So….. it all caught up with me this morning. I woke up feeling down and negative. I could feel the whispers of depression-past calling to me, willing me to trash my life. I wanted to lie down in it’s comfortable familiarity, to surrender to the insistent voice, let it engulf me and tell me just
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I am walking the shoreline of Loch Creran on the West Coast of Scotland. This is a personal challenge which I hope will also be inspiring, you can read more about it here. Thank goodness I’d taken good note of where I finished last time otherwise I could have spent ages just trying to figure
After making our lists someone in my group, see Blow Your Own Trumpet – Part One, suggested we blow our own trumpets. “We could read our lists to each other and then tell each other something we are good at or have achieved or are proud of, Blow our own trumpet’s.” Argh! A cringe took
Following on from Part One, I want to encourage us all to blow our own trumpets more. Sitting in that group last week listening to how amazing and talented we all are I marvelled, and I realised these things: We are not being arrogant or self-important when we blow our own trumpet if we are
First thought…………….Cringe!!! So long as we continue to associate blowing our own trumpet with being boastful or big headed, full of ourselves and showing off we will continue to hide, belittle, excuse and minimise who we are and what we are capable of in the world. I belong to a support group which loosely follows
I can’t believe how many people wrinkle their noses when I ask if they like this time of year; if they are looking forward to Christmas? “Not really,” they shrug. How sad that we have this opportunity for a mid-winter celebration and yet so many, like me, would rather not be facing it at all.
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” Victor Frankl At one time I never even knew there was a space. I moved seamlessly from stimulus to response with not even a hint that there might
Don’t give up on your goals yet? When we decide something needs to change in our lives we are far more likely to achieve it if we set ourselves a goal. But you probably already know that! Did you know that it also helps if that goal is SMART? This simple idea will help you hone
It’s simpler than you may think. As I sat down to mediate this morning I felt heavy, achey and a bit down. I was aware of the part of me that wants to give up because it’s all too hard, that sometimes wants a different life. She doesn’t want to have to keep doing the
Apparently creating a blog title with Top Ten or some other numbered list is the best way to get your blog posts noticed and read. Many of these lists provide us with useful facts and information or they may simply be entertaining. For example I was delighted recently to find one telling me about where
