Tag: self-care
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When you need time off, do you take it?
So this week I’ve been confronted daily with an energy drop to zero. On Monday I woke up more tired than when I went to bed. Sometimes, the morning routine will refresh me. This week, not so much. In the past, I would have forced myself to do the things I wanted to do, until…
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Embracing the concept of hygge
Here in the UK, it has turned decidedly autumnal. Well, actually it’s been decidedly autumnal for a few weeks. But now I have less hope that summer will reassert itself, so I’m preparing for the inevitable coming of winter. I have always hated winter – I thought I suffered from SAD, but it’s actually CAD…
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Do you work on your feel-good foundations?
I’ve been thinking about how much you work on your feel-good foundations. I check in most days with my foundations to keep an eye on them. I have daily practices that support my self-care, joy, energy, and self-love. But deliberately working on them? Not really. I need a challenge (like Joy Challenge every April) to…
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Measuring Your Feel-Good Foundations
At the heart of my coaching program is something I call the Feel Good Foundations – they are self-care, joy, energy, and self-love. If these 4 foundations are strong, life is easier, achieving goals and ambitions is easier and life is a great deal more fun! I’m writing the book on this as we speak…
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Er, Crazy, Killer, Virus?
This article is a fictional conversation between a coach and a client. It was first written in May – mid lockdown in the UK, but it’s still just as relevant now. This fictional conversation is an amalgamation of several conversations I had in April, May and beyond. Do you recognise anything in this chat? Client:…
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Normal life…interrupted
You know I talked the other week about the universe slowing me down? Interestingly it’s mainly been on certain projects…until now! This week I’ve had a poorly pooch. My little dog is an old girl – she’s 16 now so any illness is potentially very bad news. Fortunately at this point, there’s no devastating news. But…
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Smash the glass ceilings
In May we had Feeling Good month in the Fall in Love With Life group, so I got thinking about the limits and barriers we have to feeling good. The previous month I did my 3rd Joy Challenge with Amina Mahkdoom Lynch. Last year I hit a glass ceiling of joy – like there was only…
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What Frequency Are You Tuned Into?
A couple of weeks ago a good family friend died and I’ve been sad. I noticed that when I was sad and tetchy and feeling low, I more easily got to the places of discouragement, feeling like a failure and giving up as well. My Divine Team let me know that this was no coincidence…
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What do you do when you don’t know what you need
In the Fall in Love With Life group, this month’s daily practice has been body, mind, heart and soul self-care. This week, one of the members of the group asked this question – “What do you do when you don’t know what you need? When you feel totally lost?” I know she is not alone…
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Does self-care give you the guilts?
I’ve had several conversations over the past few weeks with clients, with friends, and with people in my Fall in Love With Life Group where the subject of guilt has come up with regard to self-care. “I feel guilty if I sit down” “When I try to take care of me I feel like I…