Riding Shotgun!
April 19, 2023
"Shotgun!" My boys used to yell this out as they elbowed each other to get to the front seat when we would leave in the morning for the school run.According to Wikipedia, "riding shotgun" was a phrase used to describe the bodyguard who rides alongside a stagecoach driver, ty...
Dying on the right hill.
August 25, 2022
We had an incident happen recently that had the potential to spiral into something nasty.
Early this week I woke up to a very long and angry text involving my son and then a string of texts requiring me to “explain myself” from one of my neighbours who lives in our l...
Why is your WHY so important?
July 28, 2022
What makes you get up in the morning and do what you do?Why does your business exist?Why do you lead others?Why do we do the things we do? What would happen if your business ceased to exist tomorrow? Who would suffer because of that?These are some of the questions I have be...
Accountability - the art of telling the truth in love.
June 24, 2022
I work with a lot of teams and the one thing most teams score the lowest in their team assessment is Accountability. It is especially hard in teams that like each other too. I have found that accountability can be misunderstood. I have seen it done badly with people being...
3 Powerful Reasons for Hiring A Coach
June 25, 2018
“The term ‘Coach’ was initially started in 1830 and the Oxford University put forth the meaning of this term as slang for a tutor”. I recently read this in an article on the History of Coaching by Mike Morrison.
The term Coach comes from the actually horse and...
The Power of Frustration!
April 19, 2018
Most of us want to avoid feelings of discomfort for the large part. We want to buy into the Hollywood happily-ever-after. We want to avoid all struggle and it would be great if we could skip through life without bumps, trips or dark patches thank you very much. The reality i...
3 Keys to Combating Overwhelm
October 13, 2015
What is overwhelm?
“Overwhelm” is technically a verb, but with the following meanings it’s easy to see why it’s become the latest noun in today’s fast-paced world.
advancing sand dunes could overwhelm the village: swamp, submerge, engulf, bury, deluge, flood, ...
The Thing About Positivity
September 1, 2015
Many people who know me think that I am a bubble of joy all the time – a lot like Joy in Inside Out actually – and that I never have a bad day because of my sunny disposition. What many don’t realise is that I am sometimes very sad, feel lonely, and life can ...
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