Personal Growth

It never ceases to amaze me how many people have said to me “..oh I couldn’t do that!” when I mentioned to them I was going on a 10-day silent meditation retreat. Well maybe they couldn’t see themselves doing it at that point in their life or it is not for them or …….. But,…

Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family? In the past, the answer for me was no, so when I came across this term ‘self-compassion’ I didn’t really know what it meant or even how to be compassionate towards myself. I think some of my lack of self-compassion came from many years…

There are many people and organisations describing and defining wellbeing at the moment, have you noticed? So let’s discuss what wellbeing is… What is Wellbeing? Defining wellbeing is complex and an area that continues to evolve. Following are some definitions of wellbeing from a variety of sources: Then, the following definitions go a little deeper,…

I wonder if you have heard people say “I’ll be happy when….”, “If only I ……….. then I would be happy”. I know I have been guilty of it in the past. What If There Is Another Way? One of the things I have come to realise over the years is that life is happening…

Have you ever felt like you are living like the movie Groundhog Day?  Yes, you know – the alarm goes off, you roll over only to find it going off a few minutes later and you then realise you are going to be late for work. You quickly jump in the shower, grab some toast…

Life continually amazes me. At the moment I am learning to go with the flow in my life more and more. I am living in a space of gratitude and allowing and accepting life as it is (as much as I can as I am aiming for progress over perfection). It surprises many people (myself included…

One of the things I have been caught up in has been thinking. Thinking about this and that, trying to get some place to make my life “better” or be more “successful”. A few years ago when I started to pay more attention to my life, I discovered I was living on automatic pilot. I began to question…

Are you wondering what is coaching and whether it is for you? Why not have a look at the following clip as it gives you a brief overview about what coaching is and what it is not as well as some of the areas a coach can help you with. If you would like a more…

One of my favourite poems is this Dreams by Marianne Williamson. Dreams by Marianne Williamson “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves – Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,…