I try very hard to be detached. When I say detached, I don’t mean I don’t care about anything. I mean detached as in I will try hard at this, I will take responsibility for my part in this, but I know that fundamentally, regardless if it succeeds or fails, I am …
I had a lightbulb moment this morning. As I was meditating, snuggled up under my blankets, listening to Deepak Chopra tell me about life, something that I’ve intellectually known for sometime suddenly really started to make sense. It was like those moments when someone says something to you that is so true, …
About seven years ago I volunteered at a project in Indonesia. We taught English to some local boys in a centre on the top of a hill. Every day the boys would climb up the hill to have their class. They were attentive, they contributed and they were loads of fun. The …
When I coach clients I often use the ‘crew member’ tool. Crew members are sides to our personality that are useful in different situations. The idea of crew members suggests that we are in charge of how we navigate through life, we can consciously choose different sides of our personality to get …
I fit no box. I am part introvert part extravert, part British part Italian, part northern part southern, part deeply peaceful part madly energised by all that is available in life. I want to travel and I want to settle I want to be loud and I want to be quiet. For …
Personal growth is about small steps Personal growth is not beating yourself up if you fail to achieve a goal Personal growth is learning why you make certain choices Personal growth is about changing the way you approach situations Personal growth is self-compassion Personal growth is trying new things Personal growth is …
I’ve noticed that often I will fail to ask for what I want for fear of coming across as arrogant, dominant or insensitive. A core value of mine is compassion and respect for others, but I am learning that this sometimes gets in the way of actually articulating what I want. But …
I’ve been feeling frustrated with the world, disheartened by what I’m seeing in the news, and I’ve been asking myself what I can do to change things for the better. I feel frustrated about the same old approach to violence. As someone who has studied Peace Studies, Mediation and Conflict Resolution, spoken to …
Self-development is like doing exercise, it’s a life long habit that has to be maintained in order to feel physically (or in this case emotionally, mentally, spiritually) fit. You can’t expect to stay fit for your whole life by going to the gym for three months and then stopping all physical activity. …
