Category: Articles

  • OnTheBeach: When You Get Pulled Off Your Path and Dumped in a Muddy Ditch

    Have you ever had the experience of something pulling you off track? You’re merrily going along your way, pursuing your Big Dreams, whistling as you forge your own path in the wilderness of life…and then something (often quite small) happens to pull you violently off your lovely track and into the ditch at the side…

  • OnTheBeach: Lighten Up

    OnTheBeach: Lighten Up

    So last week I told you that when I chilled out about getting stuff done, I got more stuff done. It’s ironic, right? And yet today, again, I’m experiencing the truth of it – as soon as I relaxed about getting this article written (in fact, I’d decided not to write it today!), I started…

  • What Rules Do You Live By?

    I have been working my way through the Goddess Guide Book by Leonie Dawson, which has given me a fabulous focus for my planning and considering life and business in 2013. I am loving it! One of the sections is about setting Life Rules. Not, as I said last week, to make your life regimented…

  • Setting 2013 Up For Success

    Setting 2013 Up For Success

    For my newsletter this week, I expanded on the blog post from last week about the January Daily Practice, so if this looks familiar, that’s why! So how do we set ourselves up for success in 2013? Not by starting a diet we won’t finish, not by getting a gym membership we’ll never use, not…

  • The Energy of The Season

    The Energy of The Season

    One of the themes that has come up in the conversations I’ve had this past week with clients and friends has been that they just can’t seem to get anything done. There is a real sense of lethargy and inertia in the air – not useful in the busy, stressful, party season! I have found…

  • OnTheBeach: 40 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Me

    This all started as a blog challenge thrown down by Jo of minestronesoul.com – write a blog post of 23 things your readers probably don’t know about you. And challenge them to do the same. So I started keeping a little list… and then the thought grew that my 40th birthday is looming (Monday 10th…

  • December Daily Practice: Joy

    Because I’m off to Rome next week, I wanted to choose the Daily Practice, and get the daily updates done early. So I’ve been thinking and pondering and trying to come up with something that is appropriate for the season and the time of year and somehow fits in with a trip to Rome, birthdays,…

  • OnTheBeach: Self-Care Is Non-Negotiable

    OnTheBeach: Self-Care Is Non-Negotiable

    So this afternoon I was trying to work myself up to doing this newsletter…and struggling because I am super-tired and really want to sit in front of the fire reading my book. So, in true procrastination genius style, I went wandering off to read some blog posts…and found 2 that I really needed – one…

  • Do You Cultivate Joy or Stress?

    Do You Cultivate Joy or Stress?

    The dictionary definition of joy is ‘a deep feeling or condition of happiness or contentment’. Sounds wonderful – I’ll have some of that! So, how often do you feel joyous? All day every day? Once a day? Once a week? Every now and again? I have a vague suspicion (I could be wrong) that it…

  • November Daily Practice: Clear the Clutter!

    So, when I was wondering what Daily Practice to do in November, I looked out of the window at the trees that were steadily shedding their leaves in preparation for the winter. After a few minutes quiet reflection about the onset of winter, which means dark nights, cold feet, wearing 7 layers of clothing, no…