Do You Want To Calm Overthinking and Overwhelm?
Do You Want To Calm Overthinking and Overwhelm?
Overuse of terms like 'gratitude' and 'mindfulness' can block the profoundly personal practice of feeling deep appreciation of all that you already are. Doing rather than judging is the important distinction here....look past cliche and try!
Overuse of terms like 'gratitude' and 'mindfulness' can block the profoundly personal practice of feeling deep appreciation of all that you already are. Doing rather than judging is the important distinction here....look past cliche and try!
Good thinking needs daily nourishment from an enriching and sustaining pot. Just like eating, we choose what goes in to feed and grow our thought. Nourish thoughts with positives, feed inspiring options to your best you, the once a day then on your way, impacting all you do.
Good thinking needs daily nourishment from an enriching and sustaining pot. Just like eating, we choose what goes in to feed and grow our thought. Nourish thoughts with positives, feed inspiring options to your best you, the once a day then on your way, impacting all you do.
Talking with an old friend words popped out that I never thought I’d say, “Every time I meditate I have a better day”. Meditation works! It clears the decks and calms the choppiest of seas, and from a place of stillness you choose well, with reason and clarity.
Talking with an old friend words popped out that I never thought I’d say, “Every time I meditate I have a better day”. Meditation works! It clears the decks and calms the choppiest of seas, and from a place of stillness you choose well, with reason and clarity.
Excuses are the words we use to hide truth from ourselves, but simply stop them now and you will free yourself. That our lives are ours is sometimes hard when there are parts that we don’t like, but forgive yourself, be honest, accept and do not hide. Accept the truth that what you want will take some pushing to, drop excuses, they don’t feel good, and you’re not fooling you.
Excuses are the words we use to hide truth from ourselves, but simply stop them now and you will free yourself. That our lives are ours is sometimes hard when there are parts that we don’t like, but forgive yourself, be honest, accept and do not hide. Accept the truth that what you want will take some pushing to, drop excuses, they don’t feel good, and you’re not fooling you.
Choosing positivity does not mean blocking out all pain. It is not negative to feel! Denial is the clogging mud, and truth helps us to heal.
Choosing positivity does not mean blocking out all pain. It is not negative to feel! Denial is the clogging mud, and truth helps us to heal.
In distant tomorrows, what is it you’d truly want to read about your past? Think about that now, then set about the task of being as you truly want, here, today, in now. Write the life you dream of with sweat upon your brow, as it will take effort and it will require carving words in stone…"This is who I am, and where my story’s born!" The ink may have dried on your introduction, opening chapters and on some pages you’d like to mend, but your story is still spooling, you do not know the end.
In distant tomorrows, what is it you’d truly want to read about your past? Think about that now, then set about the task of being as you truly want, here, today, in now. Write the life you dream of with sweat upon your brow, as it will take effort and it will require carving words in stone…"This is who I am, and where my story’s born!" The ink may have dried on your introduction, opening chapters and on some pages you’d like to mend, but your story is still spooling, you do not know the end.
Expectation is disappointment and anger waiting to happen. We can control what we do but not all the results of our doing, and that’s good, because all the greatness in you is in the now of what you’re pursuing. Put all your focus into what you can control and you care less about what to expect; your goals, your plans, your aspirations become bigger but loose and fresh.
Expectation is disappointment and anger waiting to happen. We can control what we do but not all the results of our doing, and that’s good, because all the greatness in you is in the now of what you’re pursuing. Put all your focus into what you can control and you care less about what to expect; your goals, your plans, your aspirations become bigger but loose and fresh.
Dissolve conflict by switching from a need to be understood to a need to understand. Think now of someone that you’re banging up against, locking horns or standing firm…then dissolve this gridlock by changing tact from talk to listening. Then watch as the space you’ve given them to breathe and open up, releases tension in both of you, and you made this giant step.
Dissolve conflict by switching from a need to be understood to a need to understand. Think now of someone that you’re banging up against, locking horns or standing firm…then dissolve this gridlock by changing tact from talk to listening. Then watch as the space you’ve given them to breathe and open up, releases tension in both of you, and you made this giant step.
Hindsight is the window to what really floats your boat, so go through last year’s calendar to learn what lit you up the most. And see what depressed you, pulled the rug from underneath, then plan more of the positives and know what stuff to leave.
Hindsight is the window to what really floats your boat, so go through last year’s calendar to learn what lit you up the most. And see what depressed you, pulled the rug from underneath, then plan more of the positives and know what stuff to leave.
Almost all of the written advice on keeping going, not giving up and persevering, relates to getting through the hard times. But what of when you’re happy? Do we keep on going then? Or do we down the tools that brought us there? Too often we give up the good practices that brought us such good times, but that's when we must keep them up, so that we do not lose that shine.
Almost all of the written advice on keeping going, not giving up and persevering, relates to getting through the hard times. But what of when you’re happy? Do we keep on going then? Or do we down the tools that brought us there? Too often we give up the good practices that brought us such good times, but that's when we must keep them up, so that we do not lose that shine.
If you feel stuck in your ways, it's because old habits have dug their heals in and want to stay. It’s called homeostasis, which in essence means we physiologically don’t like change. Equilibrium, the middle ground, is in our DNA. But when you really want change, here’s a way to do it...make it fun! Drop the struggle. Pleasure is how change is programmed to go from 'dream' to 'done'.
If you feel stuck in your ways, it's because old habits have dug their heals in and want to stay. It’s called homeostasis, which in essence means we physiologically don’t like change. Equilibrium, the middle ground, is in our DNA. But when you really want change, here’s a way to do it...make it fun! Drop the struggle. Pleasure is how change is programmed to go from 'dream' to 'done'.
'Giving feels good' sums up finding connection by helping others, and in a world where we are bombarded with doom it’s good to remember that you are a force for good, a tiny flame amongst the gloom. Share that glow and the flame will burn to fire soon. So if you can help to lift someone up to see them brighter, do it, because just by lifting them you’ll feel a whole lot lighter.
'Giving feels good' sums up finding connection by helping others, and in a world where we are bombarded with doom it’s good to remember that you are a force for good, a tiny flame amongst the gloom. Share that glow and the flame will burn to fire soon. So if you can help to lift someone up to see them brighter, do it, because just by lifting them you’ll feel a whole lot lighter.
Plant the seed of happiness by changing just your daily habits, the little things you do. You don’t have to notice the change but the change for sure will come, with one small habit formed today, just do it, there, it’s done. This is how you blossom, by making good choices a daily habit. Choose well, choose who you want to be. Then just do today and you'll have it.
Plant the seed of happiness by changing just your daily habits, the little things you do. You don’t have to notice the change but the change for sure will come, with one small habit formed today, just do it, there, it’s done. This is how you blossom, by making good choices a daily habit. Choose well, choose who you want to be. Then just do today and you'll have it.
You can use envy positively as a guide to what you truly desire. Jealously is best avoided and certainly not dwelt upon but a flash of envy can be used as guide to what you truly want of yourself and then you can act on this. It's most likely that you do not envy those who are not who you'd like to be, so look closely at what you envy and ask, "Is that what I want of me?"
You can use envy positively as a guide to what you truly desire. Jealously is best avoided and certainly not dwelt upon but a flash of envy can be used as guide to what you truly want of yourself and then you can act on this. It's most likely that you do not envy those who are not who you'd like to be, so look closely at what you envy and ask, "Is that what I want of me?"
Triggered trip switches of what you do when scared can often harm you more than what you feared. When you wake up and notice this you can change how you react, cope by doing something postive and you will grow with that.
Triggered trip switches of what you do when scared can often harm you more than what you feared. When you wake up and notice this you can change how you react, cope by doing something postive and you will grow with that.
The resistance to change is often the problem and not the change itself. If we change how we see things first, we find that all will be well. But what if we saw these changes as potential to insert and apply new found ways, to lean into the shift, embrace a new chapter and blossom in these autumnal days?
The resistance to change is often the problem and not the change itself. If we change how we see things first, we find that all will be well. But what if we saw these changes as potential to insert and apply new found ways, to lean into the shift, embrace a new chapter and blossom in these autumnal days?
You have the profoundly human freedom of personal responsibility, response ability, your ability to respond. It’s not what life throws at us but how we then react that carves our lives in our character and the life we build from that.
You have the profoundly human freedom of personal responsibility, response ability, your ability to respond. It’s not what life throws at us but how we then react that carves our lives in our character and the life we build from that.
Providence helps those who help themselves and the more you practice the luckier you get. The upward spiral, the thoughts become things , the gold coloured spectacles of preference for the positive, the confirmation bias of tuning into the beauty and wonder of this life, well lived. Make the changes you want to be!
Providence helps those who help themselves and the more you practice the luckier you get. The upward spiral, the thoughts become things , the gold coloured spectacles of preference for the positive, the confirmation bias of tuning into the beauty and wonder of this life, well lived. Make the changes you want to be!
Lift the lid on what is holding us back from doing, being and becoming all that we can evolve to be and we find.. FEAR! Fear of failing, fear of leaving, fear of what people think, fear of poverty, fear of loneliness, fear of not being all that we want to be, not being enough. Push past fear, one fear at a time and you become more free. Your one life is today and you’re already free, it’s just how free do you want to be?
Lift the lid on what is holding us back from doing, being and becoming all that we can evolve to be and we find.. FEAR! Fear of failing, fear of leaving, fear of what people think, fear of poverty, fear of loneliness, fear of not being all that we want to be, not being enough. Push past fear, one fear at a time and you become more free. Your one life is today and you’re already free, it’s just how free do you want to be?
Let your goals be big ones but get your satisfaction from one day well done. If your eyes are too far ahead on the prize, today’s passion remains unstirred. But when you see the goal as the sum of your best today, repeated, your engine is fired up. Break down your actions into manageable chunks of 'I will do this today', but also break down satisfaction, one day well done is the sweetest of pay.
Let your goals be big ones but get your satisfaction from one day well done. If your eyes are too far ahead on the prize, today’s passion remains unstirred. But when you see the goal as the sum of your best today, repeated, your engine is fired up. Break down your actions into manageable chunks of 'I will do this today', but also break down satisfaction, one day well done is the sweetest of pay.
Our ideas need acted on, not thought out beyond a doubt. It’s acting on a vital spark that brings your greatness out. Failing isn’t failing, it’s the tool of victory, the try, try and try again of bringing thoughts into reality. Get ideas out into reality, in all their wondrous, faulty form. Set to failing and failing again, and let this be your norm.
Our ideas need acted on, not thought out beyond a doubt. It’s acting on a vital spark that brings your greatness out. Failing isn’t failing, it’s the tool of victory, the try, try and try again of bringing thoughts into reality. Get ideas out into reality, in all their wondrous, faulty form. Set to failing and failing again, and let this be your norm.
Too often we blame distractions for keeping us from what we are avoiding. Scape goats appear to block our path to take the blame for our avoidance, noise, children, parents, phone calls and anywhere else we can find annoyance. 'Where we are' is not about the room that we work in, it’s where we are inside ourselves that all the work begins. If you want something done, do not wait for when it’s right. Grab the heart of A to B, and do that with all your might.
Too often we blame distractions for keeping us from what we are avoiding. Scape goats appear to block our path to take the blame for our avoidance, noise, children, parents, phone calls and anywhere else we can find annoyance. 'Where we are' is not about the room that we work in, it’s where we are inside ourselves that all the work begins. If you want something done, do not wait for when it’s right. Grab the heart of A to B, and do that with all your might.
Do you want to change your life? Change your morning. Transform the little things you do each day, your daily best is habit forming. If you change your morning choices your cards fall into place. You are what you decide to be, your morning habits change your days, and your days become your years. So do you want to change your life? Change one tiny little habit in tomorrow’s morning light.
Do you want to change your life? Change your morning. Transform the little things you do each day, your daily best is habit forming. If you change your morning choices your cards fall into place. You are what you decide to be, your morning habits change your days, and your days become your years. So do you want to change your life? Change one tiny little habit in tomorrow’s morning light.
All great things take their time and nothing gained overnight will last for very long. Trust that in doing your daily best no time is lost or effort gone. Patience is a proactive skill born from knowing why you’re persisting past drudgery and repetition, when it seems that time is resisting. When your why is far greater than the moment of strained boredom or the self pity of effort unnoticed, your patience kicks in like a blanket resolve, and you return with your purpose reloaded!
All great things take their time and nothing gained overnight will last for very long. Trust that in doing your daily best no time is lost or effort gone. Patience is a proactive skill born from knowing why you’re persisting past drudgery and repetition, when it seems that time is resisting. When your why is far greater than the moment of strained boredom or the self pity of effort unnoticed, your patience kicks in like a blanket resolve, and you return with your purpose reloaded!
Life can be hard and we don’t feel like winners everyday, but do these daily practices and you’re winning anyway. The fact that I write this everyday carries with it one huge truth; do these simple practices and consistency is yours! Harmony from inside out, the eye inside the storm, the one foot in front of the other, the breath when things go wrong.
Life can be hard and we don’t feel like winners everyday, but do these daily practices and you’re winning anyway. The fact that I write this everyday carries with it one huge truth; do these simple practices and consistency is yours! Harmony from inside out, the eye inside the storm, the one foot in front of the other, the breath when things go wrong.
When tuning in to intuition don’t strain to hear the answer that you want, be still to hear the answer. What you want and what you need are often different things, and your gut feeling does not consider what is easy when it’s choosing. The journey through discomfort to follow what YOU KNOW is right for you becomes a rich and rewarding process that you’re pleased to struggle through.
When tuning in to intuition don’t strain to hear the answer that you want, be still to hear the answer. What you want and what you need are often different things, and your gut feeling does not consider what is easy when it’s choosing. The journey through discomfort to follow what YOU KNOW is right for you becomes a rich and rewarding process that you’re pleased to struggle through.
Have you ever needed a nap whilst doing what lights you up? There is an unbreakable and unquestionable link between energy and inspiration. Doing what you love is nature's way of lighting up, transcending tiredness, and over filling that half empty cup. So today, do what you love and see your energy abound. You doing you is the endless fuel, in the everlasting now.
Have you ever needed a nap whilst doing what lights you up? There is an unbreakable and unquestionable link between energy and inspiration. Doing what you love is nature's way of lighting up, transcending tiredness, and over filling that half empty cup. So today, do what you love and see your energy abound. You doing you is the endless fuel, in the everlasting now.
Self esteem is built from estimable actions, it’s not dished out at birth. From doing things you feel are worthwhile you define your worth. Retrain esteem by small victories of doing worthwhile tasks seen through, from deciding to completing, these small wins will rebuild you.
Self esteem is built from estimable actions, it’s not dished out at birth. From doing things you feel are worthwhile you define your worth. Retrain esteem by small victories of doing worthwhile tasks seen through, from deciding to completing, these small wins will rebuild you.
Don’t wait for others to make you happy, treat yourself for daily joy! Focus on the things you love, ignore what can annoy. Happiness can be found in a cup of tea, reading, talking, laughs, driving, walking, cooking, running, cold drinks in too hot baths. We can treat ourselves to wellness with the little things we do, so treat the one you love to wellness, treat yourself, yes, you!
Don’t wait for others to make you happy, treat yourself for daily joy! Focus on the things you love, ignore what can annoy. Happiness can be found in a cup of tea, reading, talking, laughs, driving, walking, cooking, running, cold drinks in too hot baths. We can treat ourselves to wellness with the little things we do, so treat the one you love to wellness, treat yourself, yes, you!
The upward spiral is pushed, driven by effort and then momentum kicks in. But slowdown and the mechanics grind to a halt, it's not downhill, it’s self propelling. Just a little in the right direction is momentums' greatest friend, one step today towards who you must be inside your head. And the discomfort that this takes is paid in treasure down the line, patient effort spins the upward spiral every time.
The upward spiral is pushed, driven by effort and then momentum kicks in. But slowdown and the mechanics grind to a halt, it's not downhill, it’s self propelling. Just a little in the right direction is momentums' greatest friend, one step today towards who you must be inside your head. And the discomfort that this takes is paid in treasure down the line, patient effort spins the upward spiral every time.
Both worries and dreams are projected fantasy but which you choose to dominate your thinking will dictate what comes about. Fears and hopes haven’t happened yet so put all your chips on dreams. Immerse yourself in this thought and allow the deep realisation to tear you from your attachment to worry. Worry doesn't work!
