There are not many people who really enjoy the emotional state of fear, but I do believe that there are many people who have learnt to harness it and use it as a force for good. People across history and time have achieved amazing things in spite of being totally shit-scared in the process! And…
Read MoreThe Disease of Disconnection
We are in crisis! A crisis of disconnection. True connection, real, authentic and deep connection is becoming harder to come by and frankly, it appears we are losing skills that are really too valuable to let go off. In our fast paced world, where time is money and looking good is more important than connection,…
Read MoreBut you signed the contract…
I have just watched the film Stronger on a flight between Perth and Sydney. It was a beautiful and inspiring film about tragedy and triumph. Stronger is the story of Jeff Bauman, a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. Jeff was at the finish line waiting for his ex-girlfriend who was competing to…
Read MoreWhat’s the go with the Holiday Blues?
I have been home from the most wonderful holiday EVER for just over four days and it’s pretty bleak at my house at the moment. To be honest, it’s been a real emotional rollercoaster and I have been wrestling with embracing my life again. I have often thought that the amount of Post-Holiday Depression…
Read MoreThe world has gone mad!
I have been noticing more and more that political correctness is becoming a problem in our world. It has gone so far that it has actually gotten a bit stupid – well totally bloody stupid to be honest! I understand the intention of political correctness and I believe (like many things that end up skewed)…
Read MoreYou can’t be serious!!!
On the second last day of August I was at the shops buying a present for my dad for Father’s Day. In Australia we celebrate Father’s Day on the first Sunday in September so I had left it a little bit late, but I knew exactly what I wanted to get him so I was…
Read MoreUncertainty, how much can you handle?
A great teacher of mine once told me that the quality of your life is in direct proportion to the amount of uncertainty you can comfortably deal with. This means that if you can handle a lot of uncertainty, you tend to have a higher quality life. A higher quality life is a life where…
Read MoreIf plan A doesn’t work there are still twenty five letters left in the alphabet
I was with my nieces on the weekend and we were talking about “The Plan”. We are off on holidays soon and were brainstorming ideas about what to do and how to get around. I was questioning one of the plans because of time and location and my niece said to me: “If Plan A doesn’t…
Read MorePerseverance, where are you my Friend?
Why do some people give up while others just keep on pushing through? Is perseverance a learnt behaviour or is there an innate predisposition to it? I recently returned to yoga after a couple of years off. Yoga for me has always been more about the mental exercise rather than the physical exercise. I do…
Read MoreLeap of Faith
When I started my coaching journey back in 2011, it was the first time in a long time, I had started anything so completely new. I hadn’t done any study for a long time and I hadn’t put myself in a new community to such a great extent in years. This was a large leap,…
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