On a daily basis I find myself getting annoyed, frustrated, irritated, sad, and disheartened. After the conversations I have had with people over the past couple of weeks I have realised I am not alone in feeling like this. These feelings appear to be fairly universal but for very different reasons. I find myself frustratedContinue reading “Listening to Gain Perspective”
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Feeling a Bit Daft
I was watching the new Amazon Christmas advert the other night. Well I suppose watching is a bit strong, it came on when I was watching my pandemic obsession that is Channel 4 News. As the advert progressed and the music started playing and the ballet dancer started dancing I started crying, in factContinue reading “Feeling a Bit Daft”
08/11/2020 Day 4 of Lockdown 2/A weekend of watching the excitement of a Presidential election
It was inevitable I suppose that it was going to happen again. In fact it probably should have happened earlier, if we wanted to prevent the hospital admissions we are seeing right now. But we are where we are. It certainly does feel the same as the last lockdown. Last time everywhere seemed a lotContinue reading “08/11/2020 Day 4 of Lockdown 2/A weekend of watching the excitement of a Presidential election”
Desperately Seeking Optimism
I don’t know about you but my optimism filter is feeling the strain. Everywhere I look there is something else getting in the way of the glimmer of happiness. I am certain though that happiness and joy is still there, only its presence at the moment is fleeting. This week has seen Lisa’s birthday. WeContinue reading “Desperately Seeking Optimism”
Free Webinar on Well-Being
I am hosting a free webinar on 28th October at 7pm GMT on how to maintain our well-being as we enter the second wave of the pandemic and endure further restrictions. to book a place follow the link below https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/looking-after-our-well-being-in-an-uncertain-world-tickets-126698268933
Anxiety
The vast majority of anxiety we all experience is useful and forms part of our biological alert system, it only becomes an issue that requires expert attention when it becomes disordered, and occurs inappropriately. Most of us do not have disordered inappropriate anxiety, the anxiety we experience is perfectly appropriate. Now depending on your particularContinue reading “Anxiety”
They Will Be OK
Like me some of you will have children that are away at University or are just going. My eldest Ben has been back in Manchester quite a while as he went back to work when the bars reopened, and then my youngest Jack joined him in Manchester about a month ago, as they are sharingContinue reading “They Will Be OK”
Are you connecting to the right people for the right reasons?
“Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.” Many of you will remember these words of wisdom from Baz Lurhman’s song (more spoken to music) Everybody is Free (ToContinue reading “Are you connecting to the right people for the right reasons?”
Episode 6 of The Connected Living Podcast: How Are You Showing Up
In this episode we explore attitudes, decision making and our world view. This is the transition from understanding how we connect with ourselves to then make better connections with others.
At The Edge of The Neutral Zone
Over the past few weeks and months I have been reading and writing a lot about transition and change, mostly the work of William Bridges. You may recognise his name I have quoted it a few times on various blogs. He is a Professor, writer and consultant on Transition and his model on transitions isContinue reading “At The Edge of The Neutral Zone”
Connected Coaching 