Both worries and dreams are projected fantasy but which you choose to dominate your thinking will dictate what comes about. Fears and hopes haven’t happened yet so put all your chips on dreams. Immerse yourself in this thought and allow the deep realisation to tear you from your attachment to worry. Worry doesn't work!
If you spoke to friends as you do to yourself you’d have no friends at all, so rewrite the inner voice that makes you feel weak or small. Take a moment now and step back from your life, remember YOU are your best friend, NOW give you some advice. Use words you’d use for others, and cut out words you would not use, guide yourself with love and care not anger and abuse.
If you spoke to friends as you do to yourself you’d have no friends at all, so rewrite the inner voice that makes you feel weak or small. Take a moment now and step back from your life, remember YOU are your best friend, NOW give you some advice. Use words you’d use for others, and cut out words you would not use, guide yourself with love and care not anger and abuse.
When trying to be all things to all men we let our own self down. Pleasing all the people, all of the time, can be a heavy torch to drag around. Trying to fit to others' lives perfectly leaves you mishapen and worn. Be your own shape! There’s no perfect fit, you are perfect by being yourself. Fulfiling yourself, becoming ALL OF YOU, is the only and ultimate wealth.
When trying to be all things to all men we let our own self down. Pleasing all the people, all of the time, can be a heavy torch to drag around. Trying to fit to others' lives perfectly leaves you mishapen and worn. Be your own shape! There’s no perfect fit, you are perfect by being yourself. Fulfiling yourself, becoming ALL OF YOU, is the only and ultimate wealth.
Welcoming or resisting change defines how good you feel, we tend to cling to what we have and fill our future days with fear. Just by sitting now and thinking through the warmth on darker nights, of rusting trees in radiant flare, brightens up this passing light. By leaning in instead of yearning for this time next year again, we embrace the falling leaves and setting sun, as autumn's start not summer’s end.
Welcoming or resisting change defines how good you feel, we tend to cling to what we have and fill our future days with fear. Just by sitting now and thinking through the warmth on darker nights, of rusting trees in radiant flare, brightens up this passing light. By leaning in instead of yearning for this time next year again, we embrace the falling leaves and setting sun, as autumn's start not summer’s end.
You are allowed to shine as brightly as only you know that you can, to reach, on your own terms, the limits of ‘Who I Am’. Don’t dim your light for anyone, seek no bush to hide your flame, you paint your own picture and only you define the frame. Being less than best to fit how you think others need you to be is all imagined fear; let go, expand, you’re free.
You are allowed to shine as brightly as only you know that you can, to reach, on your own terms, the limits of ‘Who I Am’. Don’t dim your light for anyone, seek no bush to hide your flame, you paint your own picture and only you define the frame. Being less than best to fit how you think others need you to be is all imagined fear; let go, expand, you’re free.
You can’t think your way out of a problem that your actions got you into. You must act. By doing little bits of what you CAN you build trust in yourself. No longer are you the victim of some imagined force that controls your mind through negative channels of the past. Move forward, build solutions in today. How we got here is as it is, but we are not just our yesterday.
You can’t think your way out of a problem that your actions got you into. You must act. By doing little bits of what you CAN you build trust in yourself. No longer are you the victim of some imagined force that controls your mind through negative channels of the past. Move forward, build solutions in today. How we got here is as it is, but we are not just our yesterday.
What we give attention to is the recipe of the life we live, so focus on what inspires you to give your life that lift. Today we can do our very best and move, eat well and help. We can find some stillness, work and listen to others...not just ourselves! We can read something that lights us up and we can rise on music’s ear! These ingredients bake a life that’s light and full of air!
What we give attention to is the recipe of the life we live, so focus on what inspires you to give your life that lift. Today we can do our very best and move, eat well and help. We can find some stillness, work and listen to others...not just ourselves! We can read something that lights us up and we can rise on music’s ear! These ingredients bake a life that’s light and full of air!
There are few plateaus more confounding than when your purpose seems to wane, but be patient and know it will come back again. Keep on keeping on one day at a time and the world will turn and new purpose will unfold, the fire in you will ignite. And you will feel it’s warming air carry you in new directions, meaningful and full of zeal, with purpose and intention.
There are few plateaus more confounding than when your purpose seems to wane, but be patient and know it will come back again. Keep on keeping on one day at a time and the world will turn and new purpose will unfold, the fire in you will ignite. And you will feel it’s warming air carry you in new directions, meaningful and full of zeal, with purpose and intention.
Would you take something if it helped with stress, anxiety, blood pressure and mood? Take it if it helped you focus, boosted your immune system, and rewired your brain to feel good? I’m sure you would so go ahead and take it, and what to take is time. Time to breathe whilst on your own, deeply in and out, a few minutes meditation, the scientific sort you out.
Would you take something if it helped with stress, anxiety, blood pressure and mood? Take it if it helped you focus, boosted your immune system, and rewired your brain to feel good? I’m sure you would so go ahead and take it, and what to take is time. Time to breathe whilst on your own, deeply in and out, a few minutes meditation, the scientific sort you out.
Confidence is learnt from your repeated actions confirmed with results. Confidence is the sculpture formed from the chisel blows of challenge, overcoming fears and finding that you’re fine, pushing past resistance just one more time. Real confidence is learnt from little victories of daily actions over fear. Confidence is knowing yourself, saying, "I CAN OVERCOME because I HAVE DONE and I WILL AGAIN."
Confidence is learnt from your repeated actions confirmed with results. Confidence is the sculpture formed from the chisel blows of challenge, overcoming fears and finding that you’re fine, pushing past resistance just one more time. Real confidence is learnt from little victories of daily actions over fear. Confidence is knowing yourself, saying, "I CAN OVERCOME because I HAVE DONE and I WILL AGAIN."
Are you grasping tightly to something beyond control? Gripping the world's steering wheel whilst letting your best spoil? Spilt milk, others' choices, technology shifts and trends are all beyond your immediate control but should not spell the end. Seize the chance to leap ahead as one that sees the shift, clench your hand around changing now, accept the strain and lift. Acceptance means fluidity and going with the flow, using your energy where it is free and needed most.
Are you grasping tightly to something beyond control? Gripping the world's steering wheel whilst letting your best spoil? Spilt milk, others' choices, technology shifts and trends are all beyond your immediate control but should not spell the end. Seize the chance to leap ahead as one that sees the shift, clench your hand around changing now, accept the strain and lift. Acceptance means fluidity and going with the flow, using your energy where it is free and needed most.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. This is reiterated by so many exceptional people from Confucius to Gandhi, from Richard Branson to Napoleon Hill, as to make it resonate too strongly to ignore as some magical mumbo jumbo. Thoughts become things. As we think, we behave, and our actions dictate our reality.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. This is reiterated by so many exceptional people from Confucius to Gandhi, from Richard Branson to Napoleon Hill, as to make it resonate too strongly to ignore as some magical mumbo jumbo. Thoughts become things. As we think, we behave, and our actions dictate our reality.
Vulnerability is a strength not a weakness, the antidote to shame and an open hand to connection. When asked "How are you doing?" or "How was your day?" don't say "Fine" or "Yeh, good", just say the truth. Insipid responses dilute our potential to connect with others. So be open, be honest, vulnerable and strong and you’ll find more sisters and brothers.
Vulnerability is a strength not a weakness, the antidote to shame and an open hand to connection. When asked "How are you doing?" or "How was your day?" don't say "Fine" or "Yeh, good", just say the truth. Insipid responses dilute our potential to connect with others. So be open, be honest, vulnerable and strong and you’ll find more sisters and brothers.
A morning routine doesn’t take time, it makes time. In the stillness of morning you can hear your true voice, and with focused intention you begin with a choice. A choice that will run through the seem of your day, you make time by not doing the things that would get in your way.
A morning routine doesn’t take time, it makes time. In the stillness of morning you can hear your true voice, and with focused intention you begin with a choice. A choice that will run through the seem of your day, you make time by not doing the things that would get in your way.
Looking on the brighter side of life doesn’t deny the struggles we sometimes bare, it just reminds us that even through bad times, joy is still there. Beauty still radiates around every corner, winter can’t halt the days getting warmer, the world keeps evolving in eruptions of life, no matter how dark it is there will always be light.
Looking on the brighter side of life doesn’t deny the struggles we sometimes bare, it just reminds us that even through bad times, joy is still there. Beauty still radiates around every corner, winter can’t halt the days getting warmer, the world keeps evolving in eruptions of life, no matter how dark it is there will always be light.
Anxiety is a word that barely touches the size of what we feel when cowering in the terror of the impending doom that has no reason but feels so real. If you suffer at the hands of anxious, sudden fear, know that there are ways to manage that, and you can start right here.
Anxiety is a word that barely touches the size of what we feel when cowering in the terror of the impending doom that has no reason but feels so real. If you suffer at the hands of anxious, sudden fear, know that there are ways to manage that, and you can start right here.
Nothing interrupts the strain of overthinking about yourself like thinking not of you but of someone else. This release from the contortions of going round and round ourselves again can come in a simple shop visit for a neighbour, or a call to a weary friend. If you have too much self on your mind today, reach out to someone else and give some self away.
Nothing interrupts the strain of overthinking about yourself like thinking not of you but of someone else. This release from the contortions of going round and round ourselves again can come in a simple shop visit for a neighbour, or a call to a weary friend. If you have too much self on your mind today, reach out to someone else and give some self away.
If you’re holding yourself hostage to “What will they think?” it’s time to accept that they won’t! This is the real hard hitting release from the prison of ‘everyone’s watching’ when they don’t. The lightness you’ll feel when you accept this, the truth that your life is for you, it’s exciting, thrilling, exhilarating and free and opens the long road of DO. The whole world's not watching, so jump in, get going, and breathe. Get going, keep going, you’re free!
If you’re holding yourself hostage to “What will they think?” it’s time to accept that they won’t! This is the real hard hitting release from the prison of ‘everyone’s watching’ when they don’t. The lightness you’ll feel when you accept this, the truth that your life is for you, it’s exciting, thrilling, exhilarating and free and opens the long road of DO. The whole world's not watching, so jump in, get going, and breathe. Get going, keep going, you’re free!
Think of how often you do things to numb, to avoid uncomfortable feelings, but then what you do, you become. So you have not chosen a huge part of your actions, they were all chosen for you by fear and distraction. Imagine replacing those ticks with some stillness, without numbing behaviours your whole life then changes. And changes for good as you learn to enter that peace when your boat of emotions gets rocky or leaks.
Think of how often you do things to numb, to avoid uncomfortable feelings, but then what you do, you become. So you have not chosen a huge part of your actions, they were all chosen for you by fear and distraction. Imagine replacing those ticks with some stillness, without numbing behaviours your whole life then changes. And changes for good as you learn to enter that peace when your boat of emotions gets rocky or leaks.
Pull on the mantle of your best effort and reap its rich rewards, turn mundane to mastery, dive deep into your world. Apply your hand to excellence in the humdrum parts of life as practice for the presence that will sculpt you over time. Depth of presence, the art of appreciation, the gentle wide awake, the open eye and heart to the waves you then create. Excellence is only your perception of the care you give to things, learn this in the humdrum and the presence that you bring.
Pull on the mantle of your best effort and reap its rich rewards, turn mundane to mastery, dive deep into your world. Apply your hand to excellence in the humdrum parts of life as practice for the presence that will sculpt you over time. Depth of presence, the art of appreciation, the gentle wide awake, the open eye and heart to the waves you then create. Excellence is only your perception of the care you give to things, learn this in the humdrum and the presence that you bring.
Real change comes from starting and then doing a little more every day. Don’t gear up for a titanic battle of change. Relax, accept what you are wanting, then put one small change in place. If I could write one golden word in bold letters in the sky it would read 'BEGIN'. 'BEGIN' because it says it all, it sums up action over fear. BEGIN.
Real change comes from starting and then doing a little more every day. Don’t gear up for a titanic battle of change. Relax, accept what you are wanting, then put one small change in place. If I could write one golden word in bold letters in the sky it would read 'BEGIN'. 'BEGIN' because it says it all, it sums up action over fear. BEGIN.
We can spend so much of our time and energy manipulating our outside circumstances that we lose sight of the natural law that how we are inside will always dictate the world we create. And the world we create, we experience. What we think controls entirely not only how we feel but how we effect our surroundings. Be the change you want to see. Say deeply and loud, "Change starts in me!"
We can spend so much of our time and energy manipulating our outside circumstances that we lose sight of the natural law that how we are inside will always dictate the world we create. And the world we create, we experience. What we think controls entirely not only how we feel but how we effect our surroundings. Be the change you want to see. Say deeply and loud, "Change starts in me!"
As a plane follows an electronic beam through darkness, mist and heavy weather, so too can we by having daily routines that we use to guide us, but we’re not tethered. Tied or shackled down is the wrong way to use routine.. they are quiet touchstones that build the foundation of your dreams. When you're flexible but have consistency possibilities abound, the infinite expands, and all your stars come out!
As a plane follows an electronic beam through darkness, mist and heavy weather, so too can we by having daily routines that we use to guide us, but we’re not tethered. Tied or shackled down is the wrong way to use routine.. they are quiet touchstones that build the foundation of your dreams. When you're flexible but have consistency possibilities abound, the infinite expands, and all your stars come out!
Today lived well makes tomorrow better. When your best life is broken down into how to live today you begin to see all that is at your disposal and choose wisely in the moment. Just from living well today your best life emerges, your dreams become real and your problems resolve. All whilst at peace in the here and now, fulfilled and content with your why and your how.
Today lived well makes tomorrow better. When your best life is broken down into how to live today you begin to see all that is at your disposal and choose wisely in the moment. Just from living well today your best life emerges, your dreams become real and your problems resolve. All whilst at peace in the here and now, fulfilled and content with your why and your how.
Our old patterns are learnt and they take time to adjust but if they hurt you, you must and you will. Use this technique, ‘Tugboat Pulls Tanker’, to stick with your plan to be happy, refreshed and fulfilled. Picture and feel the new you as a tugboat full to the brim with your best. Behind it it’s pulling the old you along on a tanker loaded with bits you like less. When you want to give up get back in the tugboat, and the tanker will turn too in time.
Our old patterns are learnt and they take time to adjust but if they hurt you, you must and you will. Use this technique, ‘Tugboat Pulls Tanker’, to stick with your plan to be happy, refreshed and fulfilled. Picture and feel the new you as a tugboat full to the brim with your best. Behind it it’s pulling the old you along on a tanker loaded with bits you like less. When you want to give up get back in the tugboat, and the tanker will turn too in time.
Do you worry which day of The Daily Do's done? Can't find the time to put life's pressures down? That's ok. Switch on and breathe deeply in the queue for your lunch, tune in to your breath and then follow a hunch. Sit in the car and feel your hands on the wheel. See the trees, hear the birds, say, "I am, I feel." Feel the beat of your heart, a precious moment to unfurl, inhale your connection to this infinite world. The road to your happiness isn’t something you 'must do', it’s already inside, it’s the stillness of you.
Do you worry which day of The Daily Do's done? Can't find the time to put life's pressures down? That's ok. Switch on and breathe deeply in the queue for your lunch, tune in to your breath and then follow a hunch. Sit in the car and feel your hands on the wheel. See the trees, hear the birds, say, "I am, I feel." Feel the beat of your heart, a precious moment to unfurl, inhale your connection to this infinite world. The road to your happiness isn’t something you 'must do', it’s already inside, it’s the stillness of you.
"How good do I want to feel?" is a wonderful memo to have a morning routine of presence and calm. From there lies endeavour, excitement and truth, a humble start to the greatest of plans. A morning routine brings a daily rebalance, a setting of still, before you go out there and dance.
"How good do I want to feel?" is a wonderful memo to have a morning routine of presence and calm. From there lies endeavour, excitement and truth, a humble start to the greatest of plans. A morning routine brings a daily rebalance, a setting of still, before you go out there and dance.
Stop! Put down the tools of haste and indecision in your hand, peer into the present, feast your eyes upon the land. Stop! Become aware of life’s energy coursing through you now, stretch your eyes into the distant wonderment of how. Stop! Cast off the weight of thinking and allow the power of peace, puncture the trance of 'I must do', unwind and simply be.
Stop! Put down the tools of haste and indecision in your hand, peer into the present, feast your eyes upon the land. Stop! Become aware of life’s energy coursing through you now, stretch your eyes into the distant wonderment of how. Stop! Cast off the weight of thinking and allow the power of peace, puncture the trance of 'I must do', unwind and simply be.
