This simple phrase at once cunning and compelling is a perversion of our ancient lizard brains’ risk management system.
Is it familiar to you? Or any of its variations?
“Must learn more, try harder, be quicker, smarter, better, more on the case”
It seems so plausible, so true, especially when we have practised it for decades. It goes unnoticed.
Read MoreDuring the 15 years when I ran my first business – Juicy Glass Ltd – I also spent many happy weekends hill walking and talking with a friend who was a GP.
Climbing mountains we chewed the fat about life, work, relationships, and parenting. The whole juicy shebang.
When things were stressful in my architectural glass business, I found perspective talking to her, and coined the phrase “It’s only glass” as shorthand for, unlike her work, it isn’t life or death.
Read MoreDo you mostly pay more attention to what is wrong than what is right?
Do you often demand bigger better faster more from yourself?
We are educated to problem solve and wired to protect. Both attitudes weigh more heavily on threat than opportunity, and both are so embedded that we are unconsciously and habitually attached to these ways of moving through life.
Read MoreEven though it is possible to find many positives, there’s no denying the world is a challenging place to be right now.
It's apparent that how we've been living for decades isn't working. Something fundamental is wrong. Current global crises – Covid-19, economics, politics, health, environment, inequality are forcing us all to face up to it.
Read MoreThough the covid challenge is universal we are each having our own lockdown experience and there are many contrasts. Whatever your situation, your mindset is the biggest factor in how you will experience this time and how you’ll come through it.
Read MoreIt’s instinctive and totally natural to be scared in these rapidly changing circumstances. The illusion of control that we normally have is shattered and our lizard brains, trying their best to protect us from danger (the unknown) are going bonkers with the uncertainty and unfamiliarity of it all.
Read MoreRecently I’ve noticed a connection between the amount of screen time in a day and the amount/quality of sleep. Screen time, especially social media has been cropping up in coaching sessions recently. Coaching clients are describing how it makes them feel angry, less than, lack concentration and generally eats up hours of what could be more fruitful life.
Read MoreOver a year into my own coaching practise, one word is coming to me over again and that is intuition. I’m beginning to see that helping my clients reconnect with their intuition is the vital ingredient.
Read MoreIn this video, I'm talking about time - because, in my experience, it really relates to the satisfaction and dissatisfaction that we feel in our work, life and career. It's really important to me that I feel I'm doing something satisfying and enjoyable with my life. In the video, I share some of my personal experiences around this and share some questions to get you thinking about what it means for you.
Read MoreOverdrive is a habit of relentlessly pushing oneself towards goal posts that move further away, usually across most aspects of life. There’s always a new achievement to reach for. Good enough isn’t a thing for someone stuck in overdrive. It has got to be the best. Rarely, if ever, do over-drivers own their successes and achievements. They’re usually too busy focusing on what’s still to do, what’s next, and on the aspects where their performance fell short.
Read MoreIn day to day life most people present the polished shiny version of themselves and keep the messy, shameful version under wraps. As a coach I have the great privilege of having my clients share their inner workings with me. I am constantly reminded that we all have the messy version with doubts, fears and self-criticism.
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