When I first started meditating, I resisted an early morning meditation practice. I opted instead to meditate later in the day. But it wasn’t long before I realised that other things were getting in the way. I took the advice of my teacher and made…
More often than not, powerlessness is a perception, rather than a reality. From time to time, we all make excuses about why we can’t proactively create much-needed change in our lives. We tell ourselves, “I don’t want to rock the boat”, “I don’t want people…
Sometimes setting a goal feels too rigid. When it does, set an intention instead. It takes the pressure off. My intention is to do a yoga practise every weekday morning. Occasionally, I just don’t feel like it. There’s something gratifying about knowing that you can say…
I can’t remember how I originally stumbled across Emilie Wapnick’s Puttylike website. I do remember that her description of what it meant to be a ‘multi-potentialite’ appealed to me straight away. It was the first time I had a fitting name to describe myself. Like…
Tina and I met earlier this year when she was getting ready to ramp up her illustration business, Tina van den Broek. She did a gorgeous little illustration for the launch of Dream. Discover. Do. this year which we received lots of great feedback about (you can…
Julie Parker and I set up our businesses in 2002 when coaching was still a relatively new thing in Australia. Without knowing it, we lived just a few suburbs away from one another and we shared a similar values based approach to our work. It…
“If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.” Masaru Emoto It’s…
Last Monday morning, while I was meditating, the thought came into my head that I needed to become better at doing just one thing at a time. The irony wasn’t lost on me – my meditation practice is often filled with unwanted thoughts. I know…
“It’s all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.” Charles de Lint Most people I know wear busyness as a badge of honour…
