Mind & Spirit
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How willing are you to really commit?
Many of us want things to change in our lives. A better career, greater happiness, a higher level of fulfillment. But are we willing to make the commitment? It is an odd quirk of life that the things that give us the greatest level of…
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How do you see the world around you?
We meet two types of people. One believes they can change. The other believes they can’t. Which one is correct? Both are. So much of our existence is made up of our thoughts and beliefs. These shape how we see the world around us, and…
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Why we fall into the trap of people pleasing
It’s nice to be liked – We want our family, peers and friends to like us. But what if we are spending so much time on wanting to be liked that we’re not listening to what we truly want? Our behaviour becomes focused around how…
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How to overcome our human limits – the answer is not ‘do more’.
The respite of December has come and gone. February has rolled in. The sluggish start to the New Year has officially ended. Time for business. work. meetings. Important Stuff They say people once believed we would work only a few hours a day with the…
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Small deeds maketh the man
Yesterday, an opportunity presented itself. I was buying lunch. I saw one rice bowl with a wrong sticker printed on it, meaning it was accidentally marked one third of the price. This was in a supermarket. So I knew I could go to the self-scan.…
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Maintaining healthy relationships as an adult
Since the new year, I’ve been reflecting on my relationships with others. I have a habit of losing touch with people I know. I then feel like I don’t actually have friends. Does this sound familiar? The pandemic has broken a lot of our social…
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How’s that New Years Resolution going? I failed mine already
I’m extremely disappointed in myself. Despite all my hard work, I managed to fail my New Years Resolution. I did all the hard yards, planning and preparation. Yet four days in, my ambitions for 2022 are in tatters.
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Making Sense of 2021
Building a narrative over a full year is usually tough. I often forget most of what I did towards the beginning of the year. This year is particularly troublesome, as post-March 2020 and 2021 melded together as one relentless monotony. Pre-pandemic life feels a distant…
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Taking time to develop our writing skills
The word ‘writing’ suggests an artistic craft which only authors do. Yet every day we type emails, comment on posts and message our friends. With the boom of internet communication we are spending more time writing. However, we spend very little time actively developing how…
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Why did I decide to start a podcast?
Last month, I listened to an interview with Lucy Gourlay, a coach who had started a podcast called ‘Lucy Loves’ over the last year. She detailed her trials and tribulations of whether to start it or not, and how it had since become a key…
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Doing good deeds without expecting rewards will give you better outcomes.
Acting with kindness and supporting others are ideas that most people will get behind. As humans, we are hard wired to want to help others in their problems. We like the idea of doing something that will genuinely help others. Quite often we act to…
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How I prepared for big changes in my life
I’ve been on my own personal rollercoaster this month. I’ve just finished moving countries during a pandemic, where I returned to my flat in London that I haven’t been in for over a year. In total, I’ve taken 6 PCR tests (all negative!), completed two…
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Understanding ourselves during the rollercoaster of lockdown
The lockdown has been a tough journey. For some of us, it has meant the difficulty of losing loved ones and not being able to grieve as we normally would. For others, it has meant homeschooling and juggling job responsibilities. Some of us are worried…
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Taking Time for Reflection (’tis the season)
November is often a time of lower energy, but particularly so this year. Usually, it is the last month of ‘serious work’ before the interruptions of December and Christmas. This is also tied in with the change of season and clocks changing which suddenly makes…
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My November Goal: Write an E-Book!
November has been a pretty interesting month so far. We’ve had lockdowns, elections and new budgets. And we’re only a week in! The month of November is also an interesting time for challenges – we have numerous charity and abstinence goals that have been going…
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Building More Gratitude in our Daily Lives
In my previous team, we spent every morning listing three things we were grateful for. We would go around in a circle (which turned virtual as the Pandemic hit) listing one thing each, patiently waiting until someone had something to say. Whether it was having…
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Why Authenticity is key for our success
I really believe in the importance of helping others and supporting individuals on their own journey. This led me first into working in Government, then into Diversity and Inclusion work, and most recently into coaching. One of my initial blockers was whether I would come…
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Do you know what your personal strengths are?
Think of someone you know well and have seen a lot of over a long period of time. Take a few moments to think about what their relative qualities are. What skills do they have, and what are their personal qualities that are their greatest…
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Why we need to learn to be bored
We are unable to be bored. If we need to sit still, we often can’t. Instead, we constantly check our phones, looking at the latest stream of depressing news, or comparing ourselves to others from social media. We know this has a negative effect on…
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Are you in control of how happy you feel?
Have a job that makes us miserable? We look to change it. Unhelpful comments from your manager? We look to confront them. By doing this, we expect that by solving the things that are making us unhappy, this will stop the problem and lead us…