Life is full of opportunities, but it’s so easy to miss them. Are you looking for a new career, a partner, a business idea or more fulfilment in life? Whatever you want, it may already be in front of your eyes without you noticing. How can this be? It’s easiest to demonstrate with a … [Read more...]
Continue ReadingStop your personal soap opera!
Let's be honest, we all love telling dramatic stories about our lives. It can be fun. But let's be careful not to get too absorbed in them. It's easy to get obsessed by stories about how we "just are", how things "happen to us" and how we "have no choice". This kind of language keeps us in victim … [Read more...]
Continue ReadingFailure is Essential!
One of my clients quoted his personal trainer who said that weight training was the only discipline where failure was essential. The reason being that muscle growth occurs as a response to muscle failure. I love this quote and actually think that failure is not just essential for weight training. … [Read more...]
Continue ReadingAcceptance v Change?
Magic Lotus flower ]I am sometimes asked how personal development sits with the concept of Mindfulness that encourages us to be in the moment and accept what is. Some people find this confusing and come to the conclusion that the desire to change is not spiritual. Others warn that the new … [Read more...]
Continue ReadingTest your awareness!
Test your level of awareness with this short video clip. Diverse teachings as those fromBuddha and Neuro-Linguistic Programming are telling us the same thing: Our perception of reality is incomplete. The senses we use to experience reality have limitations, and so has the capacity of our mind to … [Read more...]
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