Blog overview
Three surprising reasons why willpower is ineffective… and what to do instead
less of A few mornings ago I had a deep conversation with an older lady dear to me. They were staying with us for a few days. We started by talking about how she wants to change her behaviour.... she knows she “shouldn't” get angry and shout, and yet, she does. Before...
Out of Fear Into Love
Do the same problems keep cropping up in your life? Have you tried to make changes but then slipped back into old ways of being that keep you stuck and unhappy? If you answered yes to either, listen to today's interview. There will be some answers and helpful tips for...
I just can’t say no!
How many times have you heard yourself say this? And I bet you wish you could say that little word. To those requests that take your time, that you don't really feel like doing but you say 'yes' to anyway. How much do you enjoy those activities you agree to with such...
How to get over feeling that something is wrong with you as an introvert
I've heard this question so often from clients and introverts in online forums. "Why do I feel so different? It feels like something is wrong with me." Here's a simple truth - you ARE different. AND - there's nothing wrong with you! Why do we come to believe...
Procrastination – Just Push Through It!
Have you also heard people say that? They say things like "If you’ve set a goal (or want to be successful), you will HAVE to do some things you don't like. So get over reluctance and just DO IT. Push through the resistance." How do you feel when someone tells you...
The surprising benefits of changing one thing
Have you ever doubted your progress in the past? Let’s say you’re making changes in your close relationships or career and it feels hard. You might think “This is TOO difficult; I’m not making any progress so I’ll go back to the way I used to be!” I want to encourage...
How to know what to say “NO” to
How many times have you said to yourself: “I just don’t get enough time for MY priorities!!” Or “When will all these distractions come to an end so I can do what’s important to me for a change??” If you close your eyes for a moment, what feeling arises in your body...
Doing it PERFECTLY
I know I’ve written about this subject before but it keeps coming back to me. It’s probably because I keep struggling with it myself, and because I keep gaining more insights and more examples to illustrate the folly. The folly? Thinking that I need to know EXACTLY...
A Scary Leap of Faith
When’s the last time you had this feeling? ”I really, really want to do something different – I just CAN’T stay here … but it’s SAFER to stay where I am. At least I have [fill in your blank] and if I DO [fill in your thing], I just don’t know if it will work out. It...
Lessons from Australia: What if it could be Fun?
What's life like for you right now - is it heavy and a struggle? A puzzle? Do you 'should' on yourself and judge yourself when you procrastinate on all those 'shoulds'? Or - does it feel fun, light and inspired? We’ve just returned from a trip to Australia. It came...
Introspection for Introverts
Isn’t it incredible how something that was seemingly hidden can suddenly be seen everywhere? As I’m working more with introverts, I’m recognizing so many introvert tendencies and needs in myself and my way of doing things. And I’m wondering how I didn’t see it...
“I can do everything myself!”
When last did you struggle with something for weeks or months? Anything. A body part not working well, a goal that didn’t work out, stagnation in your career or business, a weight loss plan you didn’t follow, an exercise plan you didn’t stick with or any other thing...
Three Steps to Self-Care that will Nurture your Talents
What self-care practices do you follow? Are they regular? Do you go through phases of taking care of yourself, and then a few bits of resentment when you suddenly realise that you’ve left yourself at the back of the priority queue again? Or - are you possible thinking...
Tap into The Body’s Wisdom for a Meaningful Career with Edel O’Mahony
We are in the next stages of the evolution to open a conscious humanity. Beyond the efforts in attracting and manifesting, there is a space of BEing previously elusive, that opens our innate knowing, liberates our truth and empowers our freedom over the time based...
I’m not Loud and Therefore I can’t Get Ahead in my Career
Have you felt like this? I know I have. Both as an employee at a software house, and as an entrepreneur running my own small business. Introverts often feel like this, in my experience. I never realised how much this temperament influences our behaviour career-wise,...
