My son Tobie and his gf J are still here and she cooked a wonderful Portuguese duck and rice dinner … More
Category: success
Taking risks, trusting…
The dissolution of individual self, as that happens I am more free to be really myself. Free of fear running … More
Making Life a bit more Fun
Each day starts with noticing that I’m waking from sleep. Immediately some words of love and support come into my … More
Updated Positive Self Talk list
I love you I respect you I care about you I want the best for you I appreciate you I … More
Relaxing and Contracting
I just sent the price over to the (potential) next client. The job that is due to start in a … More
Congratulations to Me
Lying here in the immense heat of the hottest day on record in the U.K. 28 degrees C or 83F … More
Dark Night Cont…
What a drama it all is right now. Still in this trial of a time, and this fear is in … More
Dissolving Identity
Everything I ever wanted is already here. I was just watching this video by Angelo DiLullo in bed this morning … More
Actually doing it
Not only reading about it and watching YouTube videos about it….. Being here and now this. very. second. I am … More
This Moment is It
The dog having her tummy tickled and it occurs that this moment is 100% perfection. It is as good as … More
Choosing to Let Life go Well
I was lying in bed this morning, no need to get up, no need to do anything other than enjoy … More
Hungry Ghosts – Addiction Dropping
This is a little personal congratulations and an acknowledgement of something that is of significance to me, and that is … More
Breaking free of the Social Shackles Continued
I have been exploring how we can be held back by others and motivated to hold ourselves back by our … More
Short Wise Quote – Gay Hendricks
“I had been resisting reality all my life—resisting facing it, resisting accepting it, resisting feeling it. Whenever I would have … More
Loving Ourselves – a reframing
We don’t have to learn how to love ourselves. We already love ourselves. All we have to do is to … More
Opening up to and Allowing the Love in
This week I have had several powerful opportunities to receive love. I’ve watched my openness to this, and I expected … More
Pondering Progress and Success
What does success mean and where does it appear in my life? What do I feel about it? Recently I’ve … More
Trying to Avoid Pain
How timid I’ve been about feeling emotional pain. I have spent decades trying to control my environment so that I … More
Sitting with Successes
And after the initial feeling of the win, now sitting less than comfortably. I was going to wait till I’d … More
Ahh…Soaring, Welcome back
There’s been a fair few days of soaring over the last couple of weeks. I overcame a lifelong fear of … More
Free Strengths Survey from VIA
This is very empowering! After registering and answering some questions you get a list of your top strengths and a … More
Free Online Harvard Course on Happiness
https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being “That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build … More
Trusting Yourself
Quite often a strong inner prompting suggests a course of action that is contrary to the one we have made … More
What if Joy is Scary
What if you’re not used to it and it’s a more than a bit scary. Often it’s unconsciously scary and … More
Celebrating the Good, True and Beautiful
That’s the theme for 2020. A favourite experience is the silence outside on New Year’s morning. No traffic, no sounds … More
Welcoming Joy
I’ve been experiencing stability, relative calmness and waves of happiness recently. Life is going well and I’m experiencing a moment … More
Gratitude – An Unexpected Bonus
Yes cultivating a habit of gratitude makes us feel great, a whole lot less moany, way more focused on what … More
Befriending Resistance
I’m used to viewing the resistance to allowing more joy, love, abundance into in my life in a somewhat pejorative … More
Allowing Happiness
I once read that a common dying wish is – ‘I wish I had allowed myself to be happier’. Allowed … More
You Get What you Feel you Deserve
And that doesn’t apply to being struck by a random childhood disease and the likes. I have noticed how challenging … More
Celebrating Ourselves
Sometimes, when encouragement from others is not available, it can be really useful and helpful just to encourage ourselves! I … More
Overcoming my Limits
This is a MAJOR project I’ve been engaged with for some years. Whenever things are going well in my life, … More
Gratitude for the Little Things
Yesterday I left the dogs lead on a park bench. Saturday is a busy day in the park, and so … More
How to be Happy, even if it Scares you.
And this is one big note-to-self here. I feel fear just writing this post. I’m scared of being happy. There, … More
Stability within Flux
I’ve got so much going on just now. I’m running 3 construction projects with 10 staff, I’m mid moving house … More
Gratitude
Today I feel grateful for The sun shining The cool breeze blowing My son is coming home soon My good … More
My Self Love Club
I go every Thursday to this group, the Self Love Club. It was started by a wonderful woman who, like … More
Some thoughts on Success and Core Values
I have taken myself from being in receipt of welfare benefits aged 38 to having a thriving business that has … More
Happy Birthday Me!
Yes it is today. And its a sunny morning, the birds are singing and its spring. So much to be … More
Fulfilment, purpose, belonging, contact, joy, engagement with life
I just started off about to write how lacking I am in these things. Then I realised I actually have … More
Group Meeting update from Last Night
I love this group I go to, it’s a huge support to me and I always look forward to Thursdays. … More
Yesterday’s Review
So yesterday brought a new client, a visit to one team, a design of a courtyard garden here, a visit … More
Latest Workshop update
I spent 5 hours at a Refresh your Energy art workshop today. It was a good laugh with a bunch … More
Self Encouragement
I feel a need to do this a lot recently, even though things are definitely improving. I want to remind … More
Today’s Gratitude List
Think a gratitude list is a good way to start the week. I so often need to remind myself of … More
Wonder Woman Club Review
I spent the afternoon at a woman’s business club meeting, the Wonder Woman Club. How I enjoyed myself there meeting … More
Self Compassion Progress Report
I went to an Action for Happiness course last night, the first of 8 weeks. Its all about that gives … More
Snakes and Ladders!
Another meltdown! So many things going wrong right now in business. Its like a game of snakes and ladders. Mostly … More