How do you feel with the prospect of doing something new?Do your palms start to sweat? Your stomach curdle?Does your inner chatter start to go crazy? The good news is that's perfectly normal; perfectly human.See our ego mind - what some call the monkey mind - is programmed through evolution to keep us safe so … Continue reading Challenge number 7 – try something new
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Challenge number 4 – write a poem and recite it
Well that was nerve-wracking. It's one thing writing a poem, it's another thing reciting it and putting it out there into the world. I've given myself the challenge of doing something every week that pushes me outside my comfort zone to show how our mind works in trying to hold us back and to show … Continue reading Challenge number 4 – write a poem and recite it
Volcano number 27 – The Tongariro Alpine Crossing
What’s the first thought that comes into your head when I say wake up at 3:30am? Mine was: I don’t want to do that, this is going to be hard, I’ll be so tired, I might sleep through my alarm. Amazing really what our ego mind likes to tell us so that it can keep … Continue reading Volcano number 27 – The Tongariro Alpine Crossing
You are a $100 note
You are like a $100 note.This is a story I've come across several times. It goes like this...Imagine I have a $100 note. Who wouldn't want a $100 note??Now imagine I’ve crumpled up that $100.Has it’s value changed? No, it’s still $100.Now imagine I’ve dropped it on the floor, I’ve got my dirty shoe and … Continue reading You are a $100 note
Finding your cheerleader
I was talking to my mum the other day about self-development and we got onto the topic of relationships.Previously I was in an emotionally abusive relationship which sapped my dwindling spark but how things can change – I’m now about to get married next year to the most wonderful man.And in the intervening years I’ve … Continue reading Finding your cheerleader
The secret to happiness
It’s the first week back at my computer working - but from a different country.Same nine to five, same job, same clients, same deadlines, same to-do list.The only thing different is the location (and I admit, a better view).But I still felt the groan and the frustration of the alarm clock going off at 6:30am … Continue reading The secret to happiness
I’m moving to New Zealand
This time next week I'll be leaving the UK and returning to New Zealand... for two years. 😮 My British fiance got his two-year visa for New Zealand and we get married over there in March so it was a "why not" moment. Life is for living right? I've been in the UK for 17 … Continue reading I’m moving to New Zealand
“I’m becoming present to me”
"I'm becoming present to me." Those were the words said by a client earlier this year. It was a truly beautiful moment. She was waking up and seeing the value in herself, who she really was and what she was capable of doing, achieving and becoming. Initially she was struggling to see how she could … Continue reading “I’m becoming present to me”
Why the unknown is scary – lessons from my hen’s party
What goes on at a hen's party, stays at a hen's party... Unless I decide to share it! On Saturday, my friends treated me to my UK hen's party (I'm lucky enough to have another one next year in New Zealand). And all the week before, I had been dreading it! Dreading it as in … Continue reading Why the unknown is scary – lessons from my hen’s party
How unleashing your potential can empower your child
So one of my absolute pet passions is talking about how fricken amazing we are and how we don't even know it. Last week, I had the honour of speaking to the awesome Agata Diu, the founder of My Money, My Honey, which is a company that provides financial education programmes for parents and children … Continue reading How unleashing your potential can empower your child