It’s time to celebrate. When researching and networking with my coaching hat on yesterday I read this and loved the idea. Sometimes we wait too long for something big to come along before warranting celebration, and when I make that decision to celebrate first, I find that I am not short of things to celebrate. Continue reading »
Here and now
In a recent session with my coach I realised that my constant state of rushing may be related in some way to the way I have trouble focusing on the present. So I set myself an exercise, to write a post that focuses on the here and now. Surprisingly it’s taken me almost 2 weeks to get it written, not that I’ve had any other particularly impdending deadlines to work on first, but I think this one was a bit harder to pull out of my head and formulate into something coherent. Continue reading »
My many mummy hats
Friday, 15th June 2007 Cleaning mummy was on call when Oliver made pretty patterns with white pepper on the sofa Cooking mummy was on lunch duty but took a break when it came to dinner. Coaching mummy had a quick catch up with what’s going on in the coaching world, called the college to make sure they had received her final assignment, then clocked off for the week. Childminding mummy did a lot of snotty-nose-wiping, entertaining, feeding, cuddling, disciplining and rescuing, whilst being subjected to continued attacks of audio-warfare (aka moaning, whinging, whining) Networking mummy was fairly active today, attending [...] Continue reading »
Delay
I’ve noticed I’m an excellent procrastinator. Even as I type this I should be getting on with my coursework. It’s the last module so I should be racing on to get it finished, but for some reason I keep putting it off. I’m not sure why, maybe it’s just a difficult piece of work to get my head around or maybe it’s something deeper. But while I’m here I thought I’d share with you some of the highly effective techniques my procrastinating self has adopted: Continue reading »
Energy
Today’s question crossed my mind a couple of days ago but seemed particularly relevant today, especially this morning when I was suddenly stumped with no power and all the things I should have done earlier: starting up the dishwasher, laundry, charging up my mobile, printing off work for my Indian head massage course tonight, even checking my emails. I had no excuse really, as it wasn’t a power cut, but a scheduled appointment to test and certify all the electrics in the house. I did have my laptop though, with a few hours of battery time, although sadly offline as [...] Continue reading »
Questions
I’m on a quest for questions. They say you learn something new everyday. Sometimes it just falls on your lap, sometimes you go looking for it. And this week I’m looking for questions, great questions that make you think and teach you something new. I read today, that powerful questions are like points on a compass, sending you off "not to a specific destination, but in a direction filled with possible discoveries and mysteries" (Laura Whitworth, Co-active Coaching). Personally I like to think of questions as keys that open a door, and where the doors lead depends on the key [...] Continue reading »
Time
Well I’m working on an assignment about limiting beliefs at the moment, and decided to see if my problem with time (or lack of) was a matter of belief, attitude or perception, so here are my reflections: Problem/belief – I don’t have enough time I’m always rushing, often late, and always saying "I didn’t have time to do that". Continue reading »
