What first steps are you needing to take, and yet stalling on? What is on the outside of your comfort zone that you are longing to get to? Last week I was musing on finding the right path in life, and some of the challenges associated with that. One of those challenges is when we…
Finding the right path in life
Finding the right path in life. How does one go about doing that? What is the right path for me? How do I find the start of it? How do I even know if I am on it? And what on earth does it all mean anyway? What is the path that you find yourself…
A little October motivation to shift your perspective
As you are reading this, I am on holiday, enjoying head space and time with family. There is much that I am grateful for: generous neighbours who loan us their lovely little holiday cottage. Stunning beaches and Scottish scenery, even and especially in wild weather. Great food and loved ones to share it with. Engrossing…
A very special time limited offer
Here’s an anonymous quote I came across that made me shudder: Don’t fear failure. Fear being in the EXACT SAME PLACE next year as you are today What a thought. Sometimes, what stops us growing, moving forward, living more of the life we want is what is in our heads. Negative mindsets, limiting beliefs, fear…
How do I make the most of my time?
Do you realise that we are two thirds through 2018? Only one third of the year to go. What a thought. And if that had not occurred to you, and it has now because I have mentioned it – – sorry. How did you start out at the beginning of the year? And what would…
Here we go again – new term, same treadmill
Here we go again. [Although it would make me very happy, I am not going to write this post about the latest Mamma Mia film – it is tremendous fun and whilst one of it’s main themes is mother/daughter relationships, drawing analogies from it for today’s musings is a tad contrived. Do go and see…
Rewiring from failure to success
Last week I was musing about the different ways we can consciously and subconsciously set ourselves up to fail: By lowering or minimising our expectations of ourselves, which becomes self-fulfilling. By sabotaging our own plans and thoughts by being overpowered by the negative voices in our heads. By being unable to take action in the…
Do you set yourself up for failure, unwittingly perhaps?
It’s been a glorious month of sunny, warm weather in Glasgow. Sunshiney people, shiny and happy indeed, abound. Spring has arrived in full force, seemingly having gone from a tentative emerging to abundant bounteous beauty in about two weeks. And I am full of the joys of sun, spring, greenness….and yet am talking about failure.…
There is a time for solitude, a time for stillness
There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under the heavens.” Wise words, and particularly relevant today in our oft time-starved lives. This of course is a choice, and comes back to how we use our time – what is most important to us, our values and priorities. And also to what…
Who says you are not creative?
Let me ask you something: Would you describe yourself as a creative person? From experience talking to groups of all shapes and sizes, my sense here is that many readers would immediately, and as a gut reaction, say NO. And for some of you, quite an emphatic ‘no’ at that. You might describe yourself as…