How to Create a Business from your Strengths with Moreen Torpy
Moreen Torpy is an Author and Professional Organizer. Since 2004 in her role as the De-Clutter Coach, she offers her clients an improved quality of life through becoming organized. She continues this work with her Virtual Organizing Service. Always an organized...
What is your Personal Definition of Success?
Every year, as we wind down towards the end of the year, I take stock of what I accomplished, what was on my list, and what I want for the following year. In fact, I have a fun and detailed review process that I use at the end of every year to take a good look at how...
How to find your calling through life’s detours with Uma Girish
Uma Girish is a Grief Guide, Certified Life Purpose Coach and Award-Winning Author. Her latest book, published by Hay House, is a transformational memoir called Losing Amma, Finding Home: A Memoir about Love, Loss and Life's Detours . Following her own journey through...
Three Keys to Daily Happiness
Does your career motivate you, or drain you? Do you set goals for your work and life? Like many people, at the beginning of every year I set goals I’d like to work towards. Strangely, one of the reasons I love setting goals is not necessarily because I achieve them...
Big Gratitude to my Boy, Jack
I posted this originally on my Facebook Author Page and the link is at the bottom of this post. I'd be so happy to see you there so we can have a conversation! My heart is happy today. I wrote "Coping with a Dying Pet" as my doggy Jack was going through very tough...
The Inner Journey to Career Change with Sue Schreuder
Sue Schreuder is an internationally accredited Professional and Consciousness Coach, facilitator and people development consultant who is passionate about life, personal fulfilment and making a positive contribution to the world. She works with a diverse client...
Are you Waiting for the Career Knight on a White Horse?
If you'd prefer to listen to this post, scroll down for the audio version. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article called What to do if you can’t find your passion. I also posted it on LinkedIn and the responses I received were incredibly interesting and it got me...
Finding Meaning after a Forced Career Transition with Alisoun Mackenzie
Often described as one of the most authentic, inspiring and heart-centered souls you can meet, Alisoun runs a thriving training business and has helped thousands of people to enjoy more happiness and success. Alisoun is author of Amazon Best Seller Heartatude, The 9...
Engaging the Body to Help us Navigate Transition with Susan Bernstein
Dr. Susan Bernstein is an executive coach and career advisor who specializes in guiding smart, highly accomplished professionals who are also emotionally sensitive to powerfully boost their resilience and their results. Her clients make sensational shifts using the...
What to Do When You Just Can’t Find your Passion
Yesterday I put out an offer to my followers to Kick-Start a Meaningful Career. I’m developing my ability to offer my work to help women find a meaningful career they love in group settings and hence the offer is in Beta, at a super low cost. (Want to know more?...
Midlife Career Change with Diane Topkis
Diane Topkis is The Midlife Woman’s Career Coach. She helps women gain the clarity and confidence to reinvent or re-energize their career into meaningful work for their next chapter. Her clients have successfully discovered new possibilities and developed new levels...
A Scary Leap of Faith with Jim Malone
Jim has been a story lover as long as he can remember. After studying the works of writers like William Shakespeare, James Joyce, and Alice Walker, he spent two decades teaching at high schools and colleges in the U.S. and abroad. But what he really wanted to do was...
Find out what you like doing best…
“Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.” - Katherine Whitehorn I used to think "That can't possibly be true! Work is 'hard' and we don't have to like it. We just have to do it! It's our duty. Nothing worthwhile comes easily." I've...
Aprille Janes on your Sacred Calling
Aprille Janes spent 20 years as a successful business consultant to Fortune 500 companies like Coca Cola and Minute Maid. In 2003, acknowledging her true purpose, she threw away her corporate suit and began building a tribe of creative business owners who wanted to...
Tom Oberbichler on Curiosity and Making a Difference
I love people and the world we all are a part of. I have worked in construction, as a soldier, salesperson, translator, outdoor-trainer, hiking-guide and communication trainer. Now I help people to fulfill their potential and raise their life and business to the next...