Coaching Tips

Over the last couple of years we have seen, read and been admonished to feel grateful. We are told that gratitude will make things better in our lives. In fact, some self styled gurus would have you believe that all you need to do is feel gratitude and all that you desire will fall into…

There are lots of books,  articles and experts who are constantly promoting the concept that work needs to arise from your passion. And somehow the unspoken message is, that if you are not working in your passion you are failing. No, they never say that, it’s just implied. So, here’s another point of view: work…

Yesterday I was writing about stories and how when we buy into them they may create problems in our lives. Today, I want to be really specific about a set of stories that can really push us off course. You have probably heard some version of them yourself. “That child will never amount to anything.”…

“Once upon a time…” is how all good stories begin. After that, the hero or  heroine starts life in difficult circumstances and move on through challenges to arrive in a shining palace with untold wealth. That of course is not the story most of us are living or even want to live. Our stories more…

Today’s blog is all about celebrating. There are so many things we can celebrate and how often do we? I am one of those people who lives with a mind set of constantly moving goal posts. As soon as I even come near achieving a goal, I reset it and in that process often forget…

I was driving to an early morning appointment this morning and most of the trip was made in the fog. Some of it very dense and some of it quite light. It made me think about how easy it is to walk around the world in a mental fog. We get up, perform the chores…

It’s Thanksgiving today and I am happy to know that we have a day reserved to be thankful. In the busyness of our lives it can be easy to take the good things for granted. Historically Thanksgiving wandered through several months before settling in October. The foods we take for granted such as turkey and…

For the last 5 days I have been writing about our 5 senses and setting a challenge for exploration. Yesterday was the last day and today it’s time to review what was learned. For me the big learning was the reminder that I am not just a talking head walking around on an ignored body.…

Here we are at the end of the 5 day  5 senses challenge with touch as our last sense to be explored. Touch is an interesting one, cause if you think about it, we are constantly experiencing touch. If we are wearing clothing then our skin is in sensing those clothes. If we are sitting…

Well we are at day 4 of the challenge and today its all about taste. The explosion of sweetness as you bite into the first apple of fall; the salty crunch of bacon or popcorn, the slightly bitter taste of broccoli and the sourness of sour cherries. All those flavours make up the sense we…