There are a few words related to business start-ups and small business growth that I have come to detest. PIVOT is at the top of my list. For some, it's discriminatory. For...
“PIVOT!” It’s time to hand this word back to Ross from Friends.
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The plan you need when you don’t need a plan.
How has your new year started? Are we all kicking goals? Or, did you decide that goals wouldn’t serve you well this year (they’re often abandoned right about now). I’ll save my...
Conditioning my mind to be unconditional.
There's a lot of pain and suffering in the world right now. A lot of people hurting each other and it's easy to feel sad about the state of our tiny planet. It's even easier to...
Chasing the blues away at Byron Bay (part 3)
This is the last installment of my lessons learned on my recent visit to Byron Bay. In many ways my final realisations surpassed anything that was formally taught in the Mindful...
Chasing the blues away at Byron Bay (part 2)
Those who read last week's post would remember that I had already admitted I was quite scared about attending the Self-Compassion course in Byron Bay. Just imagine my inner...
Close encounters of the connected kind…
Have you noticed that the moment you think of something obsessively it will pop into your presence seemingly everywhere? For example, the minute you consider buying a particular...
Stuck in the mud of limiting beliefs.
I had lunch with a very dear friend yesterday and she lovingly told me she thinks I might be a bit stuck, and it's time to move on with my life. Only someone who cares for you a...
How to be a recovering failure-holic.
Every month or so I have the good fortune to catch up with some dear gal pals of mine to spend a few hours together at a breakfast catch up. I love these meetings because it's a...
My visit to the Centre for Hope
Last month, on a holiday to the USA, we were fortunate to visit the Centre for Hope. It was a surprisingly wonderful, inspiring visit. I wasn't expecting that because the Centre...
the New days of the Old school yard…
There's one thing I would have in common with most school aged parents this week - attendance at an end of year school assembly. There are five children in total in our family,...
Quitting is fine, but what if you don’t want to?
We often joked that the first word our boys learnt in life was the word 'no'. As toddlers, they were in to everything! This simple little word morphs into so much more as we grow...
I’m not worthy…or am I?
For the past 5 days I have woken up each morning feeling slightly anxious. I have to admit though, I almost invite the feeling into my day. I follow my morning routine and then...