To do the things we want to but that our feelings say 'avoid', this is the way to a larger life, lived fully and enjoyed. And to do this you can use 'anchor thoughts' to help you, to reach for when you’re doing something your feelings don’t want you to. Anchor thoughts are emotional triggers that take you to a relaxed and confident place, a thought and feeling you recall when there’s a challenge in your way.
To do the things we want to but that our feelings say 'avoid', this is the way to a larger life, lived fully and enjoyed. And to do this you can use 'anchor thoughts' to help you, to reach for when you’re doing something your feelings don’t want you to. Anchor thoughts are emotional triggers that take you to a relaxed and confident place, a thought and feeling you recall when there’s a challenge in your way.
Self awareness is your ultimate strength and you define the life you choose. So lift your head above your life and look down at the path you’re forming. Guide yourself from up above, in the stillness of the morning. Turn off your stressed out autopilot and stand still upon the bridge. You are the master of your life, the captain of your ship.
Self awareness is your ultimate strength and you define the life you choose. So lift your head above your life and look down at the path you’re forming. Guide yourself from up above, in the stillness of the morning. Turn off your stressed out autopilot and stand still upon the bridge. You are the master of your life, the captain of your ship.
“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.” — Lao Tzu. Take a morning moment of intention, it's the first domino of your day. Your morning thoughts set you down a path you’ve either chosen or given away. Take some time as you wake up to get your thoughts on point, where you’re going, who you are, what you do and what you want.
“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.” — Lao Tzu. Take a morning moment of intention, it's the first domino of your day. Your morning thoughts set you down a path you’ve either chosen or given away. Take some time as you wake up to get your thoughts on point, where you’re going, who you are, what you do and what you want.
We are alive right now, and this is all we need. The open road, the puff of life, this is it, this is me! Immerse yourself in the consciousness of "I am right here, now." And realise how lucky you are to be so. Let go today, shake off the weight of future expectations and put your troubles down. Take a slow and awakening walk, purposefully intend to see the majesty of now.
We are alive right now, and this is all we need. The open road, the puff of life, this is it, this is me! Immerse yourself in the consciousness of "I am right here, now." And realise how lucky you are to be so. Let go today, shake off the weight of future expectations and put your troubles down. Take a slow and awakening walk, purposefully intend to see the majesty of now.
A long form list of all you have To Do is often where we stop, but the starting point’s confusing, so My Next Action helps a lot. You’ll be amazed how much of overwhelm disappears with an action plan. The starting point of My Next Action is where you find your calm.
A long form list of all you have To Do is often where we stop, but the starting point’s confusing, so My Next Action helps a lot. You’ll be amazed how much of overwhelm disappears with an action plan. The starting point of My Next Action is where you find your calm.
Take a minute, step back and love yourself as your best friend, then say what you would say in the way you would to them. If you spoke to friends as you do to yourself you’d have no friends at all, so rewrite the inner voice that makes you feel weak or small. Clearly picture where you’re at and any challenges you face, then lovingly give yourself advice having gained a little space. Use words you’d use for others, and cut out words you would not use, guide yourself with love and care, not anger and abuse.
Take a minute, step back and love yourself as your best friend, then say what you would say in the way you would to them. If you spoke to friends as you do to yourself you’d have no friends at all, so rewrite the inner voice that makes you feel weak or small. Clearly picture where you’re at and any challenges you face, then lovingly give yourself advice having gained a little space. Use words you’d use for others, and cut out words you would not use, guide yourself with love and care, not anger and abuse.
Tingle with the dawning thought of Anything, Always, Now! The enlivening truth that you are as you choose to see the world. Every moment of our lives we experience with our minds, so if we care for how we’re thinking, we’ll experience more good times. So choose to see the wonder, see the power and the good, the limitless, unfolding opportunity that is you.
Tingle with the dawning thought of Anything, Always, Now! The enlivening truth that you are as you choose to see the world. Every moment of our lives we experience with our minds, so if we care for how we’re thinking, we’ll experience more good times. So choose to see the wonder, see the power and the good, the limitless, unfolding opportunity that is you.
Assume that people have good intentions and your world will loosen up, that missing kiss to end their text really wasn’t meant to cut. Realise that others have got their stuff going on and free yourself from overthinking that you’ve done something wrong. Free yourself, read good intentions into all that comes your way, then feel the flow of optimism as good feelings fill your day.
Assume that people have good intentions and your world will loosen up, that missing kiss to end their text really wasn’t meant to cut. Realise that others have got their stuff going on and free yourself from overthinking that you’ve done something wrong. Free yourself, read good intentions into all that comes your way, then feel the flow of optimism as good feelings fill your day.
Courage is intangible if you don’t know what you want, and so it comes as and when your vision is up front. And to know what you want you must be still be find some peace, sit in silence with yourself and hear what’s underneath. As with all great truths the simplicity of this can blind us to it’s power, that without the seed in fertile soil there will not be a flower. Stillness, vision, courage, action...
Courage is intangible if you don’t know what you want, and so it comes as and when your vision is up front. And to know what you want you must be still be find some peace, sit in silence with yourself and hear what’s underneath. As with all great truths the simplicity of this can blind us to it’s power, that without the seed in fertile soil there will not be a flower. Stillness, vision, courage, action...
Stand back from click, scroll, call and send, take a long squint at your life. Are you struggling needlessly when you just need a break outside? Nature's playground beckons you, it fills your tank with that vital spark, so take the long drive down the coast, or the walk back through the park. Majesty, infinity, the universal view! Get outside and get right sized, then you’ll see what’s right for you.
Stand back from click, scroll, call and send, take a long squint at your life. Are you struggling needlessly when you just need a break outside? Nature's playground beckons you, it fills your tank with that vital spark, so take the long drive down the coast, or the walk back through the park. Majesty, infinity, the universal view! Get outside and get right sized, then you’ll see what’s right for you.
Rise to meet your own expectations, not others. Rise to meet your values and act on them. Rise up to do what you can today, to become who you can become. For yourself, not everyone. And that others gain from our very best is the greatest gift of all. It’s in the next five minutes that we can be who we want to become. In the next five minutes you can raise your bar and, in just that short time, you have begun.
Rise to meet your own expectations, not others. Rise to meet your values and act on them. Rise up to do what you can today, to become who you can become. For yourself, not everyone. And that others gain from our very best is the greatest gift of all. It’s in the next five minutes that we can be who we want to become. In the next five minutes you can raise your bar and, in just that short time, you have begun.
When you seize the freedom of personal 'response-ability' - the ability to choose your response, life turns from burden to adventure. You choose. You can impact any aspect of your life today and blaming others or circumstance just gives this power away. When weary of the heavy load and wishing to be free it’s hard to see that freedom lies in responsibility. But to accept your load, your daily tasks, lightens them in one thought shift; "My life is mine and mine alone, I want to grow, now lift!"
When you seize the freedom of personal 'response-ability' - the ability to choose your response, life turns from burden to adventure. You choose. You can impact any aspect of your life today and blaming others or circumstance just gives this power away. When weary of the heavy load and wishing to be free it’s hard to see that freedom lies in responsibility. But to accept your load, your daily tasks, lightens them in one thought shift; "My life is mine and mine alone, I want to grow, now lift!"
When old fears try to stop you when you change towards your best, stop for just ten seconds and take one conscious breath. One conscious breath will break the grip of the front line of your fear, and in that moment choose again, now with direction clear. We are the sum of all our parts and our parts are mainly choice, tiny decisions all stacked up flowing from our inner voice. One conscious breath, drawn deeply in, can break old anxious paths. Spot your fear, then take a breath and you are free at last.
When old fears try to stop you when you change towards your best, stop for just ten seconds and take one conscious breath. One conscious breath will break the grip of the front line of your fear, and in that moment choose again, now with direction clear. We are the sum of all our parts and our parts are mainly choice, tiny decisions all stacked up flowing from our inner voice. One conscious breath, drawn deeply in, can break old anxious paths. Spot your fear, then take a breath and you are free at last.
We can read thick books on mindfulness and use meditation apps, all helpful and wonderful, but let’s not get too confused about where your wellbeing’s at. If you train the eye to see puffs of beauty in your day and sit in silence, feel your breathing, you are well and on your way. These pillars of contentment will dissolve the weight of daily problems, simple, uncomplicated yet profound in how they solve them.
We can read thick books on mindfulness and use meditation apps, all helpful and wonderful, but let’s not get too confused about where your wellbeing’s at. If you train the eye to see puffs of beauty in your day and sit in silence, feel your breathing, you are well and on your way. These pillars of contentment will dissolve the weight of daily problems, simple, uncomplicated yet profound in how they solve them.
When things don't seem to go our way we often whinge and complain. But notice that when you refocus on what you love in your life you stop complaining and all is well. What you focus on defines your life, in good times and in bad…the amplifying loud speaker of the happy or the sad. It's not easy but it really is up to you...choose bitterness and complain, or see the good around you and lean into happiness again.
When things don't seem to go our way we often whinge and complain. But notice that when you refocus on what you love in your life you stop complaining and all is well. What you focus on defines your life, in good times and in bad…the amplifying loud speaker of the happy or the sad. It's not easy but it really is up to you...choose bitterness and complain, or see the good around you and lean into happiness again.
“It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfilment, it is in the happiness of pursuit”, said Denis Waitley. Just today done well manifests your goals over time but fulfilment can come here today in starting, not in being done. When you put down imagined ends, stop thinking what this needs to be, you get loose and more creative, daring, brave and free! It's ok not to have any idea how this thing ends because in truth none of us do...that’s the joy, the unending tale, the song, the life of you. Start!
“It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfilment, it is in the happiness of pursuit”, said Denis Waitley. Just today done well manifests your goals over time but fulfilment can come here today in starting, not in being done. When you put down imagined ends, stop thinking what this needs to be, you get loose and more creative, daring, brave and free! It's ok not to have any idea how this thing ends because in truth none of us do...that’s the joy, the unending tale, the song, the life of you. Start!
Think now of something that you’ve done that you know was true to you, opinions could be taken on but did not alter what you’d do. You care far less what others think when you do something you like. Being yourself takes courage and vulnerability to push through, but when proud of what you’re doing, others' thoughts don’t bother you. Others' negative thoughts don’t even register if you’re busy being free, there is no greater confidence than living 'This is me!’
Think now of something that you’ve done that you know was true to you, opinions could be taken on but did not alter what you’d do. You care far less what others think when you do something you like. Being yourself takes courage and vulnerability to push through, but when proud of what you’re doing, others' thoughts don’t bother you. Others' negative thoughts don’t even register if you’re busy being free, there is no greater confidence than living 'This is me!’
Do you get overwhelmed by all that's on your mind? Just do today. This is the grounding thought I use when a little blown away. When caught in gusts of overwhelm, or changes are hitting with a jolt, this mantra covers all I need to weather the fear fuelled bolt. Just do today! Yes! When overwhelmed, this is what to say..."I might not scale the mountain, but I can just do today!"
Do you get overwhelmed by all that's on your mind? Just do today. This is the grounding thought I use when a little blown away. When caught in gusts of overwhelm, or changes are hitting with a jolt, this mantra covers all I need to weather the fear fuelled bolt. Just do today! Yes! When overwhelmed, this is what to say..."I might not scale the mountain, but I can just do today!"
Today's episode is a brief recap on a selction of the practices of The Daily Do. Fill your pockets with the tools we’ve learnt so far, so you can use them on your walk to work, on the bus or in the car. A brief reminder of these practices will change your path today, use them when your life or thinking try to get in your way. What we think we become, what we resist persists so use these tools to keep you straight, towards your best today, fulfilled and feeling great.
Today's episode is a brief recap on a selction of the practices of The Daily Do. Fill your pockets with the tools we’ve learnt so far, so you can use them on your walk to work, on the bus or in the car. A brief reminder of these practices will change your path today, use them when your life or thinking try to get in your way. What we think we become, what we resist persists so use these tools to keep you straight, towards your best today, fulfilled and feeling great.
Less screens, more dreams! Now there’s a simple thought…instead of watching others, give yourself all that you’ve got. We want to use our extraordinary technology but we also must be free. Free to do and make and be what we want our selves to be, not zoning out to someone else living out their dream. Ask, "Am I using this device to hear, inspire and create, contact, connect, design, apply and make? Or is it using me, zoning out to someone else living out their dream?"
Less screens, more dreams! Now there’s a simple thought…instead of watching others, give yourself all that you’ve got. We want to use our extraordinary technology but we also must be free. Free to do and make and be what we want our selves to be, not zoning out to someone else living out their dream. Ask, "Am I using this device to hear, inspire and create, contact, connect, design, apply and make? Or is it using me, zoning out to someone else living out their dream?"
You get all pumped up to change your life and then find you’ve got no place to go; you want real change to be radical, fast and obvious, but it’s gradual, deep and slow. The good news here is that it’s all perception and we can change how we perceive. Believe you’ve done your best today, and rest your head in peace, knowing the long road’s getting shorter to the best of all you’ll be. Patience is the superpower of putting off your need to have returns, delay the gratification of what your efforts in have done.
You get all pumped up to change your life and then find you’ve got no place to go; you want real change to be radical, fast and obvious, but it’s gradual, deep and slow. The good news here is that it’s all perception and we can change how we perceive. Believe you’ve done your best today, and rest your head in peace, knowing the long road’s getting shorter to the best of all you’ll be. Patience is the superpower of putting off your need to have returns, delay the gratification of what your efforts in have done.
We all know that when we feel good we make choices that move us forward, this is the upward spiral I talk of and it can start with just one word. Listen now to this, picture and really feel the words I’ll say. Watch then as you shape your mind and let good thoughts change your day!
We all know that when we feel good we make choices that move us forward, this is the upward spiral I talk of and it can start with just one word. Listen now to this, picture and really feel the words I’ll say. Watch then as you shape your mind and let good thoughts change your day!
What we resist, persists. This is true, our attention magnifies. For what else are we but our thoughts and how we see our lives? Focus on building positives, not fixing old probelms. Jump straight into the upstream drift and lift of thinking only of doing well; with what is right in front you, quietly excel. The solution to your problems is to progress with what you’ve got, the launchpad of your new life doesn’t start with stop.
What we resist, persists. This is true, our attention magnifies. For what else are we but our thoughts and how we see our lives? Focus on building positives, not fixing old probelms. Jump straight into the upstream drift and lift of thinking only of doing well; with what is right in front you, quietly excel. The solution to your problems is to progress with what you’ve got, the launchpad of your new life doesn’t start with stop.
A rolling ball of snow begins with one small but definite push, a decision, then an action gathering size and pace and this snowball can be you. Start, even though you are not yet strong, start because you’re scared, start because you know that there is so much more out there. But start you must or you will stand upon that hill of chance and fate, with snow around your feet, frightened that it’s all too late. It’s never too late to start the life you want today.
A rolling ball of snow begins with one small but definite push, a decision, then an action gathering size and pace and this snowball can be you. Start, even though you are not yet strong, start because you’re scared, start because you know that there is so much more out there. But start you must or you will stand upon that hill of chance and fate, with snow around your feet, frightened that it’s all too late. It’s never too late to start the life you want today.
Once you have accepted your faults others can’t use them against you. More importantly, you can't use them against you! An honest and thorough knowledge of self is the most liberating thing you can do. Take a good look at how you can improve, the parts that need some love and care. Write down an inventory of deep personal truth and begin to heal and repair. Truth is the foundation of all change, and to know yourself is to grow.
Once you have accepted your faults others can’t use them against you. More importantly, you can't use them against you! An honest and thorough knowledge of self is the most liberating thing you can do. Take a good look at how you can improve, the parts that need some love and care. Write down an inventory of deep personal truth and begin to heal and repair. Truth is the foundation of all change, and to know yourself is to grow.
You’ve chosen to be here listening, that’s something positive YOU do…so I know your seed of willingness is planted, that’s why I believe in you. Underneath the surface of the life you choose today, the seed that you have planted is growing at a rate. Know that you have planted this and accept the time it takes to break through. Your higher self is now in motion. That’s why I believe in you.
You’ve chosen to be here listening, that’s something positive YOU do…so I know your seed of willingness is planted, that’s why I believe in you. Underneath the surface of the life you choose today, the seed that you have planted is growing at a rate. Know that you have planted this and accept the time it takes to break through. Your higher self is now in motion. That’s why I believe in you.
