Insights
Insights’ covers a wide range of topics all aimed at helping you get unstuck by making small
changes one step at a time that deliver results you wouldn’t think possible.
Have you ever thought about how changing your ‘thoughts’ about your problems may help you? Today has been a great day so far, and as I look out of my office window, the sun is shining, and I can see blue skies. I have just had a no-show for a scheduled call, and I am […]
Read MoreI was talking with a client recently who wasn’t feeling good about themselves having put on weight due to a health issue. So, she wasn’t feeling good about herself, and she felt bad because she knew it wasn’t good to be thinking of herself in his way, which made her feel even worse. Our mind […]
Read MoreAnnoying thought for the day – brought on by this meme I saw last night. Managing your brain isn’t easy. That is why so many people don’t start doing something they want to do or give up halfway through because things have become uncomfortable… and they expect everything to be easy or see the results […]
Read MoreMindset is an incredibly popular word at the moment. “I need/you need/we need to get our mindset right”. I prefer to call the process mind management, though that is for another post. Who hasn’t heard or uttered one of these phrases recently? I think most people reading this post understand the huge value of having […]
Read MoreMany years ago, I became an NLP practitioner and trainer. It stands for neurolinguistic programming. Fancy name and fundamentally it’s training on how the brain, mind and body work to manage ourselves to get the results we want. Robert Dilts was one of the founders of NLP, and I was lucky enough to train with […]
Read MoreJudy Garland was a legend in the film and entertainment world. She also wasn’t exactly your ‘run of the mill’ actress at the time. She became successful by being her own person. Here is one of my favourite quotes of hers and one I haven’t always followed in my younger days. It would be far […]
Read MoreChange comes from learning. Starting a business in a recession may seem like madness to some and an exciting adventure to others. Back in 2008 my partner and I set up a business in a market that we had experienced only as a client with 2 exceptions. It was a market where we had identified […]
Read MoreThe primitive part of our brain serves us well in many ways as it keeps our life support systems working, and I am immensely grateful for that. It also wants to keep us safe, which on the one hand, makes sense; however, it often means that we fall into our comfort zone and because this […]
Read MoreOver the weekend, I saw a post from Billie Jean King. She shared that on the day in question, Madeleine k Albright became the first woman appointed to the Secretary of State cabinet position in 1997. The U.S. has had 71 Secretaries of State, with just 3 being women, Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice, & Hillary […]
Read MoreBusiness owners and ruts; it’s a thing. Last night, I listened to Mel Robbins talk about being stuck and how it’s a calling to something else. Something to be embraced. A new opportunity to move to the next step. A thought that on the surface might be ‘negative’ and yet brings with it opportunity. When […]
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