I know you’ve had this idea for a while now. You want to go for it and yet you wonder if you can. I get these ideas too and they both excite and terrify me. You worry about how it will all work. If the idea will be good enough, if it will succeed. You don’t […]
Why you want to stop wallowing in the pit of ‘what if’
You know you’re just not as happy as you could be. You think of making a change; moving house, changing jobs, quitting that committee, finding a new school, sparking a new friendship, changing your diet, starting a different fitness regime. You have an idea and as you research and talk about it your fear and […]
Everything I know about believing in myself I learnt from watching my kids.
The sun was shining as we skipped along the city streets. The kids singing loud and proud as they rapped out a tune they had been working on for days. Then as we waited for the ferry they began rehearsing their dance moves. I marvelled at their confidence and delighted in the obvious joy and belief each […]
How to say yes even if you don’t think you are ready
There I sat, my leg frantically tapping beneath table as my eyebrow began to twitch. The MC started to introduce me and my chest squeezed tight. My plan to glide gracefully onto the stage forgotten, as I began to pant like a dog. Was I ready? The next 30 minutes remain a blur. A haze of strange faces staring up at me from the large crowd. […]
How to fall back in love with your greatest gift
Are you in love? Do you bound out of bed in the morning, embracing the new day like a long-lost lover? Do you often think about pinching your own arm, just to believe that a moment is true? Does your heart race with excitement as you dream of the future and all that awaits? Are you ever sweaty palmed and tingling […]
Why you should get out of your own way and say NO already.
You open the email, another request, another event. You aren’t interested and feel an instant dread about going. You check the calendar hoping for a ‘valid’ reason to say no. You’re available. You really don’t want to go. You hold back a reply, the request now hanging in your inbox and torturing your mind. How could you say no? What […]
I could never…….oh but what if you could?
It was three years ago…….. I was listening intently to the web designer as she patiently guided me around my husband’s business website. She was teaching me how to navigate the back-end of his website so in future we could make minor changes ourselves. We had been playing around for a while and I was prattling on about how much I enjoyed […]
