Feeling stuck in any aspect of life is frustrating and draining. This is especially true of our professional careers where we all eventually come to a point when we need to re-evaluate and decide whether we’ll embrace the change or keep resisting it. However, change is an inevitable part of life and … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Clear Your Mind After a Tough Day
Some days can be stressful and it’s important to clear your mind in the evening and avoid going to bed feeling frustrated, angry, or overwhelmed. There are lots of things that can help you overcome stress and feel better at the end of a long day. Some people try to relax by eating or drinking their … [Read more...]
How to Start Your Own Business after Retirement
The long-awaited retirement is just around the corner and you’re preparing to spend the rest of your days resting and enjoying yourself? Congratulations! Still, switching from a lifetime of hard work to doing nothing much isn’t always as easy or fulfilling as it might sound. After a while, you may … [Read more...]
From “quiet” and “shy” to Free & Fully Expressed!
First, I thought I was shy. Then, I thought I was just quiet. Then, when I had my spiritual awakening and received my gifts fully, I understood why. I could be labelled as shy, quiet, or “slow to know” because I hadn’t yet mastered myself. Because I am an empath, one who senses and picks up … [Read more...]
FEAR
What are your afraid of. Go do that. Don’t do anything else until you have gone and done that. You see humans are amazing at making up stories. Why do we do this? Because these stories keep us safe. Well they used to. In the past they kept us safe from tigers and lions and before that from … [Read more...]
Mindful leadership?! What hippy BS!
I once went to a seminar which was all about “Mindfulness.” The participants were mostly middle-aged or older men and women who looked at each other with squinty eyes as if they were bathing in compassion and delight. I was very young at that time and this all seemed very pretentious to … [Read more...]
Do you know who you are trying to help?
Two years ago I was floundering in my coaching business. My wife and I had made the decision to move from Vancouver, BC to Kelowna, BC. This was in many ways a move home for us - we had been away for 3 years, we now had our first child Micah, and we wanted to be in a more stable environment. So we … [Read more...]
Surrounding Yourself by Like Minded People
Today we are going to discover what happens when you surround yourself by like minded people. Let’s be honest the people you spend the most time with in your life have a massive influence in your life. I’m sure you have heard the saying that the 5 people you spend the most time will help shape your … [Read more...]
Harnessing Emotional Upset at Work to Drive Change
When I was younger, I was pretty fear-driven at work. Always worrying about not being good enough, I tended to have emotional reactions to happenings that were way out of proportion to the actual event. I was still effective in many ways, but those emotions kept me feeling really caged. It was … [Read more...]
The Importance of Adventure and Play
Remember when you were a child? I sort of do, not as well as I’d like to but well enough to remember that all I wanted to do was go on adventures and play. Cindy Lauper had something similar to say about girls, minus the adventure part… Yeah I know the songs probably in your head now, you’re … [Read more...]