"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." Anais Nin Gaining insight into this reality as human beings has been life changing for me, and now within my coaching work. Often my clients and colleagues feel a sense of despair and frustration because their family, [...]
You would think given all the information out in the world around setting goals, that if we don't set them and meet them, then we're somewhat flawed as a human being. It looks so much like our wellbeing and happiness is totally dependent on the goals we set and whether [...]
I shared this story with one of my clients today, and I saw it had an impact. So I thought I would write it up to share with you too. A few months ago, I changed a few things around in my kitchen. I moved the glasses to a new [...]
"The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs." - Joan Didion. Last night as I was putting my 6 year old in to bed, we were talking about how we were going to go in the morning to watch his 8 year [...]
I’m feeling unmotivated today, so I thought it would be a great chance to write about one of my favourite topics, the myth of motivation. Yes it is a myth. It’s something most of us have been conditioned to think lives somewhere outside of us. That we have [...]
Part 1 – How Does What We Think Influence our Stress Hormones? I’ve been slowly making my way through an incredible book that has me gripped with fascination! It’s based on the notation that nothing is set when it comes to our biology, in that everything is up for grabs [...]
Want to be more confident? Start by becoming more present 🧡 I’ve seen deeply recently where confidence lives in me. Primarily a number of insights have come to me over the last 10 months or so since my hashimotos diagnosis. I’ve been exploring with Naturopathic Doctor, Michelle Dowker (www.wellbalance.ca) by [...]
How often do you think that change is all about will power? That we have to try super hard, be super committed, be super strict to 'change'. And if we can't do it then we just didn't try hard enough. Or we're simply weak or undisciplined. This used to be [...]
What makes someone see the world in the way they do? Why is it when we see things in a certain way, we may struggle to get others to see it like we do? Why do some seemingly intelligent people swear that total cholesterol is not a problem, yet some [...]
“You are not the story… you are the story teller.” Today I want to share my musings around stories. I absolutely love stories. Stories are the elixir of hope. Stories show us what is possible and inspire us. But it’s not the stories others share that I want to discuss. [...]
