What would feel like an absolute pleasure right now? My client squirmed and whispered. “Pleasure? Me? Uuuugghhhh! I dunno”. I persisted, (because that’s what a coach does.) What do you crave, yearn for or secretly desire? More of the same… “I don’t really think about feelings like that.” “Okay then…. How about we make a […]
What is enough?
What is enough? I began asking myself this question a few years back. It all began with a particularly wonky morning. I had written a to do list the length of my arm, booked clients for most of the morning and the cupboards were bare, the washing baskets full and the dog was staring longingly at his lead. Super-human […]
The four words that changed my life.
There was a time when hobbies, interests and time-for-me didn’t exist in my life. Each day I awoke preparing to survive the next onslaught of demands. Tired, exhausted and struggling I wanted something to change. At the beginning I wasn’t even sure what I wanted, there was no long-term commitment or major life plan. I just knew […]
Busy! What to do when you have more to do than time to do it.
We’ve all had one of those days. Washing is piled high and it’s pouring with rain outside. The kids have parties and you promised to bake cupcakes. Work has called needing you to extend your shift… and you’ve remembered hubby needs his suit dry cleaned before the weekend. It’s not even 9am and already you’re pushing aside […]
10 rituals that are making me feel totally nourished
In a recent workshop a participant described her life as a roller coaster that never stops. I noticed many heads nodding around the room, a sign there were many rollercoaster lives being lived. I understand that rollercoaster feeling. The dips and bends tossing you about, as the demands of life drag you along. At best you […]
The greatest question of all….. what do you want?
My son recently played a basketball game at my old high school. Before the game I found myself wandering the familiar school grounds and pausing to peer into classroom windows. As I gazed nostalgically across the oval, I recalled my final year there. That nervous and exciting year with adulthood looming around the corner. Your teenage brain desperately trying […]
What I love most about anticipation
The flights are booked, accommodation too, you have annual leave approved and now you wait. Wait for the day you skip out of work, grab the kids from school, drop off the dog and fill the car with suitcases. Then you’ll be happy. What? Then? Why wait? I have often wondered if the anticipation of […]
