I’ve been thinking a lot about responsibility lately and looking at places where I haven’t been ‘giving myself enough credit’, shall we say, and where I see a similar phenomenon in others. There are times when it is infinitely preferable to point to others and explain why what happened was actually their responsibility… especially when […]
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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 […]
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 […]
When it’s HARD for you…
Every now and again I post something and someone tells me it’s hard. Hard to be positive, hard to hope, hard to work. And yes, yes it can be. I didn’t say it would be easy. BUT let’s examine this for a second. Is it really THAT easy to stay stuck? To choose not to […]
Quitting because you FAILED?
Heads’ Up: You have more potential and possibilities than your self-doubt and fear want you to see. Maybe you’ve failed before and that little voice is telling you that you’ll never succeed, that you should accept that you’re just not ‘one of those’ people who can be successful… …I say: You’ve failed? GOOD. You got […]
Let’s talk about perfectionism
A big issue, that comes up time and time again, is the perfectionism gremlin. It comes up in any sport I’ve dealt with but also in parenting, lifestyle, finances, spirituality… Even if you haven’t experienced it you’re bound to have seen it in other people. It’s a liar, a dream stealer and it will absolutely […]
Selective memory-making
Imagine that your life was like a photo album… for you young ‘uns, imagine back in the old days when photographs were printed out and put in a book 😉 Now imagine that you have easy access to a camera and are going to create an album that you will enjoy going back through, recalling […]