The Joy of Giving without Expectation
I've just returned from another incredible weekend at Shaa Wasmund's The One Retreat. This time however I was there as part of the support crew rather than as a participant, freely giving my time and services to help a small group of women achieve extraordinary and...
How to Put Yourself First without Guilt
If you'd asked me last November what my personal predictions and hopes for 2015 were, I think I would have said that this is the year I'm going to take my business to the next level, reaping the rewards of some of the things I’ve invested in during 2014. Now, however,...
Stay True to You
As I’ve been wrestling with moments of overwhelm interspersed with more peaceful reflection, I felt moved to express myself a little differently this week away from my usual prose. It feels risky, because I don’t claim to be a poet, or know anything of poetry – but...
Setting Yourself up for Success with New Year Intentions
The shortest day has passed, Christmas done and dusted, and a sense of 'back to reality' begins as the New Year festivities are behind us. Predictably, my body is feeling the impact of the non-stop food, snacks, alcohol and lack of any meaningful exercise over a full...
Until Next Year…
As you may have gathered from the tone of my last couple of blog posts, I’ve not been at my best these last few weeks – struggling with my energy and motivation. So much so that last week, for the first time, I didn’t produce content for the blog, choosing instead to...
How to Stop Struggling All Alone
I've had a couple of really good reminders why coaches have coaches these last couple of weeks. I've been feeling really up and down, and despite all my best 'self help' techniques I've just not been quite able to re-energise and re-engage myself. I've had enough self...
Do You Ever Feel Like Everyone Is Doing Better Than You?
I've felt low, flat and demotivated for much of today and once again a little overwhelmed by the backlog of tasks and people seemingly competing for my attention. I know, intellectually, that it's my thinking and how I'm framing this that's creating the issue; that...
The Lost Art of Letter Writing… A Coaching Tool?
After feeling a little smug that I’d managed to keep up with my blog and newsletter throughout my Mum’s illness, death and funeral, I’ve found this week that I’ve been falling further and further behind. On one level I hear the voice in my head making excuses,...
Men Are from Mars? Differences Between Men and Women
My eldest daughter and I were lucky enough to be able to crew for the incredible Joanna Martin at her recent One Woman Conference. Jo is a woman with a clear purpose, having created her new company One of Many which aims to help women become the shift they wish to see...
Being Your Authentic Self – How True Is It for You?
Authenticity seems to be a word that’s bandied around a lot these days. I know it’s one I find I use more and more as I help clients on their journeys; it has become common language both in the personal development and corporate worlds - being our ‘authentic self’ or...
Focus vs Distraction
So feeling a little refreshed and rested after a few days away on a canal boat with the family, today I've been trying to turn my attention back to the backlog of tasks and things I've had to put on hold in recent weeks. And woomph... before I knew it I was straight...
Are You Good Enough to Succeed?
I had an 'epiphany' whilst I was away on Shaa Wasmund's One Retreat. On our first evening part of our 'homework' was to articulate what success looks like for us. Now, I was a little disappointed at first - this was an 'easy' task for me because I've done a lot of...