Who are you at your best? What does it mean for you to be your best self? And why does that now feel just a little teeny bit corny? If it is your own lovely self that is holding you back, sign up here for a free course to get yourself out of that trap…
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…
Are you dealing with tiredness?
What kind of tired are you today? How are you dealing with tiredness? Did the sleep you got last night leave you feeling rested today? Tiredness is something we all experience, and for many different reasons. And sometimes, when we are tired, it feels like getting more sleep simply isn’t hitting the restoration spot like…
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…
Are you comfortable in your own skin?
Genuine people are, apparently. This is linked to all these different aspects of being genuine – not being attention seeking or needing the approval of others, living with integrity and healthy self awareness of one’s limits, not needing external stuff to be happy (see last week). Looking up the phrase in a dictionary of idioms,…
To walk slowly, pausing often
As a life coach, one of the things I talk most about is the importance of being self-aware. I encourage clients to stop regularly throughout their day or week and ask themselves questions . This allows space and time to check in with themselves, with how they are feeling and what they need. Or perhaps…
Growing happier takes time
We live in a world of soundbites and an emphasis on quick fixes – Instagram pithy phrases, Twitter’s 280 characters, the internet full of instant this and 3-easy-steps-to that. But is this really the nature of how we live and grow happier? I have recently been musing here on some keys to happier living, based…
Courage to HALT before a bad decision
How impetuous a person are you? How often do you find yourself making an impulsive decision that you later go on to regret? What if before you acted, you were able to HALT? An enticing offer presents itself that you know objectively that you would like to refuse. It might be an extra cake rather…
DC world Observations: Time to reflect
We are now a few weeks into this strange and surreal DC world (During Corona as opposed to that now distant BC, Before Corona world). To what extent have you given yourself time to reflect? The first and most important question that many of us had to answer urgently was: What are the immediate practical…