being present

I’ve got worms.

I've done everything I have been instructed to do. I've spent hours thinking about it. I even considered going to a group session to discuss it. It's now time to face...

The cost of overthinking…

The reason I have been late posting this is because the words I had prepared earlier were, quite simply, crap.Too preachy; too whiney; too cynical; too overwhelming....

The thoughts that grow in my garden…

I've been spending some time this past week out in the garden. I just love it there and I'm grateful to have the time to learn some new cultivation skills. The garden...

Mindfulness: 4 ways to find it at work

Last week I talked about why mindfulness is so important in the workplace. Well, talk is cheap (and easy!), it's doing it that can be a challenge. Particularly when you...

Worrying about perfrection…

In my early twenties I attended a  training course to improve my skills working as a corporate trainer. I loved my job. I enjoyed working with people, and presenting to...

Can’t help myself…bad habits!

Oh I wish these blogs had an audio option! You'd hear this title in a Billy Fields swagger. I loved that song back in the 80's, and now, as January comes to a close I...

I have a human barometer.

I'm very lucky. Some would say, however, I'm very unlucky. One of my closest friends lives in Sweden, far far away. We only get to share a cuppa together once a year or...