“Inside Out” – A New Pixar Film Looking at Emotions
I just came across this clip on “Inside Out” – a new Pixar film coming to cinemas in 2015 looking at emotions (emotional intelligence) and the voices inside our heads or mind. I am looking forward to seeing how they are portrayed.. If you are ready to reclaim your courage and take the next step towards freedom and…
Myths, Misperceptions or Misgivings About Self-Compassion
When I am working with clients during coaching/mentoring or events, one of the areas that often comes up is the harshness of our inner critic or voice inside our head. We can be so judgemental towards ourselves, with thoughts (or cognitive distortions) such as – “I’m not good enough” “I”m worthless” “I’m too fat” “I’m not fit…
What Do You REALLY Want?
Yes YOU – what do you REALLY want? Have you ever sat down and identified what you really would like in your life? Yes – REALLY, TRULY want – YOUR hearts deepest calling! You would think that it would be easy to sit down and identify what our authentic self really wants since we live…
Dance Like Nobody Is Watching…
A great reminder to dance like nobody is watching to live life fully NOW… “We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated when that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that we are frustrated that…
What is the Impostor Phenomenon?
Have you ever felt like you don’t deserve your success? Think your success is because of luck, timing or computer error? Rarely do a task or project as well as you would like? Agonise over the smallest flaws in your work? Crushed by constructive feedback and see it as evidence of your failure? Worry that it…
Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are!
In this Ted Talk (21.02mins) Social Psychologist Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are and how “power posing” (standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident), can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success. Amy Cuddy: Your…
The Power of Habit: Keystone Habits
If you have been reading my journal lately you will know I have been focusing on my untangling process around money. I have written about it here, here, here and here so far! What I have found so far is that by focusing on money (one aspect of my life), it is also transforming other areas…
