Nov 1, 20192 minThe Gift of FocusI have just spent the most blissful two weeks being incredibly focused on just two projects - one last week and another one this week. I...
Oct 25, 20192 minFour Stages of Competence I confess I have been floundering since I was appointed Chair of Trustees (Governors) at the end of September. I had a hard act to follow...
Oct 11, 20192 minThe Gift That Keeps On Giving...I heard that phrase used yesterday, in relation to NLP training...which is, of course, true. In my case, right here and now, the gift...
Sep 20, 20192 minTime to FlyWe spend at least 18 years preparing our children for this moment...the moment when they spread their wings and fly. Its our main job as...
Aug 23, 20192 minAutomation Sucks!Automation is always supposed to make our lives easier...and despite my personal dislike of social media and emails, I guess it does...do...
Aug 9, 20191 minYou Cannot Not CommunicateAn interesting phrase and one of the presuppositions of NLP, originally cited in Watzlawick, Beavin and Jackson's five axioms of human...
Aug 2, 20192 minAnd so it begins...Yep - Today is the day we start planning the conference programme! I know, not that exciting for 99.9% of the population... This is far...
Jul 19, 20192 minWe have all the resources we need...Hmmm, this week has been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, which I wasn't expecting at all! Dan has had a Summer School at his...
Jul 12, 20192 minDecision MakingI have a tendency to be well organised and I'm known for being a bit of a planner...I'm sure I drive Kash mad...frequently...with my...
May 24, 20192 minHeart Singing Gratitude...Demonstrating gratitude is a 'purposeful' daily activity when I complete my 'gratitude diary'...and it is also an activity I practice in...
May 10, 20192 minDetails...We get what we focus on - we all know that can be true! So this week, I have been presented with a lot of examples where there has been a...
Apr 26, 20191 minStepping UpMy oracle card of influence for 2019 is 'Challenge' and part of the challenge I have been set this year is to 'step up'. In other words,...
Apr 5, 20191 minLearning PresenceSo last week, I was reading about and embodying 'present' and learning more about what it feels like to be really present, in the moment,...
Mar 29, 20192 minYou'll CopeThis is probably one of the most challenging posts I have ever written. Why? Because those words, said to me recently by my mum,...
Feb 22, 20192 minIt's Not Fair...As I write this title, I have the Lily Allen song running through my head! Its been running through my head quite a bit this week, which...
Feb 1, 20192 minFlexibilityThere is a saying in NLP that the person with the most flexibility controls the system. In other words, the person who can be the most...
Jan 25, 20192 minIt's What You Do"It's just what you do" is a phrase that has cropped up a few times this week, mainly when talking with my daughter-in-law, Shannen,...
Jan 11, 20192 minOverthinkingI've been pottering around this morning, wondering what to write about today. 'Blog' always appears on my 'to do' list on Thursday...
Nov 30, 20182 minGotta Love I.T.Hmmm, there have been a lot of things steering me off course this week - of course, I could take 100% responsibility for this and say I...
Nov 16, 20182 minMenus and ChoicesI have been doing quite a bit with 'menus' this week. Reviewing food menus for the NLP Awards and creating the menus for the new website...