I drafted this blog post a couple of weeks ago. During this time of social distancing where I’m spending less time travelling, more time at home, and my work habits aren’t the same it’s become even more useful, so I’m sharing this with you now as it may help you too. I was talking with […]
In December last year, I found myself in Lanzarote feeling out of sorts. I’d decided to take myself away for a bit of “me” time to reflect on things. If I’m honest, I was running away from life for a few days and wanted to be far away in a place I didn’t know. At […]
You may remember last year I was focusing on courage and as part of this I had a number of courageous conversations and experiences. Some worked out amazingly, others didn’t, and there were some that needed time to develop. I like to think about this in terms of growing seeds. We plant ideas, we nurture them […]
Sometimes the simplest messages can have the greatest impact on us. I have necklaces that help me in this respect; one which says, “Spread the love”, and one which says, “I am brave”. Sometimes I choose which necklace to wear and set an intention to follow the phrase based on what I’m doing that day; […]
I’m coming to the end of the first week of actively starting to change my phone habits (as I blogged about previously). I’ve learnt a lot already so am recording it here to help me reflect and in case it’s helpful for others too. The first week is focused mostly on starting to pay more […]
I’m taking some well-earned time off in August and one thing I’ve felt drawn to do is spend some time offline. I spend a lot of time connected to the online world, which is fantastic for the work I do, for the learning and development I seek, and for keeping in touch with family and […]
Today I’m writing about a topic close to my heart, in fact close to everyone’s heart. I’m talking about love. Recently I’ve been learning to love myself (and truly love myself for who I am right now, not an idealistic version of myself). I’ve found through this process that it’s having two amazing unexpected outcomes. […]
For a while now I’ve been really interested in learning more about getting into a state of ‘flow’. The term flow is used to describe a peak state of consciousness where we’re in the moment and things seem to just ‘flow’. Sometimes it’s referred to as being ‘in the zone’. Sometimes things will seem to […]
This year I’ve been reading more books (and listening thanks to discovering Audible – if you haven’t tried Audible yet you can get a free month’s subscription*). I’ve been really enjoying getting back into the habit of reading. I was initially thinking I’d blog a book review of every book I read this year but […]
I’m starting this post sitting in a fabulous cafe/restaurant in Marple after an inspiring morning of Street Wisdom with Claire Bradshaw (if you’re not familiar, I previously wrote about Street Wisdom). Today’s experience was a little different in that there is more open space where we met so we explored green space more than city […]