Generally the perception is that positive thinking is good for you. How telling yourself ‘I can do this’ is enables you to achieve things that perhaps you thought you couldn’t. I have been using this with toddler with some great results. However some new research demonstrates that this may not be the best approach. Daniel [...]
I love being a life coach however sometimes I find my thoughts can be my worst life coach! I often find myself telling myself stories. Playing out a movie of my future life in my head. Often this can be a disaster movie waiting for the hero to come and save me, however I am [...]
I am often inspired by Will Smith’s interviews. Here is a compilation of some of his wisdom on life. I love the quote ‘you don’t set out to build a wall…you say I am going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid, and if you do that every day soon [...]
I love this quote: “Judging your own faults or the faults of others leads to unhappiness. A mind that dwells in non-judgment is a contented mind.” Pg 118 The Missing Link by Sydney Banks
I am learning you don’t need to go to India to find inner wisdom, it is inside you! However we sometimes need to learn how to tune in to it as it can be drowned out by our thinking and busyness. Here are ten things I have learnt that help me find my inner [...]
I remember lying in my back in silence desperate to hear anything from God, just a hello would have done, let alone the my life plan! My blog post on a growth mindset started by knowing what you want. I spent most of my life growing up not knowing what I wanted in life. I had an [...]
A cell is in one of two states. Growth or protection. Which are you in? Ten tips to develop a growth mindset: Know what you want. Some many people find it easy to describe what they don’t want but what about what you do want? Feel the fear and do it anyway. Protection is more [...]
So have you seen the last Harry Potter film? We saw it last night and loved it. I particularly like a line from Dumbledore. At one point Harry asks him whether what he was experiencing as real or just in his head. Dumbledore told him “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but [...]
‘We need to get out of the house in 5 minutes’ I remind my son hoping the warning will result in a stress free departure. The pace of life in Cornwall is far more stress free than the rat-race of London however it is not completely stress free! Like many little children his age getting [...]
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