Aug 20, 2019 | Experience, Families on the Spectrum, Happiness
“This is your last day at daycare” The daycare staff in our group are saying goodbye to 8 children this year to kindergarten, our son Lucas being one of them. The leader of the group said it’s hard for the kids to understand why the staff are so sad and saying goodbye...
Aug 16, 2019 | Experience, Happiness
I was watching an episode (1) of Fab Five, Queer Eye on Netflix where Antoni was telling Wanda that she reminded him of his mum. He was recalling when he asked his mum “Why don’t you say I love you?” and she would reply “I don’t have to say it, I do it with my...
Aug 15, 2019 | Book, Productivity
10 mins, then 20 mins, then 30 mins. Someone on my Go Go Go for your goals (1) course shared a method for overcoming procrastination. You know me, I like learning new techniques so was eager to try it out. It’s called the Rotation Method from the book Stress-Proof...
Aug 14, 2019 | Procrastination, Productivity
Yay – I’m back on track with my running. It took me hosting the Go go go for your goals course (1) for me to see a blind spot. I was off track with my running. I had been running a couple of times a week regularly for ages but somehow I had fallen off the...
Aug 13, 2019 | Experience, Mission
I just completed running my online course Go go go for your goals for the first time and it was an awesome experience for me. Despite being summer holidays for most of the participants, I was impressed by the dedication and effort people put in. Every week, the...
Aug 9, 2019 | Connection, Productivity
Is asking for help hard for you? My friends made me aware that I wasn’t asking for help even though they thought I could do with it. It made me think why haven’t I asked? Lately, there has been a lot going on with the family so I haven’t had time to pause and think....
Aug 8, 2019 | Beliefs, Book
“You’ll probably finish it on the flight” My husband handed me the Harvard Business Review book Managing Oneself (1) on the plane. He was right. It is a short book and very insightful. Getting to know oneself more and more is always useful. Besides having me consider...
Aug 7, 2019 | Beliefs, Experience
“Imagine your every thought tattooed on your body” When my friend said this, it really made me stop and think. What a way to pay attention to what you think. Our thoughts led to feelings which lead to action which lead to results. What we think is so important and it...
Aug 6, 2019 | Happiness, Schedule
“What do you want on this trip?” As we planned a week away from home, we sat down and discussed our expectations for the time away; what we wanted on the trip. When the kids break for summer holidays, a whole new system seems to come into play. There’s swimming...
Jul 26, 2019 | Beliefs, Experience
3.59.4 seconds. Roger Bannister, the first man to break the 4-minute mile barrier (1). That was back in 1954. Since then, it has been broken numerous times by athletes. Once people believe that it can be done, it can be. I was talking about this with my husband when...
