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As humans, we need to make sense of our world and what happens to us. In order to close the loops in our minds we tend to make up stories to explain what’s happening to us. Let me give you an example: Ross and went to the gym and later, over coffee, Ross asked me how I felt on a particular machine at the gym that morning. “Ok”, I said. “Why do you ask?” “You know the settings were different on each side of the machine?” he sort of asked but really told me. “Oh. I just thought my left arm was weaker than my right.” He laughed. “No, the settings were completely different, which caused one arm...

How did you wake up today? How do you feel? Thinking I was being funny, when a yoga teacher asked me one time, (very early in the morning), how I felt, I answered that “I didn’t know yet”. I now realise the folly of this type of comment. It’s not funny. I can’t remember which book or program I’ve been working on lately, (I often have multiple going at the same time) but one of them gave me a real wake up call about my language when I start the day.  According to the teachings, most of us depend on external cues to decide how the day is going to go for us. Ouch! As an example, say you...

Last week I shared that I was anxious about going to the gym. I also mentioned that I had been waiting for over a week for someone to call me to book in a training session. Here’s the rest of the story. If you’re in business or customer service, don’t do this: On the day we joined, I asked if someone could show me how to use the equipment. The lady on reception said to go on to the website and book in a session. A few days later I went to the website. I couldn’t see where to book it in. I sent a message through the contact page. I got an automatic reply and a personal reply from the lady on...

Maybe this resonates with you. The alarm went off and I hit the snooze button. I was reluctant to get out of bed. “I’m nervous”, I turned to Ross. “How come?” he asked. Today was the day I was to start going to a new gym. Ross had been going to another one for about a year. I hadn’t been to a gym since we started travelling in the motorhome back in 2019. I was anxious. I had been waiting for a week for a personal trainer to get back to me because I wanted a program and to be shown how to use the equipment. I’m still waiting (that’s another business story). I shared all my insecurities with...

Have you ever bought an online program and then done nothing with it? I have. Plenty of them. Over the past few weeks I’ve been focussing on growing the coaching side of my business. It’s a real passion of mine. I love to see the transformation in people as they grow and evolve and move towards what they want. Years ago, I purchased a program to help me grow my coaching business. I listened to a few of the lessons but couldn’t bring myself to take action. I forgot about the program and thought that my membership had lapsed. That was until, seemingly out of the blue, I started getting...