Time to Stop and Stare
Why do we find it so difficult to just simply STOP? To take the time to appreciate, and enjoy our everyday surroundings, and the beauty that is around us. The majority of our life’s are spent caught up & tangled in our thoughts, living out our lives in our heads. I include myself in this. This poem expresses perfectly how …
Read MoreThe Butterfly Journey Begins
A few weeks ago I awoke with the word “HAYES” reverberating though my head. It was LOUD & CLEAR as a whistle, filling all the space of my conscious mind. HAYES? I had a feeling the word HAYES was a publishing house. Looking on-line I found a publishing house called Hayes, but it certainly did not seem to fit the …
Read MoreWhat are your values? Find Out
VALUES AND PRIORITIES EXERCISE Start with your values – what are the things that really matter to you? Use the exercise below to help clarify your core values. Finish these sentences. I am happiest when… Who were you with? What were you doing? What other factors contributed towards your happiness? If I won the lottery/inherited a large lump …
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How to find out what makes your heart sing!
INTERESTS EXERCISE The aim of these exercises is to find out what floats your boat, to come up with a list of all the subjects/fields that interest you. How do you spend your spare time? What do you do at weekends and on holiday? What would you like to have more time to do? What do you like talking about? …
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Which areas of your life are out of balance?
The Wheel of Life Exercise Have you got a few minutes to spare? Great! Grab yourself a piece of paper. Draw a big circle in the middle. Divide the circle into segments, just like a yummy Chocolate Orange or a tasty piece of cake. Each segment of the circle represents an area of your life. See below. The idea …
Read MoreA Skills Audit – Where are you at?
The Stock Take Exercise is one of the tools that that can help people identify the ideal career for them. Do you not agree that we all deserve to have a career that we love? If you don’t love your job perhaps it’s time to take stock… This exercise is intended to help you define the occupation (kind …
Read MoreCreate Your Own Bucket List
~ Own Outright An old character stone cottage in a semi-rural location. With an open roaring fire in the living room. A wood burning stove in the kitchen. Gardens at the back with chickens. A field close by to keep my own horse. Close enough to drive to Leeds in half an hour ideally! Small local town close by which …
Read MoreHopes, Dreams & Plans for 2013
Having wrote a list of some of my achievements last year, then reading about Alice Pyne and her Bucket List I am inspired to create my own Bucket List for the coming year, and future. However I do have to be mindful that I don’t overwhelm myself with 101 goals and projects. Less is more sometimes. So here goes 2013 …
Read MoreA Lesson in Living for Everyone
Why do we take our lives and our health so very much for-granted? We live amazing, miraculous lives, yet we get caught up in the mundanity of life, failing to see and reach out to the beauty and wonder all around us. Only when faced with the prospect of losing everything, whether our often neglected, under-valued health, the loss of …
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New Year ~ New Beginnings
NEW YEAR ~ NEW BEGINNINGS Here we are, already nearly half-way through the first month of the year. January 2013. I didn’t make any New Years Resolutions, but I do have hopes & dreams. Like all wonderful dreams, you can’t rely on wishful thinking, your own magic genie or fanciful ideas and talk to make them happen. This year I …
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