Does the Devil Wear Prada? A Pep talk for PA’s-The Unsung Heroes and Heroines. What a brilliant film, Meryl Streep was totally mesmerising as Miranda Priestly, she lit up the screen with her silver hair and her lines crackled like electric. Sheer brilliance. Her suffering PA played by Anne Hathaway was the ultimate heroine throughout,… Read More
Self -Motivation-Bobbing Along Buoyantly or Aboard a Sinking Ship? Hello there, how are you? How are things in your world? Finding anything difficult or challenging right now? Are you getting along quite well and feel OK in yourself? What really gets you out of bed in the morning?
Learn to Care Less and Take Control “The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.” Tony Robbins Ever notice how friends, family and colleagues are becoming more… Read More
Mindfulness-the Journey of the Caterpillar. This blog is a reflection of my first session along with nineteen other people with Huw Griffiths of Bath Mindfulness this past weekend. I had chosen to embark on the mindfulness journey having read a lot about it online and in books, and many trainers and coaches often… Read More
Reinvention – ‘The alarm clock moment’. Those of you who read my recent blog on dealing with change “Over My Dead Body.” might have detected that I was dealing with something. No shocks dear reader, I was. I had been made redundant. Redundant after 16 years I might add. Before I go on, I see… Read More
Think You’re Entitled? – Think again… Have heard about the latest disease that is creeping into our society? It is very contagious and is reaching almost pandemic levels. Sufferer’s symptoms include a true belief in their own hype with feelings of extreme resentment if rejected or let down, a deep sense of expectation…somehow without any… Read More
Don’t Sweat the Smalltalk! Are you the type of person who simply hates small talk and just gets straight to the point? Are you the type of person who hates meeting new people because you have to make idle chit chat? Do you dread having to make small talk with people you will probably never… Read More
STRESS! Be Mindful of The Walking Dread ‘Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality’ Sharma Halcyon Days… Remember when you were a kid, long summer holidays, six weeks of kicking back just chilling with your mates, then the ‘back to school’ ads kick in on TV half-way through (spoil sports)… Read More
What does flying a plane have to do with people’s personality? Well recently I was watching a TV evangelist who was talking about the same thing. Apparently, when you learn how to fly, there are four things that take top-level importance. These are THRUST, LIFT, WEIGHT and DRAG. There was me thinking getting off of… Read More
“I Am Not F****ing Stressed OK!!!” Christmas coming? Shopping not finished? Family coming for the big day? Big lunch to cook? OR Busy Job? Relationship Issues? Moving House? Getting Married? Big stress sources. Missed the bus? Train a few minutes late? Didn’t have time to properly iron your shirt, ‘cos you overslept and you missed… Read More
