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 …
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. …
Liz Gilbert (author of Eat Pray Love) made this brilliant podcast with a guy called Jonathan Fields, their conversation is number 16 on this list, and it is incredible. One of the (many brilliant) things Liz Gilbert talks about is curiosity. When we fail at something new, it can be tempting to …
I’ve been working with a brilliant website designer lately, to help me develop my site to serve the increasing interest Bird is receiving. We are working to make the website more ‘intuitive’. An intuitive website is a place that you can flow through, easily finding what you want to find. It’s nice …
Step 1 – Become aware. Step 2 – Give yourself permission to make change. Step 1 – Become aware In coaching we use the ‘wheel of life’ where clients rate out of ten how fulfilled they feel in the following areas: Career. Money. Significant other. Friends and family. Personal growth. Physical environment. …
In short. It’s both. And it’s an emotional and spiritual thing too. It’s certainly possible to focus on physical exercise, to ensure you practice yoga at lunch or walk 10,000 steps each day. But there are plenty of very slim, yet very worn out people out there. It doesn’t work just to …