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein knew his stuff, but still chooses to say live ‘as though’ because perspective is a choice of how we view what we don’t know. And this choice to see the miracles in everything around opens up imagination where joy and growth are found. What you focus on defines how you evolve, so lean into the miracle of life, see wonder, hope and love.
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein knew his stuff, but still chooses to say live ‘as though’ because perspective is a choice of how we view what we don’t know. And this choice to see the miracles in everything around opens up imagination where joy and growth are found. What you focus on defines how you evolve, so lean into the miracle of life, see wonder, hope and love.
We fail far more in not doing things than in those things we’ve done, well, no one sees if we don’t try to achieve, oh wait, there is someone..you. Only you see the things not done, the trembling anxious stall…no one reaches out a hand if they don’t see you fall! But fall so many times to fear and you are on your knees. You do not need to feel like this, it’s fear that has you pegged, so choose one action to which fear says 'no', and today say 'YES' instead.
We fail far more in not doing things than in those things we’ve done, well, no one sees if we don’t try to achieve, oh wait, there is someone..you. Only you see the things not done, the trembling anxious stall…no one reaches out a hand if they don’t see you fall! But fall so many times to fear and you are on your knees. You do not need to feel like this, it’s fear that has you pegged, so choose one action to which fear says 'no', and today say 'YES' instead.
Turn towards people that light you up on the path of positive and don’t underline or nod along to those spreading negative. Make a new friend that you admire, take them out for lunch. Follow the spark inside you towards people that fill your soul, the magnetic heart, the hunch. Your days are lighter and brighter when you’re not being dragged down by negatives, and the shared air of positive people fills with the momentum of powerful actions.
Turn towards people that light you up on the path of positive and don’t underline or nod along to those spreading negative. Make a new friend that you admire, take them out for lunch. Follow the spark inside you towards people that fill your soul, the magnetic heart, the hunch. Your days are lighter and brighter when you’re not being dragged down by negatives, and the shared air of positive people fills with the momentum of powerful actions.
Great things come from little changes alligned with who you are: in stillness you hear your inner truth, then take courageous action towards your North Star. Then, each day, momentum builds as your confidence matches action, you discover that happiness flows when your truth and deed are matching. In stillness you'll hear the truth of how to move your dial each day, to know your true North Star and for this purpose to fuel your way.
Great things come from little changes alligned with who you are: in stillness you hear your inner truth, then take courageous action towards your North Star. Then, each day, momentum builds as your confidence matches action, you discover that happiness flows when your truth and deed are matching. In stillness you'll hear the truth of how to move your dial each day, to know your true North Star and for this purpose to fuel your way.
Do you dream so hard that you forget to live? Use the still you find in you to lean into your 'What if?'. What if I asked them for some help? What if I posted that today? What if I started with one small step? What if I went all the way? Inner peace is for living it’s not a life itself, it’s the fuel to build a life of active happiness and inner wealth. Don’t dream inside a bubble so that you forget to live. Use the still you find in you to step forward into your 'What if?'
Do you dream so hard that you forget to live? Use the still you find in you to lean into your 'What if?'. What if I asked them for some help? What if I posted that today? What if I started with one small step? What if I went all the way? Inner peace is for living it’s not a life itself, it’s the fuel to build a life of active happiness and inner wealth. Don’t dream inside a bubble so that you forget to live. Use the still you find in you to step forward into your 'What if?'
Justified anger is a terrible thing because it only hurts you more, eating away through relived pain, bitter to the core. Your anger isn’t justice, it’s only hurting you and so you only have control of what you want to do. Divert your thoughts from the downward drag of what someone's done to you, and walk forward onto the upward spiral of all that you CAN do. You CAN move on, you CAN let go, you CAN be free today! You CAN stop the rot of bitterness that slowly eats you away. You CAN and WILL be free of angry hate if you WANT to; see it as the poison that is only harming you.
Justified anger is a terrible thing because it only hurts you more, eating away through relived pain, bitter to the core. Your anger isn’t justice, it’s only hurting you and so you only have control of what you want to do. Divert your thoughts from the downward drag of what someone's done to you, and walk forward onto the upward spiral of all that you CAN do. You CAN move on, you CAN let go, you CAN be free today! You CAN stop the rot of bitterness that slowly eats you away. You CAN and WILL be free of angry hate if you WANT to; see it as the poison that is only harming you.
It seems you can’t click a link or open a magazine without hearing of the importance of a morning routine. It’s quite rightly the unpacking of the best of your day but of just as much impact is how you pack it away. An evening routine is more planning than peace but it’s the peace that this gives you that will help you to sleep. Yes, sleep deep and rise to the best start to your day, a clean slate, a fresh start, that you planned yesterday.
It seems you can’t click a link or open a magazine without hearing of the importance of a morning routine. It’s quite rightly the unpacking of the best of your day but of just as much impact is how you pack it away. An evening routine is more planning than peace but it’s the peace that this gives you that will help you to sleep. Yes, sleep deep and rise to the best start to your day, a clean slate, a fresh start, that you planned yesterday.
We sometimes make things complicated because we don’t like the simplicity of the truth that eating well, moving more and thinking less is good for you. Simplify the search, put down the tangled plans, start with eating a little better, moving more and five minutes quiet time. We all like getting good advice, support and reading lots but let’s not let it block us from the simple truths we’ve got.
We sometimes make things complicated because we don’t like the simplicity of the truth that eating well, moving more and thinking less is good for you. Simplify the search, put down the tangled plans, start with eating a little better, moving more and five minutes quiet time. We all like getting good advice, support and reading lots but let’s not let it block us from the simple truths we’ve got.
What if you got the same comfort from a good habit as from a bad one? So much of comfort seeking is in the repeating of what you’ve done. If your comfort blanket is bad for you know that you can put it down, it’s the habit that is comforting, familiarity is where comfort's found. The exact same feeling of relief from stress and strain can come from something good for you, done again and again. Find comfort in a habit that also helps the life your leading.
What if you got the same comfort from a good habit as from a bad one? So much of comfort seeking is in the repeating of what you’ve done. If your comfort blanket is bad for you know that you can put it down, it’s the habit that is comforting, familiarity is where comfort's found. The exact same feeling of relief from stress and strain can come from something good for you, done again and again. Find comfort in a habit that also helps the life your leading.
The tree that you are chopping down still stands until the final blow, and what blow that is, when you’ll break through, you really never know. There is no power that can replace the dynamic impact of consistency and persistence. It’s natural law. Force applied repeatedly will in time move any obstacle. The life you live inside your head stays there unless you act! And act again, then act again…repeat, repeat, repeat…you will break through, even when your heart hangs low, choose well repeat, repeat.
The tree that you are chopping down still stands until the final blow, and what blow that is, when you’ll break through, you really never know. There is no power that can replace the dynamic impact of consistency and persistence. It’s natural law. Force applied repeatedly will in time move any obstacle. The life you live inside your head stays there unless you act! And act again, then act again…repeat, repeat, repeat…you will break through, even when your heart hangs low, choose well repeat, repeat.
Wellbeing can feel like a pretty serious business if we take ourselves too seriously. And a lifetime of learning that all the important stuff is serious and the fun stuff is not can throw us off the scent that in fact a heart full of happiness and passion will lead us to a better life. Taking yourself too seriously to fit your grown up stance will stop your replenishing joyful font of success, so kick off your shoes and dance!
Wellbeing can feel like a pretty serious business if we take ourselves too seriously. And a lifetime of learning that all the important stuff is serious and the fun stuff is not can throw us off the scent that in fact a heart full of happiness and passion will lead us to a better life. Taking yourself too seriously to fit your grown up stance will stop your replenishing joyful font of success, so kick off your shoes and dance!
You’ve handled every situation that you feared in life before. Accept that now, let it sink in deeply, you’ve handled everything you thought would ruin you completely. Actual events never feel as bad as the fear we felt before. How often do we do things we feared only to immediately want to do more? When standing on the edge the hesitation hurts, but then freefall and you’re alive, yes, the fear is always worse.
You’ve handled every situation that you feared in life before. Accept that now, let it sink in deeply, you’ve handled everything you thought would ruin you completely. Actual events never feel as bad as the fear we felt before. How often do we do things we feared only to immediately want to do more? When standing on the edge the hesitation hurts, but then freefall and you’re alive, yes, the fear is always worse.
Purpose makes most stuff bearable, it means you have a quest. It gives meaning to the slogan, 'I will do my best.' And a quest can be quite simple and not too far off to achieve, an attainable desire of HOW you want to be. Watch as life unfolds when your 'why' is to expand, to experience more life today and share it if you can. Your sense of purpose is the balm that soothes the tough stuff that must get done, the oil upon the wheel when your life won’t seem to turn. Your 'why' is the source of that extra mile that you must go, hold it in your heart and your energy will flow.
Purpose makes most stuff bearable, it means you have a quest. It gives meaning to the slogan, 'I will do my best.' And a quest can be quite simple and not too far off to achieve, an attainable desire of HOW you want to be. Watch as life unfolds when your 'why' is to expand, to experience more life today and share it if you can. Your sense of purpose is the balm that soothes the tough stuff that must get done, the oil upon the wheel when your life won’t seem to turn. Your 'why' is the source of that extra mile that you must go, hold it in your heart and your energy will flow.
Have you noticed overthinking is almost always negative? It’s not just your overthinking that stops you but what you’re thinking of. “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Anne Lamott knows that even our thinking needs time off. When we accept that stillness gives us a break from almost constant 'us', it’s easy to see the benefits of interrupting overthinking’s fuss.
Have you noticed overthinking is almost always negative? It’s not just your overthinking that stops you but what you’re thinking of. “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Anne Lamott knows that even our thinking needs time off. When we accept that stillness gives us a break from almost constant 'us', it’s easy to see the benefits of interrupting overthinking’s fuss.
Mornings come with the choice of push forward or shrink. See the whole world before you as possible choice or the sack cloth of ‘here we go again’. How we perceive what’s to come decides how we act through our day…are we open eyed wonder and 'Yes, yes I can!' or 'Let’s get this day out of the way.'? Hard work can seem daunting but ‘hard fun’ terms it best if you’re aiming to do what you love, bring passion to all that your hand turns to today, and the work part will simply dissolve.
Mornings come with the choice of push forward or shrink. See the whole world before you as possible choice or the sack cloth of ‘here we go again’. How we perceive what’s to come decides how we act through our day…are we open eyed wonder and 'Yes, yes I can!' or 'Let’s get this day out of the way.'? Hard work can seem daunting but ‘hard fun’ terms it best if you’re aiming to do what you love, bring passion to all that your hand turns to today, and the work part will simply dissolve.
The rocky terrain of 'wellbeing' words can block true meaning with cliche and platitude, so we must find meaning beyond the overuse of truly powerful words like 'courage' and 'gratitude'. For you to hear them as your own, to take these words and apply them to your life alone, absorb them and reframe your day. One word absorbed and felt deeply has far more meaning than shallow quotes. Words only impact our lives when we feel them as our own.
The rocky terrain of 'wellbeing' words can block true meaning with cliche and platitude, so we must find meaning beyond the overuse of truly powerful words like 'courage' and 'gratitude'. For you to hear them as your own, to take these words and apply them to your life alone, absorb them and reframe your day. One word absorbed and felt deeply has far more meaning than shallow quotes. Words only impact our lives when we feel them as our own.
Break down your dreams into realtime goals and then goals into a plan. Only a plan of action can change you from ‘I want to be’ to ‘I am’. No matter what your dreams, they’re only dreams without this plan, so chart your course in one week slots, seven days of ‘Yes, I can!’ Seven days is just enough to set out plans that you’ll achieve. Write them down then get them done, build the sure road to your dreams!
Break down your dreams into realtime goals and then goals into a plan. Only a plan of action can change you from ‘I want to be’ to ‘I am’. No matter what your dreams, they’re only dreams without this plan, so chart your course in one week slots, seven days of ‘Yes, I can!’ Seven days is just enough to set out plans that you’ll achieve. Write them down then get them done, build the sure road to your dreams!
Sometimes what you’re not looms larger than all the things you are, and on those days we don’t aspire and grow, we shrink to fit the scar. Forgive yourself your faults and feel the freedom from the baggage that tries to define your story, stop beating yourself up, see in you the good, and in what you do, the glory. Feeling good propels itself, and feeling bad the same; you’re doing all right, you’re doing well, forgive yourself and sail.
Sometimes what you’re not looms larger than all the things you are, and on those days we don’t aspire and grow, we shrink to fit the scar. Forgive yourself your faults and feel the freedom from the baggage that tries to define your story, stop beating yourself up, see in you the good, and in what you do, the glory. Feeling good propels itself, and feeling bad the same; you’re doing all right, you’re doing well, forgive yourself and sail.
Change is just another word for growing and becoming you. So embrace change, face your fears and get out there, show up, join in and do. When we show up and stride past fear the life we gain is stronger, we feel fulfilled and more complete. Life will give you what you strive for, it couldn’t be more clear than that…your courage is your compass, your faith in you is your map.
Change is just another word for growing and becoming you. So embrace change, face your fears and get out there, show up, join in and do. When we show up and stride past fear the life we gain is stronger, we feel fulfilled and more complete. Life will give you what you strive for, it couldn’t be more clear than that…your courage is your compass, your faith in you is your map.
Do you want to make REAL progress? Focus on using small wins to ignite joy, engagement and creativity and give these daily goals all you’ve got. Satisfaction comes not from where you are but from momentum, have you moved the dial today in the right direction? It comes from making progress not 'making it'…today you can move forward, even if just a little bit.
Do you want to make REAL progress? Focus on using small wins to ignite joy, engagement and creativity and give these daily goals all you’ve got. Satisfaction comes not from where you are but from momentum, have you moved the dial today in the right direction? It comes from making progress not 'making it'…today you can move forward, even if just a little bit.
Winners are winners before they’ve won, the winning is just the result. They won in the moment of “I can do my best, today”, not as they crossed that finish line. Doing your best just today, in spite of your troubles, is the secret to all you can become. Then you are that winner that’s winning long before you have won.
Winners are winners before they’ve won, the winning is just the result. They won in the moment of “I can do my best, today”, not as they crossed that finish line. Doing your best just today, in spite of your troubles, is the secret to all you can become. Then you are that winner that’s winning long before you have won.
Happiness and contentment are created in the way that you behave, it’s not a destination that one day you’ll have made. It’s in the knowing that you are being as you choose to be, in acting with integrity and authenticity. HOW you are today unlocks contentment that’s in you, now. Harmony is an action, it’s not the goal, it is the HOW. Happiness comes from harmony and this is ultimately our goal..to have our actions gloriously radiate what is in our soul.
Happiness and contentment are created in the way that you behave, it’s not a destination that one day you’ll have made. It’s in the knowing that you are being as you choose to be, in acting with integrity and authenticity. HOW you are today unlocks contentment that’s in you, now. Harmony is an action, it’s not the goal, it is the HOW. Happiness comes from harmony and this is ultimately our goal..to have our actions gloriously radiate what is in our soul.
Two frogs sit on a lily pad and one decides to leap. How many frogs are on the lily pad now, since one thought it should leave? Two. Deciding isn’t doing, the frog’s still sitting still. Until he jumps it’s all in his head, only in action are his decisions fulfilled. Once decided get into action, trust your gut and take the leap. Grab the phone, send the email, or run around the block, reinforce decisions with an action, not more thought.
Two frogs sit on a lily pad and one decides to leap. How many frogs are on the lily pad now, since one thought it should leave? Two. Deciding isn’t doing, the frog’s still sitting still. Until he jumps it’s all in his head, only in action are his decisions fulfilled. Once decided get into action, trust your gut and take the leap. Grab the phone, send the email, or run around the block, reinforce decisions with an action, not more thought.
What is the cunning and silent crescendo of fear that alters your destiny? Saying NO, not doing, backing off, distraction and procrastination, avoidance at any cost. It’s what we don’t do that tells the sorry tale of baffling fears, quietly enrobing us, robbing us of years of life lived fully if only we said YES! YES in the moment of decision, ten seconds of courageousness. Ten seconds is so often all it takes to conquer fear, ten seconds of "I can handle this, I’ve got this, it’s a YES from me."
What is the cunning and silent crescendo of fear that alters your destiny? Saying NO, not doing, backing off, distraction and procrastination, avoidance at any cost. It’s what we don’t do that tells the sorry tale of baffling fears, quietly enrobing us, robbing us of years of life lived fully if only we said YES! YES in the moment of decision, ten seconds of courageousness. Ten seconds is so often all it takes to conquer fear, ten seconds of "I can handle this, I’ve got this, it’s a YES from me."
