I seem to spend a great deal of time working with people who actively resist being in the present moment. Often much of their behaviour is unconscious, worrying about what might potentially be coming their way or what they might miss.  Many of us seem to have lost the ability to consider the moment we are in, to savour and enjoy where we are just now.  All we have is this very moment, nothing more is certain for any of us. Sometimes we can look back on something that had been an intense source of worry only to be amused at how little it really counted in the whole scheme of life so far. read more…

It is so hard sometimes to push ourselves to be more than we fear we can be. Sometimes we sit unconsciously in our comfort zone doing just enough and wonder why we are feeling bored or unfulfilled. The comfort zone is where everything feels familiar and achievable, where we can feel in charge and perhaps that we have control. read more…

One of my amazing clients, who now due to the wonderful nature of this job I can count as a friend also, is off for a tough interview today. The final part of a serious selection process for a very serious job. She is beyond good and yet with all her talents and achievements at the last moment she, like so many of us, could hear the small voice inside suggesting that this was all just too much and was she really up for this? read more…

The old joke about there being no i in team seems like a clever notion, one imagines that the speaker would have everyone offer their individuality up for the greater good of the team.  Hmm, quite a big demand for most of us.  A great idea would be to say; bring yourself, your authentic self, to the team and join in.  Be yourself and retain your identity but think how best you can benefit the team. read more…