Tag: Articles

  • Bitch-Slapping Versus Back-Slapping

    So when was the last time you praised yourself? When did you last shout about your achievements? When did you last give yourself a big slap on the back for a job or a life well done? Seriously, when was the last time? And when was the last time you gave yourself grief for getting…

  • OnTheBeach – The Strategic Approach

    What is your life strategy? Do you have every last move planned out – including several escape routes and alternatives in case of change? Do you have no strategy whatsoever and just roll with the punches? Are you looking in the opposite direction so you don’t even see the punches coming? I got a questionnaire…

  • Pieces of a Puzzle

    “There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.” Deepak Chopra You are an important piece of the grand puzzle – do you own that? Do you live that? Do you see how…

  • OnTheBeach – Share Your Gift

    We all have gifts that we can share with the world, and one of the greatest tragedies is that we don’t. We keep ourselves small, we are self-deprecating and lack 100% self belief – and the world loses. You think I’m exaggerating? Well, let’s forget about this ‘just’ being about you for a minute, and…

  • OnTheBeach – Will This Still Matter Tomorrow?

    A note from Donna Since the gig I went to last Tuesday, my throat has been playing up and my voice has run the range between Minnie Mouse and that woman with a husky, low, smoker’s voice off Coronation Street of 20 years ago – can’t remember her name! I was listening to the messages…

  • OnTheBeach – Getting Away From It All

    A note from Donna Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, I thought I had written, saved, and scheduled my newsletter for today long ago. Sadly I was completely and utterly mistaken! So this is being hastily written on a Sunday evening while watching Stephen Fry drive a black cab around the USA… So I’ll…

  • OnTheBeach – Don’t Let the B’s Grind You Down

    My parents have a saying “Don’t let the b*stards grind you down” – and there are times when this is the most pertinent advice that can be given! Because this is exactly what happens if you’re not vigilant – years and years of criticism, minor annoyances and unsupportiveness can just grind down your good humour…

  • OnTheBeach – Don’t It Make You Feel Good

    What was the last piece of ‘advice’ you were given? Was it to get out more, to work harder, to go on a diet, to sort yourself out, to be more focused? We’re all surrounded by well-meaning people who give us advice, sometimes asked for, sometimes unasked. A lot of advice is useful, relevant and…

  • The Back from Holiday Blues

    Thank you guys, for missing me!! I have had a few e-mails asking where the heck I’ve been and why have you got nothing to read on a Monday morning – I really appreciate that you noticed and cared that I’d gone. And for those of you who didn’t notice or care…I’ve been on holiday!…

  • OnTheBeach – Bit by Bit by Bit by Bit

    I had the excellent fortune to get a ticket for the Abraham Hicks workshop in London this week, and a fabulous time was had by all. Esther Hicks is an inspirational speaker who dialogs with a group of spiritual teachers who call themselves Abraham. It might seem a bit ‘woo-woo’ to some, but it’s fascinating…