When intuition flares from your heart, be bold, think through to it’s fruition, fruit baring and start. Imagine these sparks as flames that need feeding, dream hard and believe them! Picture the impact you'll make when you’re boldly in motion, you’ve carried them through, feel it now, then into action. Believe, believe, shut out the doubt, great things never happen if you close vision down.
When intuition flares from your heart, be bold, think through to it’s fruition, fruit baring and start. Imagine these sparks as flames that need feeding, dream hard and believe them! Picture the impact you'll make when you’re boldly in motion, you’ve carried them through, feel it now, then into action. Believe, believe, shut out the doubt, great things never happen if you close vision down.
The way we see ourselves dominates our daily actions, the lightness of spirit intended with passion or the heavy heart in meandering indecision. If you want an extra boost to your self perception then 'priming' is a tool that unlocks all that ‘secret’ stuff, the law of attraction, in real time actions, done by you. You are the master of your life, you are your guide along your path. so shine the light of providence don’t leave your mood to chance. Our perception changes our direction, where we travel and hence what we find. See yourself in times of joy, then know that, today, you’re in your prime.
The way we see ourselves dominates our daily actions, the lightness of spirit intended with passion or the heavy heart in meandering indecision. If you want an extra boost to your self perception then 'priming' is a tool that unlocks all that ‘secret’ stuff, the law of attraction, in real time actions, done by you. You are the master of your life, you are your guide along your path. so shine the light of providence don’t leave your mood to chance. Our perception changes our direction, where we travel and hence what we find. See yourself in times of joy, then know that, today, you’re in your prime.
Watch the world open to you as you open to it. See change as the gateway to opportunity, adapt, don’t wait for the perfect fit. Listen, look, try and fail, learn and start again, help and be helped, connect and trust, see change as your new best friend. The more we’re willing to go with the flow the more the flow will go, and take us to new places in our hearts and minds and more.
Watch the world open to you as you open to it. See change as the gateway to opportunity, adapt, don’t wait for the perfect fit. Listen, look, try and fail, learn and start again, help and be helped, connect and trust, see change as your new best friend. The more we’re willing to go with the flow the more the flow will go, and take us to new places in our hearts and minds and more.
One marshmallow now, or two later on? On this hangs the axis of how we will be, it effects every choice that we make. Delaying gratification is the ability to choose to do today what delivers pleasure in the future…to resist immediate satisfaction knowing greater rewards lie ahead. Walk in the glow of what’s good for you later, your choice but a wise one in time, don’t delay what needs done and let the reward be that glow, know there are a million marshmallows down the line!
One marshmallow now, or two later on? On this hangs the axis of how we will be, it effects every choice that we make. Delaying gratification is the ability to choose to do today what delivers pleasure in the future…to resist immediate satisfaction knowing greater rewards lie ahead. Walk in the glow of what’s good for you later, your choice but a wise one in time, don’t delay what needs done and let the reward be that glow, know there are a million marshmallows down the line!
Your true superpower is to be able to DO what you know will bring you the pleasure of fulfilment in the face of fear and feelings that would have you shrink and stall. The gentle push past false thoughts and faltering to you doing and being your all. The way to a life lived fully is to DO in the face of fear; one minute at a time, becomes an hour, a day, month..a year! This feeling of excitement before a challenge taken is your signpost to your best life. Seize it now! Awaken!
Your true superpower is to be able to DO what you know will bring you the pleasure of fulfilment in the face of fear and feelings that would have you shrink and stall. The gentle push past false thoughts and faltering to you doing and being your all. The way to a life lived fully is to DO in the face of fear; one minute at a time, becomes an hour, a day, month..a year! This feeling of excitement before a challenge taken is your signpost to your best life. Seize it now! Awaken!
We can’t be all things to all men so we must be all things to us, and in doing your thing turned up to ten, you find courage, confidence and trust. Be you x 10, it all flows from there, it’s the concrete you build your life on. And, yes, you can grow, change and explore but from the seed of your heart, your song.
We can’t be all things to all men so we must be all things to us, and in doing your thing turned up to ten, you find courage, confidence and trust. Be you x 10, it all flows from there, it’s the concrete you build your life on. And, yes, you can grow, change and explore but from the seed of your heart, your song.
In the back store of our minds lie long standing resentments and fears, tucked away unresolved, unforgiven, for years. And these fester and grow, though you bolt up the door, until the weight on your mind can’t take anymore. Out they seep and effect what you do, how you see, how you feel, what you say, they become you! You don’t deserve struggle when peace is long overdue, clean out these cupboards, let go and renew!
In the back store of our minds lie long standing resentments and fears, tucked away unresolved, unforgiven, for years. And these fester and grow, though you bolt up the door, until the weight on your mind can’t take anymore. Out they seep and effect what you do, how you see, how you feel, what you say, they become you! You don’t deserve struggle when peace is long overdue, clean out these cupboards, let go and renew!
Watch your talk, your brain hears you, you become your thoughts and words. Then watch and hear as your world changes when positives are heard. Use positive words that embolden all the best you see in you, the parts in others that you love, big that up, talk up good! The upward spiral of progress doesn’t dance to the soundtrack of “I’m not great, and they are even less.” Instead say, "I am all I need to be and they are doing their best." Start from there, let your soundtrack be the song of harmony and progress.
Watch your talk, your brain hears you, you become your thoughts and words. Then watch and hear as your world changes when positives are heard. Use positive words that embolden all the best you see in you, the parts in others that you love, big that up, talk up good! The upward spiral of progress doesn’t dance to the soundtrack of “I’m not great, and they are even less.” Instead say, "I am all I need to be and they are doing their best." Start from there, let your soundtrack be the song of harmony and progress.
The suffocating suit of self pity, waiting for the world to change or help you out, crushes your control and is the opposite of empowered. But arrest this fearful self sabotage with the shock of “It’s all on me. I can change this, I’ll move on. I’ll make my happy.” Self pity is such a pity as it robs you of your self, the self that can control your role in your fulfilment and inner wealth. Flick the switch from wounded waiting to marching forward for your sake, examine your self pity, route it out then make a break.
The suffocating suit of self pity, waiting for the world to change or help you out, crushes your control and is the opposite of empowered. But arrest this fearful self sabotage with the shock of “It’s all on me. I can change this, I’ll move on. I’ll make my happy.” Self pity is such a pity as it robs you of your self, the self that can control your role in your fulfilment and inner wealth. Flick the switch from wounded waiting to marching forward for your sake, examine your self pity, route it out then make a break.
Constant distraction of planning 'what's next' blocks you from being here, now. Be still. Just be still, nothing more, need nothing, breathe. This is as it is. This is as it always is and this is as it will be. This is the present moment, it’s now and it’s exactly where you should be. See the outside aspects of your life as choices, tweaks and play but know you’ll always be right here, as you, today. Be still, need nothing, breathe, be still.
Constant distraction of planning 'what's next' blocks you from being here, now. Be still. Just be still, nothing more, need nothing, breathe. This is as it is. This is as it always is and this is as it will be. This is the present moment, it’s now and it’s exactly where you should be. See the outside aspects of your life as choices, tweaks and play but know you’ll always be right here, as you, today. Be still, need nothing, breathe, be still.
There’s a penny that can drop for you today, a moment of realisation and awareness that can change everything: if you really had to do something, anything, and dedicated all of your energy and time to it, you could do it. Right now, this very second, you have all you need inside. And a great big “Yes, I can and will! I can see the wealth I hold! The potential to do anything once my excuses are removed.”
There’s a penny that can drop for you today, a moment of realisation and awareness that can change everything: if you really had to do something, anything, and dedicated all of your energy and time to it, you could do it. Right now, this very second, you have all you need inside. And a great big “Yes, I can and will! I can see the wealth I hold! The potential to do anything once my excuses are removed.”
Confidence and self esteem come from doing esteemable actions. We don’t think our way to confidence, it’s linked to what we’re doing. Open up, do what you do really well, your best is at your command. Confidence is realtime trust in all you have to hand. And you have so much to offer, so much if you let go, and it’s infinitely renewing in you, so believe and let it show.
Confidence and self esteem come from doing esteemable actions. We don’t think our way to confidence, it’s linked to what we’re doing. Open up, do what you do really well, your best is at your command. Confidence is realtime trust in all you have to hand. And you have so much to offer, so much if you let go, and it’s infinitely renewing in you, so believe and let it show.
Each and every one of us is put to our own test. So what we are progressing through doesn’t alter how we do it, the daily measure of ourselves against ourselves alone cuts through it. This is true for all we do, in good times and in tough. You know what you can control, and it’s often only you…believe your best is enough today and let it show in what you do.
Each and every one of us is put to our own test. So what we are progressing through doesn’t alter how we do it, the daily measure of ourselves against ourselves alone cuts through it. This is true for all we do, in good times and in tough. You know what you can control, and it’s often only you…believe your best is enough today and let it show in what you do.
When someone stings and anger rises there is one hugely liberating thing to do, don't think of what they’ve done but of why it’s stinging you. Don’t look outside at who is hurting you, look inside to why it hurts; how we are feeling says little about them and far more about us. It takes strength and courage to look and then accept your tender spots, but you can change the parts that are truly hurting, with everything you’ve got.
When someone stings and anger rises there is one hugely liberating thing to do, don't think of what they’ve done but of why it’s stinging you. Don’t look outside at who is hurting you, look inside to why it hurts; how we are feeling says little about them and far more about us. It takes strength and courage to look and then accept your tender spots, but you can change the parts that are truly hurting, with everything you’ve got.
We cling onto discomfort if it’s the only raft we know, but there’s another life of comfort if only we’d let go. Let go of the guilt and shame that has us thinking life must be hard, replaced with the far more potent fuel of feeling good and being inspired. All manner of things begin to shift towards your favour when upbeat, the upward spiral of feeling good, the spring under your feet.
We cling onto discomfort if it’s the only raft we know, but there’s another life of comfort if only we’d let go. Let go of the guilt and shame that has us thinking life must be hard, replaced with the far more potent fuel of feeling good and being inspired. All manner of things begin to shift towards your favour when upbeat, the upward spiral of feeling good, the spring under your feet.
When staying the same bears too much pain you are primed for change. Real change comes when you need to, when the other option isn’t one, when you down the tools of Groundhog Day and finally say, “I’m done! Done with how I treat myself when it’s certainly not a treat, done with doing things that I know harm me, yet the record’s on repeat. Done with treading water when I know the river flows, an end to planting seeds in the land where nothing grows." Do you really want a better life? It's your time to change.
When staying the same bears too much pain you are primed for change. Real change comes when you need to, when the other option isn’t one, when you down the tools of Groundhog Day and finally say, “I’m done! Done with how I treat myself when it’s certainly not a treat, done with doing things that I know harm me, yet the record’s on repeat. Done with treading water when I know the river flows, an end to planting seeds in the land where nothing grows." Do you really want a better life? It's your time to change.
Simply sit in silence with yourself for one single minute, think of what or who you’re grateful for, picture it, really feel it. From there your day is different, your starting block's on fire…you know that you have got it all, either now or in desire. Lean forward into endless possibility and more, seeing that all you have today was once desire before. By remembering your luck, what you’re thankful for and love, you can profoundly change tomorrow’s luck, by thinking, "Today, I am enough."
Simply sit in silence with yourself for one single minute, think of what or who you’re grateful for, picture it, really feel it. From there your day is different, your starting block's on fire…you know that you have got it all, either now or in desire. Lean forward into endless possibility and more, seeing that all you have today was once desire before. By remembering your luck, what you’re thankful for and love, you can profoundly change tomorrow’s luck, by thinking, "Today, I am enough."
The week rolls out before you and already there’s lots to do. You feel it coming like a wave that’s overwhelming you. It’s not being busy that clears anxious overwhelm, it’s taking time to decide. Sit still and breathe, choose what is important, then do that one main thing on your mind. Go slow if you want powerful decisions to be made, a thousand panicked actions aren’t worth one you choose to make.
The week rolls out before you and already there’s lots to do. You feel it coming like a wave that’s overwhelming you. It’s not being busy that clears anxious overwhelm, it’s taking time to decide. Sit still and breathe, choose what is important, then do that one main thing on your mind. Go slow if you want powerful decisions to be made, a thousand panicked actions aren’t worth one you choose to make.
Inspiration is our energy, desire is our drive, motivation isn’t real if neither of them thrive. Fuel the day to day stuff with the steady glow of desire, melt the resistance of what you have to do with your passion’s fire. Did you ever need a nap whilst doing something that excites your heart? Find something you deeply feel for then give it all you’ve got. Switch on, burn bright, fuel your heart with what you love. This is the source of energy that carries you through the good times and the rough.
Inspiration is our energy, desire is our drive, motivation isn’t real if neither of them thrive. Fuel the day to day stuff with the steady glow of desire, melt the resistance of what you have to do with your passion’s fire. Did you ever need a nap whilst doing something that excites your heart? Find something you deeply feel for then give it all you’ve got. Switch on, burn bright, fuel your heart with what you love. This is the source of energy that carries you through the good times and the rough.
If we wrongly think that positive means blocking out all pain, we’ve missed that it means progress and we have to start again. Not all pain is negative, we grow and live in turns and swells, and deep acceptance of our feelings is part of living well. It is not for me to know your struggles but I can share what I’ve been told and lived; denial is a poison and acceptance is a gift. The only truth for all of us is that truth itself can heal. Denial is the clawing mud, it’s not negative to feel.
If we wrongly think that positive means blocking out all pain, we’ve missed that it means progress and we have to start again. Not all pain is negative, we grow and live in turns and swells, and deep acceptance of our feelings is part of living well. It is not for me to know your struggles but I can share what I’ve been told and lived; denial is a poison and acceptance is a gift. The only truth for all of us is that truth itself can heal. Denial is the clawing mud, it’s not negative to feel.
We’re all searching for a moment of perfect peace, acceptance and harmony. And we discover quickly that it’s not in buying stuff or the fruitless fix of social media. Contentment comes from inside out, not from owning, seeing or consuming and it’s when you find stillness in your day these things become less confusing. Sit in silence with yourself, find the deepest treasure of your inner wealth, everything you need is now.
We’re all searching for a moment of perfect peace, acceptance and harmony. And we discover quickly that it’s not in buying stuff or the fruitless fix of social media. Contentment comes from inside out, not from owning, seeing or consuming and it’s when you find stillness in your day these things become less confusing. Sit in silence with yourself, find the deepest treasure of your inner wealth, everything you need is now.
Flashes of intuition, having a hunch or a gut feeling that something’s right are pretty hard to hear if you’re locked in fear and fright. How can you follow your heart if your heart is in distress? No one can hear their calling over the din of uneasiness. First, you must find stillness to let profound intuition speak. From peace you’ll hear and feel the flashes of what’s best for you, personal and unique. Listen, feel, accept and act, these intuitions are your guide. From stillness into action, follow the voice inside.
Flashes of intuition, having a hunch or a gut feeling that something’s right are pretty hard to hear if you’re locked in fear and fright. How can you follow your heart if your heart is in distress? No one can hear their calling over the din of uneasiness. First, you must find stillness to let profound intuition speak. From peace you’ll hear and feel the flashes of what’s best for you, personal and unique. Listen, feel, accept and act, these intuitions are your guide. From stillness into action, follow the voice inside.
How am I? Ask yourself this and then really listen to find out. The answer directs you to the important things you can DO something about. 'How am I?', asked fearlessly and with love, will clear the path again. Being honest with yourself is your destiny’s greatest friend. Be true to yourself once you’ve remembered who that is, reset the bar you rise to, find direction and then aim at this.
How am I? Ask yourself this and then really listen to find out. The answer directs you to the important things you can DO something about. 'How am I?', asked fearlessly and with love, will clear the path again. Being honest with yourself is your destiny’s greatest friend. Be true to yourself once you’ve remembered who that is, reset the bar you rise to, find direction and then aim at this.
You have all the time in the world to REALLY LIVE but it’ll always be called ‘today’. There’s no better time to start the plans you dreamt of yesterday. Why put off your defining moments for when life’s been sorted out? There will always be the day to day of life to block and blame. Start. The hardest part, the summit lying at your feet, one small step begins the change of all you want to be.
