…
The importance of slowing
The leaves have almost all fallen off the trees across from our house. The trees are knuckling down for the long dark months ahead, pulling much needed resources back into their centres and letting their leaves go in a spectacular blaze of colour. Every year, this brings me so much joy. This year, this season,…
Habit stacking – revisit and review
What habits and intentions have you set for this autumn season? And have you tried habit stacking? Over these past few weeks, I have been musing here about how season changes can prompt a useful reset of intentions and a chance to create new habits that will serve us in the coming months. What worked…
Creating habits that stick
How do you go about creating habits? As we continue into autumn, I have been musing here about taking time for a reset as the seasons change. Resetting intentions, creating habits, taking time to review what we want these next months to look and feel like. What might have worked over the summer or last…
Good grief habits
Life has taken an extraordinary hiatus as we have reflected on and mourned the loss of Queen Elizabeth II. Now it is back to business as usual – and the royal family continue to grieve their mum, granny and great granny in the public eye. Not an enviable position, whatever you happen to think of…
Start doing something this year
We are still muddling our way through January. I was heartened and encouraged today on one of my regular riverside walks to see some brave snowdrops poking their cheery wee heads above ground. Yes it is true that they look a bit battered and tentative, but as the weeks progress they gain confidence and prominence…
Could you live without your phone for a day?
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.…