The stress you might be feeling right now, isn’t confined to your mind, let me show you how to stop the stress taking over The News right now I don’t usually focus on what’s going on in the news but right now, the C Virus is on everyone’s mind. I’m not going to go […]
Let’s see what life is like in your team, does it feel good? Noticing the good stuff You may already be familiar with the model of wellbeing that I deliver in workshops in a whole variety of workplaces (if not, check out the summary in the video below) but I wanted to focus in […]
I know I’m only human, but flipping heck, if I can’t even succeed when I set the goal! Apologies for failure In the January flurry of New Year Resolutions, I felt it might be more effective to have an achievable, important goal that we could aim for in 8 weeks. Specifically, Leap Day was the […]
Originally published 26th August 2019 Missing kitten snuggles and dropping food on the floor A unique feline In the photo is Molly-Moo the puppy-pony-kitten-cat we adopted last summer. She’s a bit bonkers (hence her full title) with tricks like dressage like a pony and fetching balls like a dog. She came to us as a […]
Originally published 19th Aug 2019 In which I remind me and you about being ‘enough’ and ‘worth it’! Imposter Syndrome sneaks up on me in London… My knight in shining armour I had a little trip this weekend to a party in that London! Twenty years ago, whilst working in Kuala Lumpur (I know! Get […]
Originally published August 12th 2019 You’ll get sore feet or fall over. The same principle applies if you’re doing something just because other people think you ‘should’ At the bank I went with my mum to sort out her pin number at the bank. We ended up sorting a few things while we were there […]
Originally posted 05/08/2019 I’m not talking morally, but about doing what you can to make good things happen. In a field, in Nottinghamshire… In the middle of nowhere If you’ve been reading my Monday Motivator Message for a while, you may have experienced (though may not have remembered) that about this time every year, the message […]
Originally posted 24/06/2019 Just back from Malta, a very unusual wedding, and with a whole new perspective on the C of my CARE Model! C for Compassion Kind in Your Mind The Most Unique Wedding! It’s not every wedding that starts with a Hawaiian dress code and inflatable flamingos in the church… The most […]
Originally posted 01/07/2019 When was the last time you danced? Or sang? Or played outside? A is for Acknowledge What are you NOT doing? Dad dancing, bad dancing, just dancing? The A in my CARE model is about acknowledging what goes well and what you’re good at. The science tells us that helps you to […]
Originally posted 29-07-2019 Sometimes we don’t ask for what we want, let’s see what happens when we do? You only have to ask When I first moved to Nottingham, 25 years ago, I moved into a shared house full of musicians. It was not unusual to go to bed only to be woken by […]