You have all the time in the world to REALLY LIVE but it’ll always be called ‘today’. There’s no better time to start the plans you dreamt of yesterday. Why put off your defining moments for when life’s been sorted out? There will always be the day to day of life to block and blame. Start. The hardest part, the summit lying at your feet, one small step begins the change of all you want to be.
I hope these words reach out today and touch you if you’re in need, keep going, it’s ok if life’s not perfect, in time you’ll find your feet. The journey through the low points often comes just before the rise, it doesn’t feel great when you’re in it, but know you will survive. And shortly cracks of light appear because you kept on keeping on. Persistence is enough for now, you’re heading for the sun.
I hope these words reach out today and touch you if you’re in need, keep going, it’s ok if life’s not perfect, in time you’ll find your feet. The journey through the low points often comes just before the rise, it doesn’t feel great when you’re in it, but know you will survive. And shortly cracks of light appear because you kept on keeping on. Persistence is enough for now, you’re heading for the sun.
Hard work isn’t hard if you see it’s proper role as the outward evidence of what is in your soul. The exact same action can be seen as tough or trouble free, either grind your way through it or do the same job knowing 'This is all for me'. Accept this and the load gets lighter yet the job remains the same, it's all a little easier when part of a larger frame.
Hard work isn’t hard if you see it’s proper role as the outward evidence of what is in your soul. The exact same action can be seen as tough or trouble free, either grind your way through it or do the same job knowing 'This is all for me'. Accept this and the load gets lighter yet the job remains the same, it's all a little easier when part of a larger frame.
Realise, right now, there is no danger at your door. You have food, water, clothes and shelter from any storm. Be here in this moment waking to this present truth; everything is ok, life’s supporting you. Right here in this present, you are nourished, clothed and safe. Life has given you this moment to cherish, not to waste. To waste on worry of future pain is to miss the truth of NOW; you are safe, you are sheltered, the sky's not falling down.
Realise, right now, there is no danger at your door. You have food, water, clothes and shelter from any storm. Be here in this moment waking to this present truth; everything is ok, life’s supporting you. Right here in this present, you are nourished, clothed and safe. Life has given you this moment to cherish, not to waste. To waste on worry of future pain is to miss the truth of NOW; you are safe, you are sheltered, the sky's not falling down.
In doing our daily best we are pulling doors open and letting opportunity walk in, we don’t always have to push for new chapters to begin. If you’re optimitistic, helpful, kind and know your thing, you’ll attract the right opportunities, just from what you’re doing. In essence this is focus on what you can do and leave the rest; to be good at what you do, and with a smile, will suit you best.
In doing our daily best we are pulling doors open and letting opportunity walk in, we don’t always have to push for new chapters to begin. If you’re optimitistic, helpful, kind and know your thing, you’ll attract the right opportunities, just from what you’re doing. In essence this is focus on what you can do and leave the rest; to be good at what you do, and with a smile, will suit you best.
Our minds try to fill most space with words, mostly thought and often spoken, but the most profound expression is found in silence that’s unbroken. When we reach into the silence and simply let ourselves be there, words fall un-required, stillness needs no grand fanfare. Stillness! Do you notice that it’s everywhere? Deep peace, contentment flowing. The stillness of our ever now, ever here, and always growing.
Our minds try to fill most space with words, mostly thought and often spoken, but the most profound expression is found in silence that’s unbroken. When we reach into the silence and simply let ourselves be there, words fall un-required, stillness needs no grand fanfare. Stillness! Do you notice that it’s everywhere? Deep peace, contentment flowing. The stillness of our ever now, ever here, and always growing.
Remember how once you desired some of this here and now, these friends, your kids or even that car? Stand in the brightness of realised thanks that once you desired and now here they are. Realise the dazzling truth of unlimited choice, the brilliant glare of anything always, and be bathed in the radiance of freedom today. What you desire, you become.
Remember how once you desired some of this here and now, these friends, your kids or even that car? Stand in the brightness of realised thanks that once you desired and now here they are. Realise the dazzling truth of unlimited choice, the brilliant glare of anything always, and be bathed in the radiance of freedom today. What you desire, you become.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s the doing it in fear’s face. And it’s the desire and drive to do it anyway you find in your silent place. You’re never going to feel like it, but you start to like courage when you’ve done it once. You learn courage from courage winning, your upward spiral of confidence. Then you need less courage to do more of the things you’ve done, so you move on to bigger things...stillness, courage, doing, done!
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s the doing it in fear’s face. And it’s the desire and drive to do it anyway you find in your silent place. You’re never going to feel like it, but you start to like courage when you’ve done it once. You learn courage from courage winning, your upward spiral of confidence. Then you need less courage to do more of the things you’ve done, so you move on to bigger things...stillness, courage, doing, done!
Fear of being too sentimental can stop you from saying what truly matters to you. 'Slushy, wishy washy, weak and needy, overfamiliar and emotionally underdressed'…we’ve learnt the language of covering up the things we love the best. Your feelings matter, and those you care about should know, so say them out loud, tell the world, then what matters to you will grow.
Fear of being too sentimental can stop you from saying what truly matters to you. 'Slushy, wishy washy, weak and needy, overfamiliar and emotionally underdressed'…we’ve learnt the language of covering up the things we love the best. Your feelings matter, and those you care about should know, so say them out loud, tell the world, then what matters to you will grow.
'Change' is not a suggestion or a comment on your situation, it’s just a fact, it’s a part of our DNA. It’s in fighting it that you will shrink, resisting against the grain. In stopping for one minute and dreaming through the change, you will find it easy, now that it’s reframed. Embracing growth is at the heart of the contented way, it’s in seeing change as positive that you find still today.
'Change' is not a suggestion or a comment on your situation, it’s just a fact, it’s a part of our DNA. It’s in fighting it that you will shrink, resisting against the grain. In stopping for one minute and dreaming through the change, you will find it easy, now that it’s reframed. Embracing growth is at the heart of the contented way, it’s in seeing change as positive that you find still today.
Nothing stops our river flowing like something on our mind, root out what we’re avoiding and get that one thing done this time! Even harmonious and simple lives get blocked with life's conflict and debris, so once a month it’s good to lift the lid of you and see. What is it that’s bugging you? It’s this stuff that saps our strength. To focus on our growth we must resolve these at any length.
Nothing stops our river flowing like something on our mind, root out what we’re avoiding and get that one thing done this time! Even harmonious and simple lives get blocked with life's conflict and debris, so once a month it’s good to lift the lid of you and see. What is it that’s bugging you? It’s this stuff that saps our strength. To focus on our growth we must resolve these at any length.
Through a quiet mind we see a simple world, with a racing mind a tangled one. Submerge yourself in life’s great rhythm, the majestic elemental flow, and deeply feel the simple truth that nature’s dance is slow. Get outside and touch nature’s hand and stillness surges to quieten your mind, and through these eyes the world simplifies and we let life take it’s time.
Through a quiet mind we see a simple world, with a racing mind a tangled one. Submerge yourself in life’s great rhythm, the majestic elemental flow, and deeply feel the simple truth that nature’s dance is slow. Get outside and touch nature’s hand and stillness surges to quieten your mind, and through these eyes the world simplifies and we let life take it’s time.
You are extraordinary, extra to the ordinary way...who wants to fit a glove that you wouldn’t wear anyway? Your idea of normal is completely weird to someone else, so don’t strive to be some idea of normal, strive to be yourself.
You are extraordinary, extra to the ordinary way...who wants to fit a glove that you wouldn’t wear anyway? Your idea of normal is completely weird to someone else, so don’t strive to be some idea of normal, strive to be yourself.
Positive comments work! The carrot beats the stick, encouragement conquers criticism, positive squashes negative and expecting the best whips cynicism. Science heaps the evidence in piles that tell us 'smile', or 'visualise the victory' before you run the mile. Treat others as you’d like to be treated is a two way road of truth; do you respond better to being encouraged or someone criticising you?
Positive comments work! The carrot beats the stick, encouragement conquers criticism, positive squashes negative and expecting the best whips cynicism. Science heaps the evidence in piles that tell us 'smile', or 'visualise the victory' before you run the mile. Treat others as you’d like to be treated is a two way road of truth; do you respond better to being encouraged or someone criticising you?
The life you live inside your head stays there unless you act. The business plan that’s only that, the trip that’s still just a map. We are the sum of our repeated actions, for better or for worse, and what we DO we become. There is no power that can replace the dynamic impact of consistency and persistence. Act. And act again, then act again…repeat, repeat, repeat…you will break through, even when your heart hangs low, choose well, repeat, repeat.
The life you live inside your head stays there unless you act. The business plan that’s only that, the trip that’s still just a map. We are the sum of our repeated actions, for better or for worse, and what we DO we become. There is no power that can replace the dynamic impact of consistency and persistence. Act. And act again, then act again…repeat, repeat, repeat…you will break through, even when your heart hangs low, choose well, repeat, repeat.
Every single, majestic act of extraordinary human achievement began with a spark of interest followed by failing forward many thousands of times. We miss every single shot that we do not take, every spark that goes un-kindled dies a thousand deaths, we’ll never know if we don’t try. No adventure? Nothing gained. Learn to thrill at failing, let’s call it growing pain.
Every single, majestic act of extraordinary human achievement began with a spark of interest followed by failing forward many thousands of times. We miss every single shot that we do not take, every spark that goes un-kindled dies a thousand deaths, we’ll never know if we don’t try. No adventure? Nothing gained. Learn to thrill at failing, let’s call it growing pain.
Today is for stillness and the peace you find there, for the freshness of beginnings in the crisp, silent air. Today is for you to find some silence alone, where you will find you, where you will come home. Sit with yourself and begin to find ground, the you that sings you without making a sound. Today is your day to sit still with yourself, to continue your journey to deep personal wealth.
Today is for stillness and the peace you find there, for the freshness of beginnings in the crisp, silent air. Today is for you to find some silence alone, where you will find you, where you will come home. Sit with yourself and begin to find ground, the you that sings you without making a sound. Today is your day to sit still with yourself, to continue your journey to deep personal wealth.
If you’re struggling, talk to someone. This is part of nature’s will, for us to strive together, to join hands and climb the hill. Too far and wide are we Daily Doers to know each other's problems, and far too wide apart are we to reach right in and solve them. But we can bare up, and share the load, talk and ask for help, walk the road ahead together and know we’ll live to tell the tale.
If you’re struggling, talk to someone. This is part of nature’s will, for us to strive together, to join hands and climb the hill. Too far and wide are we Daily Doers to know each other's problems, and far too wide apart are we to reach right in and solve them. But we can bare up, and share the load, talk and ask for help, walk the road ahead together and know we’ll live to tell the tale.
Nothing brings a sense of calm like connecting to the greater whole, soaking up the universe, drinking in this world. This world is you connected not a separate part observing, you’re a glorious cog in the majestic wheel of consciousness evolving. For example, the moon has been a constant for every single human being; that perspective can’t help but change the way you’re feeling!
Nothing brings a sense of calm like connecting to the greater whole, soaking up the universe, drinking in this world. This world is you connected not a separate part observing, you’re a glorious cog in the majestic wheel of consciousness evolving. For example, the moon has been a constant for every single human being; that perspective can’t help but change the way you’re feeling!
It doesn’t take all that much for our wheels to wobble, a dread of overwhelm to appear and fear to sneak in. An abrupt text read into wrongly, a trip away from home, a cracked phone screen, a parking ticket or the day that’s gone on too long. We like to think we’re bigger than the petty parts of life, but these are straws on camels backs that can cause overwhelm and strife. Get things sorted, of course, but also laugh at 'little me', see the path as easy, bigger picture and be free.
It doesn’t take all that much for our wheels to wobble, a dread of overwhelm to appear and fear to sneak in. An abrupt text read into wrongly, a trip away from home, a cracked phone screen, a parking ticket or the day that’s gone on too long. We like to think we’re bigger than the petty parts of life, but these are straws on camels backs that can cause overwhelm and strife. Get things sorted, of course, but also laugh at 'little me', see the path as easy, bigger picture and be free.
When straining to be larger than life we sometimes barely live at all, then life rushes in and fills us up when we focus on the small. We are the sum of our day to day, the drip drip details of our lives, if we nourish and tend the little things, the giant in us thrives. Don’t trim your ever sprouting branches trying to shape how your life looks, shape the habits of your day, tend and shape the roots.
When straining to be larger than life we sometimes barely live at all, then life rushes in and fills us up when we focus on the small. We are the sum of our day to day, the drip drip details of our lives, if we nourish and tend the little things, the giant in us thrives. Don’t trim your ever sprouting branches trying to shape how your life looks, shape the habits of your day, tend and shape the roots.
It feels good to think good and this, in essence, is the point. And from there more good things happen as it’s what your focused on. It really is that simple but it’s not easy to begin, it feels false and superficial to choose positive, inspired thoughts as your old negatives dig in. But you can find the diamond in the dust of your day, the gold in them there hills, by channeling your thoughts towards the things that inspire and sparkle.
It feels good to think good and this, in essence, is the point. And from there more good things happen as it’s what your focused on. It really is that simple but it’s not easy to begin, it feels false and superficial to choose positive, inspired thoughts as your old negatives dig in. But you can find the diamond in the dust of your day, the gold in them there hills, by channeling your thoughts towards the things that inspire and sparkle.
Procrastinating doesn’t feel good so forgive yourself as it's not selfish laziness. It’s a learnt behaviour of subconciously avoiding fears. This once worked for you but now creates more and more stress creating the baffling loop of hopes, fear, avoid then numb. Procrastinating is numbing fears, giving stress a break. That's ok, forgive yourself but then move to stop numbing and wake.
Procrastinating doesn’t feel good so forgive yourself as it's not selfish laziness. It’s a learnt behaviour of subconciously avoiding fears. This once worked for you but now creates more and more stress creating the baffling loop of hopes, fear, avoid then numb. Procrastinating is numbing fears, giving stress a break. That's ok, forgive yourself but then move to stop numbing and wake.
To be who we truly are can feel like we are kids again, waiting to be allowed. But no-one tells you who to be, they’re just echoes from the past, not your Mum, your Dad or teachers; it’s you that holds you back. “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are” said Carl Jung and to realise this fact halts the sitting waiting for life to settle before we start. If you want to be who you truly are, you must start today.
To be who we truly are can feel like we are kids again, waiting to be allowed. But no-one tells you who to be, they’re just echoes from the past, not your Mum, your Dad or teachers; it’s you that holds you back. “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are” said Carl Jung and to realise this fact halts the sitting waiting for life to settle before we start. If you want to be who you truly are, you must start today.
Let me talk a little of being truly lost. Fixing broken parts with broken tools, the pain, the cost. The slow divide from being, the journey from yourself, the waste a little faster, the shame that eats itself. The ocean liner sailing slowly, two degrees off course, the too late waves to the other boats, silent cries, "I’m lost, I’m lost!" Now, let me talk a little of how to find your way...
Let me talk a little of being truly lost. Fixing broken parts with broken tools, the pain, the cost. The slow divide from being, the journey from yourself, the waste a little faster, the shame that eats itself. The ocean liner sailing slowly, two degrees off course, the too late waves to the other boats, silent cries, "I’m lost, I’m lost!" Now, let me talk a little of how to find your way...
You can’t be brave if you’re not afraid, no courage unless you’re scared. Your heart’s desire needs following, and you will need bravery and courage to take you there. If we didn’t need to get there we wouldn’t need to grow, but, as chicks first flight from cliff top nests, we must take the leap and go!
You can’t be brave if you’re not afraid, no courage unless you’re scared. Your heart’s desire needs following, and you will need bravery and courage to take you there. If we didn’t need to get there we wouldn’t need to grow, but, as chicks first flight from cliff top nests, we must take the leap and go!
When others' lives inspire and a flash of envy hits, use this as a guide to what you want and act on this. We too often think of how much better our life could be, when in fact we should be asking, “How can I better me?” It’s sometimes hard to know what you deeply want to do, but see what you admire in others, then in actions find your way to you.
When others' lives inspire and a flash of envy hits, use this as a guide to what you want and act on this. We too often think of how much better our life could be, when in fact we should be asking, “How can I better me?” It’s sometimes hard to know what you deeply want to do, but see what you admire in others, then in actions find your way to you.
There’s nothing quite like doing nothing if you must get something done! First digest all the facts you need, then switch off, shower or run. A relaxing mind allows the brain to fuse deeper, broad reaching connections, to throw up answers, solve your problems. Yes, doing nothing is an action!
