If you want more connected runs and to grow your partnership with your fabulous dog… If you want increased confident and satisfaction, and to feel proud of your efforts… If you’re ready to level up and develop the skills you need in this crucial area of competing… Confident Competing is for you. […]
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Make Friends With Failure
This can be tough to hear, but our ability to be successful correlates with our tolerance of failure. If you ‘can’t’ fail, you can’t succeed. Getting things wrong, making mistakes, learning and trying again- THAT is how we progress at everything we learn. There is no route to success that bypasses failure along the way. […]
The Hamster Wheel Of Hustle
I’ve got to confess: I am becoming increasingly allergic to the idea of ‘hustle’. Now hear me out before you click on… Let me first say that I DO absolutely believe in hard work. Yup, check, signed up to that one FOR SURE. However, I DO NOT sign up for being seen to be […]
Living Feisty: Overcoming Adversity
*FEISTY* adjective: feisty; comparative adjective: feistier; superlative adjective: feistiest (of a person, typically one who is relatively small) lively, determined, and courageous. – Oxford Dictionary I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be feisty. This is my favourite definition so far. I love how it doesn’t require someone to be […]
‘I am…’ 1 big fat warning about using those words
‘I am…’ Two little words that can seem so insignificant, yet hold such power. As you may know, the phrase/ battle cry WORDS HAVE POWER is something I’m likely to have written on my grave, because I am PASSIONATE about the power of words and using them well. In what follows, I’m going to explain […]
Do you believe in positive training?
Positive Training When I work with my dog (and horse) students these days, there’s a lot of talk about ‘positive’ methods of training. In dog training, there has been a shift away from using aversive methods of training and punishment, to allowing the dog to learn, helping them understand better and rewarding what they do […]
“A Rising Tide Raises All Boats…” and how that relates to our attitude to success
How’s your attitude to success? In business, competition, and life generally, there are times where it is tempting to look at success as a zero-sum game. That is, that when others win, I must lose. And in the smaller picture, perhaps there’s something to that. If you get the job and I don’t, yes, I’ve […]
Giving Forgiveness
When we hold on to the hurtful or even the plain daft things people say to us, they fester. They hurt us. Holding on to them holds us back, while the person who said them may have been oblivious to their impact, or forgotten them and moved on. We ALL say things that hit people’s […]
That is a LIE!
‘That’s just the way I am’ is a lie. Who you’ve been before, and who you are now are NOT the end of the story. Whether it’s fear, pride or shame trying to hold you back, don’t buy into their lies. There is more to you, there is untapped potential, and it is up to YOU […]
Untapped Potential in You
Too many people don’t believe they are ‘worth’ believing in. They’ve been put down by others and/or experienced failures, disappointments and rejections and they just don’t feel precious. And that shows up in training and competition. But ‘they’ aren’t the only ones allowed to have an opinion. What about YOUR opinion? What do YOU know […]