You’re falling. The ground rushes to meet you. You know, with unfailing certainty, that falling is going to hurt. You have a nanosecond to react. What goes through your mind? Does anything?
There is nothing graceful about falling. The physicality of being splayed all over the footpath in a tangle of apologetic dogs is not graceful. Continue reading
I believe, that to live a remarkable life requires me to spend time thinking about me – what I think, feel, do, and believe.
There is danger here, though.
I read recently that when we’re focused on ourselves, it’s easy to get trapped in stories that get us down: we’re not good enough, we don’t belong, and nobody cares about us. Sound familiar? Continue reading
There’s something magical about telling a story, and my dream has always been to write stories. Until recently, story writing was just that, a dream. But it’s a dream no longer; my book is finished and it’s being published soon.
My story is Breathing While Drowning, a memoir of my life so far. My heroine’s journey into despair, trials, tribulation and my quest for healing and return to living a vibrant and remarkable life, a life worthy of my attention. Continue reading
When I was young, I thought of remarkable as meaning extraordinary, exceptional, amazing and wonderful. My life, like so many others, was changed forever by a remarkable event. I saw a grainy black and white image of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon – that’s what I secretly wanted to do. I wanted to leave an imprint that will be remembered forever, like Neil’s footprint on the moon. Continue reading
Ask for help for my stuff? Yoikes no! I’m fine thanks, I’ll manage. And I usually do; manage that is. I don’t know about you, but I find it so much easier to do things for other people than for myself.
I’ve found not asking for help for my own stuff, my most difficult habit to break. It just doesn’t come naturally. I have a tough time holding myself accountable for my own dreams, they tended to be last on my list and so often not done, leaving me more and more frustrated and stressed from the Zeigarnik Effect. Continue reading
I’ve had a serious dose of FoMO (Fear of Missing Out). I’m constantly struggling to balance my multiple passions with my FoMO. Throw in a chronic dose of busyness that runs rampant through our work and personal lives and of course right now, there’s Christmas – it’s no wonder I’m exhausted! Continue reading
Imagination is one of the joys of being human. What a gift to be able to create images and ideas without the thing being present or real. Combine that with the thought that energy flows where focus goes, so whatever you focus on is what you’ll think about and be more likely to act on. So now you have two things working to make your dreams come true. But that’s not enough to make it happen. Let’s face it, most of us have dreams and that’s all they are, dreams, they never become our reality. We keep those dreams tucked up safely, gathering dust, and we don’t really believe we can have them. And let’s not even think about whether we deserve them or not. Continue reading
Every person paints a different picture of success. It could be homes, cars, boats, clothes, jewellery, for others it would be a high profile, high paying career or body of work. Some people would choose experiences, holidays or adventures to make your hair stand on end. Others would choose family, contribution to their community, making their difference to one or many, recognised by the global community.
For me success is summed up in the word freedom. Continue reading
Human beings need to know where we’re going, we like a clear direction and a sense of certainty that we’re going to get somewhere – eventually. We’re mostly content when we feel we have some control over our present and our future and are heading in the right direction – towards wherever it is we want to go, or whoever it is we want to be.
Now for quite a while I’ve had a pretty good sense of my life’s direction, and who I want to be. My most joyful work is nurturing the spark of magnificence in people and giving them the confidence to find a dream and go after it. I love this work and I love running my own business (OK three businesses). Most days I’m clear, I’m on track, I’m motivated and ploughing through the work right on plan (I’m a coach and a project manager, I love a plan). Continue reading
Someone asked me the other day what my one word was. What word was the anchor in my life? The word that everything else is built on?
Great question.
I’d been speaking about what I do and why I do it.
I help people find their strengths and capabilities and to realise they have the potential to change their lives and the lives of others. I do this with individuals, teams and organisations in lots of different ways; coaching, training, facilitating, being a change catalyst. I give people the confidence to take action, to live and lead consciously. Continue reading