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Saying yes. When I think about saying yes I think of these two questions – If you say yes, what are you saying no to? (hint: you probably saying no to yourself too often) and – what if you said yes to that opportunity? I want to focus on the latter for a moment. Imagine … Read more
I was chatting with my close friend and mentor Jen the other week. I asked how she was doing and she said: “I’ve started to gift myself an earlier start to the day in order to get more pre-work goodness in and I think it’s helping” I thought it was such a beautiful and insightful … Read more
Have you ever wondered if you are missing out? If you should be doing more? Have you ever considered the fact that you are exactly where you need to be? This is called happenstance. I have been mulling this over as I have been practising gratitude this month. So I have talked about being grateful … Read more
Life is a journey, there are stops along the way, there are crossroads, side roads, detours and dead-ends. There are mountains to climb, valleys of despair, wildernesses and open roads. Sometimes we have it all mapped out, sometimes we are reading the map upside down, inside out or back to front. Other times we veer … Read more
I was musing over the weekend on what I would write about values this morning. I was thinking about how in re-evaluating my values I had made some life-changing decisions. So I decided to share my experience as a case study. Here goes…. My values In 2009 when I was made redundant I attended some … Read more