One of my great mentors, Pat Cane, founder of Capacitar International, recently shared some research demonstrating that “the Positivity Effect has been studied by researchers since the 1970s showing that positive people have better health, motivation, relationships & success in “life”.¹ Why is it then, that this is still so controversial for some? We hear […]
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For some reason, this year more than ever there seems to be a kind of weariness around as we embrace the festive season. Maybe it’s still a kind of post-pandemic tiredness, whereby we are living life more fully again but still carrying the shock of the pandemic and its impact. Or maybe it’s just trying
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No doubt you’ve been aware of the recent Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States. I think it’s a wonderful celebration and in some ways, I wish we had a similar celebration here in Ireland. At the same time, if you’ve worked with me or been reading my blogs, you know gratitude isn’t something that we
I recently came across the idea of going for an Earth Guidance or Medicine Walk from the wonderful Marcy Garrison Nelson creative and product coach to many. Marcy suggested this as an opportunity to receive guidance and inspiration from the natural world. These types of walks are not new age! They have their roots in
This week in Radical Wellbeing we have been exploring Spiritual Wellbeing. I shared a number of ideas and practices to support participants in nurturing their own spiritual awareness and wellbeing. Often times, I find that when clients are working on the spiritual side of their vision, practice and wellbeing, surrender becomes a hot topic. So
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There are only two ways proven to create lasting change in our lives. One is through strategic repetition over time, embedding new awareness and aligning our action and the other is through high emotional impact. Clients on my coaching programmed get to experience both! The first is achieved through our weekly calls where I teach
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The energies of spring are all around here in Ireland at the moment, perhaps intensified for me by a Dawn Walk on Good Friday morning! The Swallows are back in our yard, the blossom is in the trees and along with the April showers and blustery winds, everything feels very much alive. In this week’s
Sometimes you come across something so powerful that you know part of your purpose is simply to share it more widely. Today, as I prepare to go on retreat next week, I was planning my blog and kept coming back to this fabulous poem: ‘Someone’ by Mary Standing Otter, shared recently with me by the equally wonderful
Recently I was listening to a short meditation from the wonderful Peter Harper, aka The Drunken Monk. Peter shared with us a short koan that he invited us all to work with in 2023. Koans, as explained in a previous blog, are short riddles or puzzles that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them
This blog builds on our recent theme of receiving the good in our lives. Have you been conducting a receiving experiment as outlined in the last blog: Receiving the Good and Creating Flow? I’d love to hear of your experiences. Today, I’m going to share with you a technique based on the work of Henk
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