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This week I’d like to send you a reminder to be playful!
As we grow older and become more ‘serious’ in life, we forget that joy, happiness and play are just as important as they were when we were children. There is a child living within all of us that needs to be nurtured in many ways, including through play.

I am a great believer in collaboration, connection and community, and the podcasts keep proving to be a great platform for these 3 things to happen.
I have always been about supporting peers and colleagues and helping them be better at what they do, sharing with them and learning together. I believe that this quality has contributed to my effectiveness in leadership roles. Nothing has changed despite being self-employed and working ‘solo’.

I’ve been struggling the past few months to get back into a fitness routine and have found myself plugged into my computer for many hours a day most days. Although I do make sure Gabi goes out for a good 1hour walk a day, I have been yearning movement in a more focused way for my body. The problem is, I’ve not been motivated and not made the time and space for that to happen – everything else was taking priority. This kind of thing can absolutely happen, and rather than beat myself up about it, I’ve been doing a lot of work with colleagues to find out why I haven’t been prioritising myself at all.

Are you being authentically you?

I hate to break it to you, but I’m being semi sarcastic.
The idea of authenticity and ‘being authentically you’ is being loosly thrown around all over the place.

The idea is nice, but what on earth does it actually mean?
Doesn’t everyone believe they are being themselves?

I can’t tell you how many times people come to me complaining about someone else’s behaviour and way of doing things. Don’t get me wrong, there are people who are irritating in this world, but it’s me that gets irritated, not them. They’re busy going about their business and doing life, none the wiser that I’M getting annoyed by the way they do things or by what they say.

In the group coaching call yesterday we reflected on the idea that the words that follow ‘I am’, follow you.
Which words follow ‘I am’ in your thinking and speaking?

I’m super excited about the upcoming Group Coaching call this Sunday 13th July. This will be the 6th and final session of this series where we will go on a little journey through calm, connection, clarity, confidence and courage from the core.  These sessions are designed to give you space to connect with yourself and

This Saturday just gone my colleague and friend, Anthony and I held our first CONTROL workshop. This was our trial event for us to get approved by one of our mentors and friend, Tim Box, as official CONTROL System Workshop Trainers.

There is nothing wrong with you.

Let me start there!

Trust.

It’s a big word and is fully loaded with all sorts of experiences.

The weird thing is, we are taught from a very young age to put our trust in others more than in ourselves.