There’s nothing quite like doing nothing if you must get something done! First digest all the facts you need, then switch off, shower or run. A relaxing mind allows the brain to fuse deeper, broad reaching connections, to throw up answers, solve your problems. Yes, doing nothing is an action!
Bliss exists in pools of peaceful silence in your mind, it has no time or borders, it’s always there for you to find. Bliss is not a hallowed ground for only a monk, sensei or guru…it’s an open space where you don’t think too much, bliss is inside you. Bliss is with you on the bus, in the car or at your desk..bliss is the very heart of you, the still water of your alwaysness.
Bliss exists in pools of peaceful silence in your mind, it has no time or borders, it’s always there for you to find. Bliss is not a hallowed ground for only a monk, sensei or guru…it’s an open space where you don’t think too much, bliss is inside you. Bliss is with you on the bus, in the car or at your desk..bliss is the very heart of you, the still water of your alwaysness.
If you’re new to The Daily Do then a little bit about me would give some context and, most importantly, weight to the absolute fact that I’ve lived this, learnt, practiced and changed. The past 425 Episodes contain tools and mindset perspective shifts that have changed my life from being driven by fear to informed by stillness and intention. I hope this bit about me helps you.
If you’re new to The Daily Do then a little bit about me would give some context and, most importantly, weight to the absolute fact that I’ve lived this, learnt, practiced and changed. The past 425 Episodes contain tools and mindset perspective shifts that have changed my life from being driven by fear to informed by stillness and intention. I hope this bit about me helps you.
Imagine just how content you’d be if you had no expectations. No crest fall from the burst ball of unfulfilled anticipations. Freedom from expectation is the letting go of what you can’t control, it’s not hanging up your vision, dreams, direction or long term goal. Quite the opposite, it frees you up, you become more loose and willing, heart open to opportunity, and that cup of life so often talked of, is suddenly over filling.
Imagine just how content you’d be if you had no expectations. No crest fall from the burst ball of unfulfilled anticipations. Freedom from expectation is the letting go of what you can’t control, it’s not hanging up your vision, dreams, direction or long term goal. Quite the opposite, it frees you up, you become more loose and willing, heart open to opportunity, and that cup of life so often talked of, is suddenly over filling.
Do you feel low when you go slow as soon as you stop work? Does it take some time just to feel fine when you’ve been desperate for a holiday or break? The dip you slip into displays how tight you’ve really been, wound up like a clock, running on adrenaline. This crash and burn comes after too long firing on raw stress, but we can reduce this during work days by finding time in stillness.
Do you feel low when you go slow as soon as you stop work? Does it take some time just to feel fine when you’ve been desperate for a holiday or break? The dip you slip into displays how tight you’ve really been, wound up like a clock, running on adrenaline. This crash and burn comes after too long firing on raw stress, but we can reduce this during work days by finding time in stillness.
Social gatherings can bring our anxieties to the fore, who you think you are right now is more vulnerable and exposed. But it’s likely people aren’t thinking about you, they’re thinking about what you think about them. So relax and enjoy the chance to catch up with old or meet new friends. Accept that no-one thinks about you as much as you think about you, and this will really lighten up the load of what you do.
Social gatherings can bring our anxieties to the fore, who you think you are right now is more vulnerable and exposed. But it’s likely people aren’t thinking about you, they’re thinking about what you think about them. So relax and enjoy the chance to catch up with old or meet new friends. Accept that no-one thinks about you as much as you think about you, and this will really lighten up the load of what you do.
Are you longing for deep validation from someone that doesn’t care? Looking for respect and love when love and respect aren’t there? Banging your heart against a brick wall won’t change this person’s view; the one that can and needs to change is, simply and profoundly, you. When you see that you’ve been trying to get something that’s just not there, see the need in you and fill yourself with love and care.
Are you longing for deep validation from someone that doesn’t care? Looking for respect and love when love and respect aren’t there? Banging your heart against a brick wall won’t change this person’s view; the one that can and needs to change is, simply and profoundly, you. When you see that you’ve been trying to get something that’s just not there, see the need in you and fill yourself with love and care.
Do you compare yourself to your heroes and then think that you’re not doing so well? You can learn from those ahead of you so don’t be hard upon yourself. To become all that you dream of, dare to stare at those who have, they’ve left a little seed trail, their actions leave a path. Your heroes are just you having done what you can do, so see in them the hero but see the hero too, in you.
Do you compare yourself to your heroes and then think that you’re not doing so well? You can learn from those ahead of you so don’t be hard upon yourself. To become all that you dream of, dare to stare at those who have, they’ve left a little seed trail, their actions leave a path. Your heroes are just you having done what you can do, so see in them the hero but see the hero too, in you.
What is it you do when you’re frightened or confused? Look closely at this pattern as it might be harming you. The fears we have may be imagined but what we do then to soothe is real, your behaviour then creates reality born from how you feel. Choose a new behaviour and real progress will flow from here, by breaking that one trip switch of how you react to fear.
What is it you do when you’re frightened or confused? Look closely at this pattern as it might be harming you. The fears we have may be imagined but what we do then to soothe is real, your behaviour then creates reality born from how you feel. Choose a new behaviour and real progress will flow from here, by breaking that one trip switch of how you react to fear.
I don’t care what others think of you, I care what you think of you. And only you truly know how inspired you feel right now; if searching for some energy, your inspiration is the how. Don’t care what others think of you, care what you think of you. And your self perception flows and grows from the inspired things you do!
I don’t care what others think of you, I care what you think of you. And only you truly know how inspired you feel right now; if searching for some energy, your inspiration is the how. Don’t care what others think of you, care what you think of you. And your self perception flows and grows from the inspired things you do!
Life is what you make of it, not what life just throws at you…life’s not if you get knocked down it’s when you are what do you do? Choose to see solutions, be positive and proactive, events will come and go but you build and keep perspective. This brings a chain reaction towards the upward spiral of good thought, you work at seeing the good in life and the good in life is what you’ve got!
Life is what you make of it, not what life just throws at you…life’s not if you get knocked down it’s when you are what do you do? Choose to see solutions, be positive and proactive, events will come and go but you build and keep perspective. This brings a chain reaction towards the upward spiral of good thought, you work at seeing the good in life and the good in life is what you’ve got!
Variety is the spice of life and change is as good as a rest so routine should just provide the foundation for keeping your life fresh. If you’re feeling bogged down by daily habits that you know bare fruit in time, don’t look to change these building blocks but stuff them with new meaning. Refocusing on purpose, reminding yourself of your 'why', can change the way you look at your routine and bring passion alive!
Variety is the spice of life and change is as good as a rest so routine should just provide the foundation for keeping your life fresh. If you’re feeling bogged down by daily habits that you know bare fruit in time, don’t look to change these building blocks but stuff them with new meaning. Refocusing on purpose, reminding yourself of your 'why', can change the way you look at your routine and bring passion alive!
You can change someone’s life today by simply noticing that they’re there. Seeing someone, and letting them know you see them, is the ultimate form of care. To be seen or not to be seen, to be known or feel ignored. "I SEE YOU" is what we all need most, so give that gift today and feel the freedom in your step as you help others on their way.
You can change someone’s life today by simply noticing that they’re there. Seeing someone, and letting them know you see them, is the ultimate form of care. To be seen or not to be seen, to be known or feel ignored. "I SEE YOU" is what we all need most, so give that gift today and feel the freedom in your step as you help others on their way.
You're reading this so you already have the rarest gift of all, you've won life's largest lottery in that you’re alive at all. And the simple truth is that you already have life’s greatest treasure, you do not need to work all your life towards eventual pleasure. Yes, we must realise our potential and fulfil our wildest dreams, but we must not put off happiness until we’ve worked our way down stream.
You're reading this so you already have the rarest gift of all, you've won life's largest lottery in that you’re alive at all. And the simple truth is that you already have life’s greatest treasure, you do not need to work all your life towards eventual pleasure. Yes, we must realise our potential and fulfil our wildest dreams, but we must not put off happiness until we’ve worked our way down stream.
Of all the lists you make an inspiring one is 'what you’ve done', a roll call of your achievements, a snapshot of who you’ve become. By listing down our past progress we get a better sense of who we are and can achieve here in the present tense. You may not feel invincible today but I’ll bet you didn’t then, but look, you did it and I’ll bet my life, you CAN do it again!
Of all the lists you make an inspiring one is 'what you’ve done', a roll call of your achievements, a snapshot of who you’ve become. By listing down our past progress we get a better sense of who we are and can achieve here in the present tense. You may not feel invincible today but I’ll bet you didn’t then, but look, you did it and I’ll bet my life, you CAN do it again!
Plans can take a tumble because life gets in the way, but there’s never a good reason why you can’t restart your day. And then the day that you so nearly cast into the sea of waste can be another brick into the path of your progress. One productive hour is an hour no matter what the time of day, if the first half’s been a struggle there’s still the second half to play!
Plans can take a tumble because life gets in the way, but there’s never a good reason why you can’t restart your day. And then the day that you so nearly cast into the sea of waste can be another brick into the path of your progress. One productive hour is an hour no matter what the time of day, if the first half’s been a struggle there’s still the second half to play!
Your best today is good enough, block out what others do, try not to let annoyances distract or hinder you. Wasted worlds of inner arguments, comparing lives or being irritated, pins you to the ground and you’re far from liberated. So busy being annoyed or jealous that you tangle to a slow, but wake up, focus on your own life and what you can do today to grow.
Your best today is good enough, block out what others do, try not to let annoyances distract or hinder you. Wasted worlds of inner arguments, comparing lives or being irritated, pins you to the ground and you’re far from liberated. So busy being annoyed or jealous that you tangle to a slow, but wake up, focus on your own life and what you can do today to grow.
Why not make tomorrow morning the start of something new? Use tonight to plan one change you know you want for you. In starting well on Monday morning you set your intention straight and true, you see yourself ascending and facing what’s ahead of you. Think of the different mindset between crawling into this weeks dawn or starting with an action that says, "Bring on Monday morn!"
Why not make tomorrow morning the start of something new? Use tonight to plan one change you know you want for you. In starting well on Monday morning you set your intention straight and true, you see yourself ascending and facing what’s ahead of you. Think of the different mindset between crawling into this weeks dawn or starting with an action that says, "Bring on Monday morn!"
Free yourself by getting outside if you’re feeling trapped and blocked, open air is a miracle cure for insular over thought. Just touch upon the great outdoors and something instantly loosens, tension slips from shoulders and perspective shifts on what you’re doing. Stretch the eyes and mind in fields and valleys, coast and park…engage this primordial resonance and kindle nature’s spark.
Free yourself by getting outside if you’re feeling trapped and blocked, open air is a miracle cure for insular over thought. Just touch upon the great outdoors and something instantly loosens, tension slips from shoulders and perspective shifts on what you’re doing. Stretch the eyes and mind in fields and valleys, coast and park…engage this primordial resonance and kindle nature’s spark.
Do you have some personal non-negotiables that you do even if you’re tired? A few simple principles you carry through when uninspired. We can add to daily practices like brushing teeth and eating healthy food, actions that, even in a dip, create your greater good. These habits that you can form that you perform in rain or shine, are what you become, so you can choose how you’re defined!
Do you have some personal non-negotiables that you do even if you’re tired? A few simple principles you carry through when uninspired. We can add to daily practices like brushing teeth and eating healthy food, actions that, even in a dip, create your greater good. These habits that you can form that you perform in rain or shine, are what you become, so you can choose how you’re defined!
Optimism isn’t hopeful naive delusion, it’s a strategy for life of seeing the solution. This tactical process of magnetising to the good is reality, and creates more success than fearing the worst ever could. What can you do in your life to make the good things grow and bloom? I promise you this does not happen when fixated on the gloom.
Optimism isn’t hopeful naive delusion, it’s a strategy for life of seeing the solution. This tactical process of magnetising to the good is reality, and creates more success than fearing the worst ever could. What can you do in your life to make the good things grow and bloom? I promise you this does not happen when fixated on the gloom.
We worry our way into problems far more than we worry our way out. Fear loves creating what we fear, so let go of worry, now. Letting go of worry feels like irresponsible abandon, it’s as if you just don’t care, or are in deep denial. But it’s not, you know the problem and you probably know what’s best to do, and this deluge of overthinking fear is most likely stopping you.
We worry our way into problems far more than we worry our way out. Fear loves creating what we fear, so let go of worry, now. Letting go of worry feels like irresponsible abandon, it’s as if you just don’t care, or are in deep denial. But it’s not, you know the problem and you probably know what’s best to do, and this deluge of overthinking fear is most likely stopping you.
The patient process of a little every day brings progress, sure and real. But it churns up facing obstacles, long avoided, with which to deal. With facing obstacles come fearful feelings of nervous resistance, and these feel less like progress and more like distress. This is the nature of growing. These are growing pains. Your process works and creates real progress, so see these obstacles as your gain.
The patient process of a little every day brings progress, sure and real. But it churns up facing obstacles, long avoided, with which to deal. With facing obstacles come fearful feelings of nervous resistance, and these feel less like progress and more like distress. This is the nature of growing. These are growing pains. Your process works and creates real progress, so see these obstacles as your gain.
What we resolve to do is always simply who we’d like to be, no one’s stopping us, our resolutions are just our inspiration blocked by fear. Set in stone your heart’s desires, write down the life you’d live if brave, then see the truth that you can live this now in how you behave. BE the way you want to be by pushing past your fear, it’s only you that’s stopping you, the path to you is clear.
What we resolve to do is always simply who we’d like to be, no one’s stopping us, our resolutions are just our inspiration blocked by fear. Set in stone your heart’s desires, write down the life you’d live if brave, then see the truth that you can live this now in how you behave. BE the way you want to be by pushing past your fear, it’s only you that’s stopping you, the path to you is clear.
Seasonal change presents us opportunity to grow, to evolve and spin, shed our skin, and lean into tomorrow. In step with nature's rhythms, we can feel this in the air, the lighter evenings, brighter feelings, renewal everywhere. Revived in eye and mind we can sense this deep revival, seize nature's call to rejuvenate and flow with this upward spiral.
Seasonal change presents us opportunity to grow, to evolve and spin, shed our skin, and lean into tomorrow. In step with nature's rhythms, we can feel this in the air, the lighter evenings, brighter feelings, renewal everywhere. Revived in eye and mind we can sense this deep revival, seize nature's call to rejuvenate and flow with this upward spiral.
You see yourself, your every move, you are your fiercest judge, so watch yourself doing something great if self esteem is in the mud. Esteem is built from estimable actions so try this if needing a boost, start tomorrow morning by doing one thing that’s good for you. One thing that pushes you and doesn’t feel great at the time but that you know is going to make you feel fantastic further down the line. We can learn new ways of being by simply choosing something new, watch yourself doing something that is really good for you!
You see yourself, your every move, you are your fiercest judge, so watch yourself doing something great if self esteem is in the mud. Esteem is built from estimable actions so try this if needing a boost, start tomorrow morning by doing one thing that’s good for you. One thing that pushes you and doesn’t feel great at the time but that you know is going to make you feel fantastic further down the line. We can learn new ways of being by simply choosing something new, watch yourself doing something that is really good for you!
“How can you be bothered?” is a question I get asked; I simply look over my shoulder at the overthinking wreckage of my past. So what price is a little discipline for right thinking and it’s effects? 30 mins in the morning delivers so many benefits. Good thinking and deep calm need tending, fuel and energy. Yes, bother to ignite this in the morning and be free!
“How can you be bothered?” is a question I get asked; I simply look over my shoulder at the overthinking wreckage of my past. So what price is a little discipline for right thinking and it’s effects? 30 mins in the morning delivers so many benefits. Good thinking and deep calm need tending, fuel and energy. Yes, bother to ignite this in the morning and be free!
Is someone really grating or criticising what you do? Is another really irritating deep under the skin of you? We see others not as they are but as we are, and we can change. If others are really troubling you ask yourself again, “What is it I’m feeling? What is really hurting me?” Look into your own perception, clean this lens and you are free.
Is someone really grating or criticising what you do? Is another really irritating deep under the skin of you? We see others not as they are but as we are, and we can change. If others are really troubling you ask yourself again, “What is it I’m feeling? What is really hurting me?” Look into your own perception, clean this lens and you are free.
