What is the cost of saying yes, both tangible and intangible? In our voyage through the tricky waters of boundaries, saying yes to requests from others or to situations that arise when we actually would prefer to say no, is possibly one of the most difficult boundaries to maintain. If I say ‘yes’ to this,…
What is your 2026 word?
How prepared and ready are you for this year? Are you by nature a planner, who likes time to look ahead, take stock and have a general overview? Or are you more likely to take each day and week as it comes, and see what happens? For some, too much planning and advanced structuring seems…
Making room for better not busy
What are you noticing about how busy you are this week? And what that feels like? What might making room for better rather than busy mean for you? Last time I was musing about what it looks like to let go of busy. This is not necessarily about making huge changes to our lives to…
Letting go of busy
Chances are, if I ask you how you are this week, you might well answer with Busy. Busyness can be useful and is an important part of normal, 21st Century life. And letting go of busy is a hot topic these days. Sometimes we are able to accomplish more when we are busier. And life…
Do you leave work at work?
How easy do you find it to leave work at work? On our musings on end of life regrets, this one comes next. In these post pandemic days where WFH – Working from Home, or simply Working for many – is much more common, it can be harder than ever to differentiate between work and…
Live life true to yourself
Everything you do in life – every choice you make – comes with a cost. When we say yes to something, we are always and inevitably saying no to something else. Is the choice you are making worth the price? And when we get to the end of our lives, will we regret some of…
What is the cost of unbalanced living?
I have recently joined the most fabulous Pilates class. Our wonderful, intuitive instructor has an innate ability to spot areas of weakness and help us tweak postures and positions to target key muscles. It is hard work, physically and mentally rejuvenating and I love it. And every week comes with a new revelation of a…
Living an unbalanced life
Balance. There is an interesting word. A simple concept, but like so much of life, much harder to put into practice and live by. Look it up in the dictionary and you get words like equilibrium, harmony, calmness. Does that describe your life? Or does it feel more like you are living an unbalanced life? …
On benevolent detachment and noticing
Noticing. I am noticing that I am doing a lot of noticing at the moment. I am talking to clients about the importance of noticing, and I am aware of how much space this is making in my own mind and soul. Simply stopping, and noticing. And detaching. Like letting go of a balloon and…
New free gift!
How aware are you of how you use your time? What does your time use say about what you value most? Challenging openers perhaps this week. And where does the free gift come in? (quick answer – here) Recently I have been musing here about what we put into our lives, the power we have…