Posts on finding purpose, meaning and navigating life change.
Usually midyear is a chance to pause and review, and to consider the intentions or goals you set out for. It’s been a disruptive and demanding time with financial uncertainty, and ongoing change taxing our emotional and mental states and frustratingly goals and dreams may have slipped out of our grasp. These three powerful and …
Morning walks have always been part of my everyday routine and now, more than ever, it’s important to look after our physical, social, and mental /emotional wellbeing during this Covid 19 crisis. Our walks are watched by a collection of teddy bears from the windows of homes all around our neighbourhood. Children and families in …
Mix yourself a beautiful refreshing Christmas Cocktail, something to sip relaxing in your deck chair, as you celebrate and farewell the past year and look toward 2020 and an exciting new decade. I’ve had a craazzyy and fantastic year with loads of highlights of adventure and travel, and with this was the challenge of losing …
If you’re on a search, to find happiness you may find it by pursuing what feels meaningful in your life. The Japanese call this formula for happiness and meaning “Ikigai” (I-kee_gee) Flashback to 2004, you would have found me rushing, through a day spent juggling, family life, married with three school aged children; work life, …
Do you feel stuck in life? Here’s how to overcome it … and make 2019 Your Best Year Yet What if instead of feeling frustrated, and disillusioned … in the wrong place…uncertain about your next move… Your life looked more like this: Everything fell into place, new opportunities were appearing, you knew what’s important, you’re …
Both my parents lost some of the quality of the later years of their lives, through the early onset of debilitating illness. This was a catalyst for me to set out to make my every day count, and as I’ve negotiated my way through my own life challenges and change, I’ve found some secrets that …
Have you been thinking, talking, dreaming of what life could be like? Have you made resolutions to follow a new diet, start a new exercise regime, or find more fulfilling work? Do you begin working on your goals then give-up, or get too busy and forget what’s important? Before you know it, another year passes …
Sometimes, things that look bad first up, turn out to have a golden lining. When I arrived at our holiday accommodation I realised we had very poor reception and no WIFI! The good side to that was that I could spend quality time with my family with less distraction. On occasion I took advantage of …
I guess we have all resolved in the past to start something new, was it a new exercise regime, to find more fulfilling work, or to make this year better than your last? You begin working towards your goals then let them go when life gets too busy and you forget about what’s important. How …
So you have a vision for something you really REALLY want to do. You are excited and scared all at the same time to be setting off in this new direction. Before you go, you can look at what might just get in the way of making it happen. What pirates might turn up to …
