Making Fierce self-care an intention for 2020.
As we enter not only a new year but also a new decade are you in a reflective mood today? Taking some time to think about the year ahead, what you would like to do, how you would like to be? If you are setting some intentions here's a question for you - is increasing...
Oh still small voice of calm.
It's that time of year when the pace begins to ramp up and the 'to do' list gets longer by the day. 'We need to get this done before Christmas' becomes a mantra. Time is measured by the number of days until Christmas. How is your still small voice of calm doing at the...
Beneath the Sweater and the Skin
I love this poem by Jeannette Encinias shared by Dawn Breslin on her Harmonizing Facebook page. Beneath the Sweater and the Skin How many years of beauty do I have left? she asks me. How many more do you want? Here. Here is 34. Here is 50. When you are 80 years...
Connecting with your essence
Connecting with your essence is the third post in the Harmonizing series inspired by time spent with Dawn Breslin training to become a Harmonizing Coach. One of the exercises in the Harmonizing process focuses on reconnecting with your essence. Your true self, the...
Harmonizing series: Is it time to stop growing?
"Is it time to stop growing?" Sit with this question for a few minutes, how does it feel? Does it feel counter intuitive in a world focused on continual growth and personal development or do you feel a sense of relief? Time to take the foot off the peddle and shift...
The Harmonizing Series
Writing those words, 'The Harmonizing Series' is a bit of a 'gulp' moment. A commitment to a series of blogs in the knowledge that it's been a while since I've written a single post. However, I've just returned from a five day workshop led by by the truly...
How do I want to be: A good question to ask at a conference.
Are you about to head off to a conference? Timetable sorted, travel and accommodation booked, clothes packed? Great you're all set, good to go. But before you do here's something you might have forgotten to think about. Have you given any thought to how you want to be...
Tending your base camp
Following on from yesterdays blog about Feeding your growth I came across this quote today which I wanted to share from Morgan Scott Peck's book, The Road Less Travelled. If one wants to climb mountains one must have a good...
What are you doing to feed your growth?
A serious question and an invitation to pause for a few moments to reflect on your answer. What are you doing to feed your growth? When you think about this what comes up for you? What does the word 'growth' evoke in you when you apply it to yourself? A list of CPD...
“I used to be enough for myself”
I used to be enough for myself in the morning is one of those performances by spoken word artist Azure Antoinette that resonates deeply with me. You know those times when you listen to something and you do more than hear the words? When you have an embodied experience...