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
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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
“It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.” Tony Robbins Like chains limiting beliefs can confine and restrict us, they contain us within a certain way of seeing the world which defines what we think, how we behave and feel and the way in
Change, wow it’s such a huge subject that I have been struggling about where to begin. There are so many different approaches we could take. There are tonnes of internet sites which can help us full of lists of all the underlying fears which get in our way and all the practical steps we can
When someone first suggested to me that I “ Just Accept” I thought they’d gone mad. Were they asking me to give in, submit, accept defeat and condone something? How wrong I was. Acceptance does not mean we are some sort of doormat who just rolls over and takes whatever is happening to us. It
