Archive for Your Own Hero’s Journey (Courage)
100 Philosophers Notes (video & quick quiz)
Hoorah, I posted my first little YouTube/Blip.tv extravaganza today - a clip from the interview I did with the fab... Read more...
Brian Johnson: Philosopher & Entrepreneur
"...we're always at a new edge, there's always that new frontier that we're exploring and that comes with a certain level of tension Read more...
Rampage of Appreciation!
It's day 27 of the Prosperity Experiment and I just couldn't help it spilling over into this blog ;-). The... Read more...
Tame Your Dragons – now!
I'm going to Aina's next Taming Your Dragons 3-Day course in London later this month... very excited... Also, listen to our... Read more...
Work as Play
In today's Zen post, Mary shared this video by Alan Watts, filmed over 10 years ago talking about Work as Play, spontaneity, pleasure, Hindu philosophy, the atomic bomb and enjoying our lives. It's so NOT like the 15 second attention span, hi-speed, blip-verts that we're so accustomed to watching these days... change gear for a few minutes and maybe be inspired - he even sings at one point - magical! Read more...
Which Groove are you in?
If we only had the courage, the confidence, the spirit, the not 'follow the herd', the mindset, we would all be grooving out a new experience of the present moment and new possibilities for a future worth getting really excited about. Challenge your thinking then - What if your life just got better and better as you got older (and wiser)? Read more...
Can You Kiss the Mirror Yet? (in Public)
Of all the things Bob Proctor taught in a 3-Day seminar I attended in London last summer, one that's stuck with me most is his attitude towards himself - he loves and accepts himself 100%. How cool is that? Paul Martinelli tells a story about traveling with Bob and walking through a section of an airport where there was a huge wall, all mirror. Bob walked right up to it and kissed his own reflection 'mua, mua, mua, I love you so much!' and not a bit embarrassed when everyone else stopped and stared. Read more...
Michael Bungay Stanier: Award-winning Coach, Author and Trainer
"recognise that it is a struggle... it's not an easy task for most of us... its actually something you need to work at through self-knowledge and through courage... Read more...
Aina Egeberg, Master NLP Trainer, Transformative Coach & Dragon Tamer
"You don't have to struggle with your dragons for a lifetime......trust that things can radically change and they can change very quickly..." Read more...
Martin Grahame-Dunn: Photographer, Mentor & Trainer
"I believe in lifelong learning... I don't believe that process ever stops, to the day we die..." Read more...
Andrew Hunter: Inter-Faith Minister & Spiritual Counselor
"Follow your heart, follow your curiosity... and don't let anything stop you..." Read more...
10,000 hours to Mastery – The Ultimate Time Management Challenge?
How we choose to fill our days, our hours, our minutes is somewhat of an obsession - time is ticking away, life isn’t a dress rehearsal… or as Napoleon Hill reminds us in the last chapter of ‘Think and Grow Rich’ “Life is a chessboard, and the player opposite you is TIME.” Read more...
Creative Coaching
Get connected with the adventurous spirit in yourself! Push your edges, love the process, keep creating. What we offer For your... Read more...
The Joy of Receiving
As is normal here, the whole event was wonderfully chaotic - as parents, we filed dutifully into a beautiful new classroom, where the chairs were laid out in neat, straight rows, inviting us to sit down in some sort of orderly fashion. There was a brief attempt at this by some of us, but when the children filed in to take their places on benches at the front, the overpowering need to digitally capture some special moments of the event took hold and we all took our places at the side of the room, jostling for our turns at the front of the pack clutching our various grades of cameras, videos and pdas. Read more...
To Juan… With Deepest Gratitude
For loving them. For being there for them while you could be. You made a difference. Gracias. Read more...
Stop Making Sense… Suicide and Six Year Olds
Three weeks ago, I took a birthday cake into school to celebrate Hal’s birthday. Juan was a star – he’d made a birthday crown for Hal and his classmate, Yedra, who was also celebrating her birthday. We sang happy birthday in Spanish and English for both of them and they got to blow out candles –double cake all round! It was lovely. Juan ran the party in such a way that all the kids got cake, juice, party balloons and had fun in the class, then got to run it all off outside in the patio straight afterwards. As we were clearing up, he mentioned that in September Hal will be going up to the ‘primera’ – the first class in the big school, rather than infantil. I asked him what he would do then and he shrugged, smiled and said – be here, of course, teaching the little ones – it’s what I do! He seemed fine and to be genuinely enjoying himself. And when I picked Hal up from school later that day, Juan had collated all the birthday pictures the other kids had drawn for him into a little book. It was a wonderfully thoughtful memento to give a child of their key milestones in their childhood… Read more...
Habit or Ritual? 8 Steps to creating a new one.
Are you finding it difficult to integrate new habits into your life? It could be remembering to be grateful, acknowledging your successes, sending out sales letters, keeping your paperwork in order, updating your accounts regularly, noticing and appreciating the good things about your partner, reading with your children, taking frequent breaks from looking at a screen, writing in your journal, working in your studio or simply (!) letting your partner have his or her say without interrupting or arguing. Read more...
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How Many Snakes Can You Handle?
As the gap became wider, their attitudes towards playing changed dramatically - TheO realised he was way behind and started complaining that it wasn’t fair – he got cross and not surprisingly, started trying to cheat to catch up; while Hal, spurred on by his apparent success suddenly changed gear and really started playing to win. Read more...
The Magic of Thinking Big (or 3)
Of course, he gets himself into trouble quite a bit, but in general his spirit and energy make him a joy to be around. And, as his mother, who also happens to be a coach who spends most of her day helping adults get over their own limiting beliefs, if there's one thing I want to encourage and nurture and see truly flourish in him, it's this wonderful fearless attitude. David J. Schwartz, in the 1959 book of the same name, describes it as 'The Magic of Thinking Big' Read more...
Lost in words? Try these.
‘Be silently drawn…’ what a beautiful image. Silence on your Hero’s Journey, as Joseph Campbell called it. Imagine that in this world of planes, trains and automobiles. An inner journey though... it sounds peaceful and calm instead of the idea of stress and upheaval usually associated with change. Read more...
Mad Money Parenting
For at least the last 18 months, I've been making a conscious effort to change my 'Money Consciousness'. For as... Read more...
2009 – The Year of Carefree Living (Are You Having Fun Yet?)
So, how's 2009 going for you so far? I don't know about you, but I'm feeling positively joyous about the... Read more...
The Inspiration of Success
So, to keep me going during this longer-than-planned journey, I am constantly seeking inspiration and reassurance. Apart from Bob Proctor's 'Insight of the Day' and Nightingale Conant's daily emails, which are great, occasionally it's just a real life example that's needed. Read more...
Just Focus – for 31 Days in a row
Well, I started a blog in October 2007 and called 90 Day Trial, but it was up a lot longer... Read more...
