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  • Dance, Dance Wherever You May Be

    Yesterday I received this post from 1000 Awesome Things about Dancing when you’re home alone. It really made me laugh because I do this DAILY. Without the wooden spoon or special attire, I am ashamed to admit. When was the last time you did this? And what song did you do it to? This week,…

  • Drop The Pressure

    Do you ever find yourself getting incredibly grouchy? Irritable? Impatient? Even evil? A short fuse is a key indicator of stress, but we often blame the weather, tiredness, PMT, and sometimes miss the fact that actually, we are under a lot of pressure. All too often, this pressure is entirely self-inflicted – the only person…

  • If You Could Do It All Again

    You may have seen this poem, it does the rounds on e-mail occasionally. This week, a friend sent it to me and I read it again and once again realised how wonderful a philosophy it is: IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER I’d dare to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax, I…

  • Mastery is Not About Perfection

    Following my blog post yesterday about success, someone sent me this quote: “We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It’s about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and…

  • To Succeed, Be Willing To Lose

    I received an e-mail from The Simple Dollar this morning containing this “The best thing you can do if you want to succeed at anything is to not care about losing. And you probably will lose – a lot.” I want you to read that again. And again. And again. Because what stops most people…

  • Feeling Alive

    “Children FEEL life. They smell it, roll in it, run with it, see it all around them. Feel the world through the eyes of a child.” – Anonymous. I remember thinking that there was nothing better in life than a Mr Whippy ice cream and a go on the trampoline. Actually, to be honest, not…

  • Attack of the Should-Bee’s

    Have you been attacked by the should be’s lately? You know, when you drive yourself nuts with “I should be” doing this, that or t’other. “I should be” better, faster, fitter, brighter, taller, thinner, richer, more this or less that. Ugh. What if you should be exactly where you are – not doing whatever it…

  • Magic Moments

    I am currently sat in the sunshine, with my laptop on my lap, music playing and delighted to be alive and outside! In this moment, I am so loving working for myself. It’s a magic moment. And so far it’s lasted half the morning. Ok, I didn’t say this to brag, but to make a…

  • Iphones, Ipads and ebooks

    Hello folks! Hope you had a happy easter and didn’t make yourself sick with all the chocolate. I am hiding my remaining Easter Eggs as I can’t seem to stop myself picking at them…and I feel sick! Lol. I am well and truly sated with chocolate…perhaps just one more mini egg? 😉 Anyway, I wanted…

  • In Praise of Laze

    I was talking to someone I coached about 5 years ago the other day, and she reminded me of something I’d asked her to do – get comfortable with, and allow herself to be, lazy. Like so many other things, laziness gets such a bad rap that many of us will work ourselves into an…