Your big break, fate, good luck and fortune all need a helping hand, start the part that you can do, and watch your world expand. 'The more I practice, the luckier I get' sums up this cause and effect. If you do not buy a lottery ticket what can you expect? And the lottery of life is far less chance than it can seem, we do control our actions, and our actions invite our dreams.
Your big break, fate, good luck and fortune all need a helping hand, start the part that you can do, and watch your world expand. 'The more I practice, the luckier I get' sums up this cause and effect. If you do not buy a lottery ticket what can you expect? And the lottery of life is far less chance than it can seem, we do control our actions, and our actions invite our dreams.
What of when the darkness falls and things don't feel so good, when thoughts clammer that all is lost, when joy falls out of view? Think, "I know this feeling but I can still do what just needs done", one foot in front of the other foot and suddenly there’s sun. Move forward through the dark days, the nights will turn to morn, accept the time it takes to wait for calm after the storm.
What of when the darkness falls and things don't feel so good, when thoughts clammer that all is lost, when joy falls out of view? Think, "I know this feeling but I can still do what just needs done", one foot in front of the other foot and suddenly there’s sun. Move forward through the dark days, the nights will turn to morn, accept the time it takes to wait for calm after the storm.
Here's a simple chain reaction...if you think of all the things you love and appreciate about your life, you walk into the world more likely to be nice. And then things go well as people respond, and your mood further improves, you then choose actions that command more courage as confidence bolsters you. This flurry of your fortune fanned out from feeling grateful now; appreciate all that you have and contagious optimism’s found!
Here's a simple chain reaction...if you think of all the things you love and appreciate about your life, you walk into the world more likely to be nice. And then things go well as people respond, and your mood further improves, you then choose actions that command more courage as confidence bolsters you. This flurry of your fortune fanned out from feeling grateful now; appreciate all that you have and contagious optimism’s found!
Inspirational words have no meaning unless you turn them to do! Wellbeing and motivational quotes won’t change anything if you don’t activate, the words are just pointers toward the life that you must actually create. To ignite the reality of change in your life the mind alone isn’t enough, yes, it starts with our thoughts, but for deep change to erupt physical action’s a must!
Inspirational words have no meaning unless you turn them to do! Wellbeing and motivational quotes won’t change anything if you don’t activate, the words are just pointers toward the life that you must actually create. To ignite the reality of change in your life the mind alone isn’t enough, yes, it starts with our thoughts, but for deep change to erupt physical action’s a must!
Contentment is a state of mind, not a destination. Contentment lies amongst the peaks and troughs of every day, in the way we are behaving and the words we choose to say, it’s in our choices and reactions, one day well lived will fill the soul, peace of mind’s a way of being, not a final goal.
Contentment is a state of mind, not a destination. Contentment lies amongst the peaks and troughs of every day, in the way we are behaving and the words we choose to say, it’s in our choices and reactions, one day well lived will fill the soul, peace of mind’s a way of being, not a final goal.
What do we think we’re doing by consuming info all the time? Do we think we’re learning, or keeping up with life? Have we learnt that to exist, have worth, we must be plugged in, switched on, consume? Are you lost in too much media when your real life is in the room? When was the last time you sat for ten minutes without any distraction? No phone, tv, or magazine to simulate satisfaction. No music, book or journal, no puzzle or game to do; not meditating, or contemplating, just sitting there, with you?
What do we think we’re doing by consuming info all the time? Do we think we’re learning, or keeping up with life? Have we learnt that to exist, have worth, we must be plugged in, switched on, consume? Are you lost in too much media when your real life is in the room? When was the last time you sat for ten minutes without any distraction? No phone, tv, or magazine to simulate satisfaction. No music, book or journal, no puzzle or game to do; not meditating, or contemplating, just sitting there, with you?
If you use quick fixes to escape your discontent you’ll never escape your strife, but discover present harmony and you’ll have harmony throughout your life. There’s only ever now and if you find your peace in this, you carry with you the constant of your deep internal bliss. Your peace lies inside you, not outside in distraction's fix, practice through the boredom or anxiety until peaceful presence sticks.
If you use quick fixes to escape your discontent you’ll never escape your strife, but discover present harmony and you’ll have harmony throughout your life. There’s only ever now and if you find your peace in this, you carry with you the constant of your deep internal bliss. Your peace lies inside you, not outside in distraction's fix, practice through the boredom or anxiety until peaceful presence sticks.
Running from fear or towards contentment is a seismic perception shift; running is still just fear dressed up, towards is an enlivening lift. Sit now and feel the difference between trying to block out fear in stillness, or leaning in towards the light of contented inner wellness. Seek, don’t run, dive head first into the balm, magnetise towards the glow of your ever present calm.
Running from fear or towards contentment is a seismic perception shift; running is still just fear dressed up, towards is an enlivening lift. Sit now and feel the difference between trying to block out fear in stillness, or leaning in towards the light of contented inner wellness. Seek, don’t run, dive head first into the balm, magnetise towards the glow of your ever present calm.
At what time of day are you most alive, when does your energy just flow? Use this time to do the most important things to grow. When the tide is high and vibrant use it wisely every day, tune in to the ebb and flow of your life's energy. Move the mundane to when zeal wanes, tasks that need no thought, put them in the 'just needs done when exhausted’ slot.
At what time of day are you most alive, when does your energy just flow? Use this time to do the most important things to grow. When the tide is high and vibrant use it wisely every day, tune in to the ebb and flow of your life's energy. Move the mundane to when zeal wanes, tasks that need no thought, put them in the 'just needs done when exhausted’ slot.
Caught up in drfitwood fishing net a dog flails to free herself but the more she thrashes and fights the ropes the more the net tightens. The knots she’s making, the twisted tangle she’s creating, are unknowing and she means no harm, but it’s clear to see that to be free she must stop fighting and be calm. To be free WE must stop struggling and this starts by finding calm.
Caught up in drfitwood fishing net a dog flails to free herself but the more she thrashes and fights the ropes the more the net tightens. The knots she’s making, the twisted tangle she’s creating, are unknowing and she means no harm, but it’s clear to see that to be free she must stop fighting and be calm. To be free WE must stop struggling and this starts by finding calm.
The thing that keeps on nagging you is the thing that you must change! How you feel this time next week depends on tuning in, accepting what is on your mind and then doing what you can. Situations and problems roam and spool beyond your reach, but how you feel, react and think dictate your growth this week.
The thing that keeps on nagging you is the thing that you must change! How you feel this time next week depends on tuning in, accepting what is on your mind and then doing what you can. Situations and problems roam and spool beyond your reach, but how you feel, react and think dictate your growth this week.
Inspired living flows from choosing things that light you up, diving into energy and filling up your cup. Pursue the flame that flickers when you think of things to do, inspiration is far more quenching than simply chilling is for you. Enlivened by the life you’re choosing, curiosity then turns to passion, everything that you become begins with what you can imagine!
Inspired living flows from choosing things that light you up, diving into energy and filling up your cup. Pursue the flame that flickers when you think of things to do, inspiration is far more quenching than simply chilling is for you. Enlivened by the life you’re choosing, curiosity then turns to passion, everything that you become begins with what you can imagine!
Fear can be a signpost to what it is you want to do, the wall you have to break down, the barrier you must break through. We don’t fear so many things so take your fears as a sign, it’s the truth in you saying “I can do this, this is who I am.” Accept the part of you that really wants to face this fear, visualise that moment, bring the feeling close and near of when you break the chain and lean into what you must achieve, know that fear is guiding you, accept it and believe.
Fear can be a signpost to what it is you want to do, the wall you have to break down, the barrier you must break through. We don’t fear so many things so take your fears as a sign, it’s the truth in you saying “I can do this, this is who I am.” Accept the part of you that really wants to face this fear, visualise that moment, bring the feeling close and near of when you break the chain and lean into what you must achieve, know that fear is guiding you, accept it and believe.
How are you BEING? What is going on inside that steers the way you act, how you’re being is the outer evidence of your heart. How you're BEING is a powerful wake up call to turn the lens outwards, to connect with others in the way you act, your gestures, and your words. What is it you’re saying in the way you’re being today? There’s a billboard right above your head, what does your sign say?
How are you BEING? What is going on inside that steers the way you act, how you’re being is the outer evidence of your heart. How you're BEING is a powerful wake up call to turn the lens outwards, to connect with others in the way you act, your gestures, and your words. What is it you’re saying in the way you’re being today? There’s a billboard right above your head, what does your sign say?
Sitting in the absence of worry or pain is a skill that you can learn, a place in your mind you can enter each day of peace without suffering. Deep presence of mind, aware yet still, pervades then your actions and thought, and where before there was panic and resistance to pain now you will notice there’s not. With practice, thoughts quieten and fear fades with them, pockets of presence unfold, and there in the stillness you sit without pain, wide awake, unfrightened and alone.
Sitting in the absence of worry or pain is a skill that you can learn, a place in your mind you can enter each day of peace without suffering. Deep presence of mind, aware yet still, pervades then your actions and thought, and where before there was panic and resistance to pain now you will notice there’s not. With practice, thoughts quieten and fear fades with them, pockets of presence unfold, and there in the stillness you sit without pain, wide awake, unfrightened and alone.
To life’s big questions, answer small in what you do today. There is nothing like proactive fulfilment to answer existential quandary, one day’s best is the answered test of all that space/time wondering. If you’re pondering life's purpose, quarrelling with the infinite, look into your day and find the answers within it! Get out and use your body, complete one important thing for you, the answer to your purpose is in your daily do.
To life’s big questions, answer small in what you do today. There is nothing like proactive fulfilment to answer existential quandary, one day’s best is the answered test of all that space/time wondering. If you’re pondering life's purpose, quarrelling with the infinite, look into your day and find the answers within it! Get out and use your body, complete one important thing for you, the answer to your purpose is in your daily do.
Take what’s really urgent and do that on the side, make time for what’s important to truly change your life. Caught in crises management, simply reacting to the day, means we’ll never get much further than just batting tasks away. Trapped in the urgency of miniature crises we neglect the bigger blocks of future fulfilment and success. But more important is the stuff that moves you forward with your life, the rocks you won’t see moving but that truly help you over time.
Take what’s really urgent and do that on the side, make time for what’s important to truly change your life. Caught in crises management, simply reacting to the day, means we’ll never get much further than just batting tasks away. Trapped in the urgency of miniature crises we neglect the bigger blocks of future fulfilment and success. But more important is the stuff that moves you forward with your life, the rocks you won’t see moving but that truly help you over time.
You can’t think your way out of overthinking, that’s the lie it tries to tell, but I’ve found one way out is to firmly say, “I will…”. “I will...” is an action, the bridge from thought out into Do! Try this when thoughts suffocate, and notice how it releases you. "I will…" could take you places by the time the blossom comes next year, free from overthinking, and the pointless spiral of your fear.
You can’t think your way out of overthinking, that’s the lie it tries to tell, but I’ve found one way out is to firmly say, “I will…”. “I will...” is an action, the bridge from thought out into Do! Try this when thoughts suffocate, and notice how it releases you. "I will…" could take you places by the time the blossom comes next year, free from overthinking, and the pointless spiral of your fear.
Greatness dwells in all of us, and we find it in the strangest places, tucked amongst our daily struggles, there it is, our greatness. Recently a young plumber, lying beneath the sink, said, “Every morning I get in the shower and I have a choice, courage or fear. I chose courage this morning and that’s why I am here.” I cleared up the coffee I’d spat out and actually felt my troubles lift, there lying face up in pipes he had given me this gift. Courage or fear? Everyday, that's the simple choice.
Greatness dwells in all of us, and we find it in the strangest places, tucked amongst our daily struggles, there it is, our greatness. Recently a young plumber, lying beneath the sink, said, “Every morning I get in the shower and I have a choice, courage or fear. I chose courage this morning and that’s why I am here.” I cleared up the coffee I’d spat out and actually felt my troubles lift, there lying face up in pipes he had given me this gift. Courage or fear? Everyday, that's the simple choice.
Does unbridled happiness frighten you, as if unprepared for disasters jolt? You can’t dance in the sunlight for fear of a lightning bolt? To spin circles in the sand with the warm sun upon your face does not attract the lightning, you are not teasing fate. Allow yourself your happiness and dance upon the sand, turn your face up to the sun and hold good fortunes hand, open your heart to all that will go well in this, your life, you’re standing in the sunlight, today there is no lightning strike.
Does unbridled happiness frighten you, as if unprepared for disasters jolt? You can’t dance in the sunlight for fear of a lightning bolt? To spin circles in the sand with the warm sun upon your face does not attract the lightning, you are not teasing fate. Allow yourself your happiness and dance upon the sand, turn your face up to the sun and hold good fortunes hand, open your heart to all that will go well in this, your life, you’re standing in the sunlight, today there is no lightning strike.
The little white lies we tell all add up to blocks of shame, tiny deflections of who we are told again and again and again. Over time these lies stack up, the steady drip, drip, drip disguise, until one day they fall away and our truth stands before our eyes. And the further that you push that day away, the more it hurts. You can free yourself from shame by being honest today, just start. Shame despises honesty, truth sets your whole heart free.
The little white lies we tell all add up to blocks of shame, tiny deflections of who we are told again and again and again. Over time these lies stack up, the steady drip, drip, drip disguise, until one day they fall away and our truth stands before our eyes. And the further that you push that day away, the more it hurts. You can free yourself from shame by being honest today, just start. Shame despises honesty, truth sets your whole heart free.
Our thoughts are physical, our brains control our body and prolonged stress can create illness from increased cortisol. This so called 'stress hormone' is handy if enduring a tiger attack, it tells every single cell to focus on the tension required to get back. But we're not and this state of high alert puts heavy pressure on our system, our bodies and minds send us signs but, trapped in stress, we often miss them. Then the damage really starts, cortisol takes it’s toll, so finding stillness as anti-stress is for body, not just soul.
Our thoughts are physical, our brains control our body and prolonged stress can create illness from increased cortisol. This so called 'stress hormone' is handy if enduring a tiger attack, it tells every single cell to focus on the tension required to get back. But we're not and this state of high alert puts heavy pressure on our system, our bodies and minds send us signs but, trapped in stress, we often miss them. Then the damage really starts, cortisol takes it’s toll, so finding stillness as anti-stress is for body, not just soul.
The greatest skateboarder in the park is the one that’s falling most, they know the price of their success and that failing is the cost. Falling, hurting, up again, repeat but tweaked this time, over and over and over again until one day, they glide. Accepting stumbles, public face plants, as the way you learn success can help your path to full potential, yes, failure is progress!
The greatest skateboarder in the park is the one that’s falling most, they know the price of their success and that failing is the cost. Falling, hurting, up again, repeat but tweaked this time, over and over and over again until one day, they glide. Accepting stumbles, public face plants, as the way you learn success can help your path to full potential, yes, failure is progress!
You can’t change other people, stop trying, it’s draining you, but you can inspire change by doing what you do."Do as I do, not as I say" helps you more to part with ways that have you telling others how they must behave. We don't try to change others when what we're doing's good, our need for others way to be depends upon our mood!
You can’t change other people, stop trying, it’s draining you, but you can inspire change by doing what you do."Do as I do, not as I say" helps you more to part with ways that have you telling others how they must behave. We don't try to change others when what we're doing's good, our need for others way to be depends upon our mood!
Really accepting what you’ve got to do can cut the load in half, it’s the resistance, the just not wanting to, that nearly breaks your back. Anything worth anything takes a lot of work, and sometimes there’s nothing quite like just getting in the dirt. Rolling the sleeves up and facing what you’ve got to do head on, actually makes the whole thing easier with your resistance gone.
Really accepting what you’ve got to do can cut the load in half, it’s the resistance, the just not wanting to, that nearly breaks your back. Anything worth anything takes a lot of work, and sometimes there’s nothing quite like just getting in the dirt. Rolling the sleeves up and facing what you’ve got to do head on, actually makes the whole thing easier with your resistance gone.
You are always in the here and now at this point on the time map, where the needle hits the vinyl of exactly where you’re at. And we can’t change the tune played in our past nor jump to some crescendoed crest, the music of your life plays now and you’re free to play your best. There is no conductor, no manuscript that you must read, just an orchestra of possibilities lying at your feet.
You are always in the here and now at this point on the time map, where the needle hits the vinyl of exactly where you’re at. And we can’t change the tune played in our past nor jump to some crescendoed crest, the music of your life plays now and you’re free to play your best. There is no conductor, no manuscript that you must read, just an orchestra of possibilities lying at your feet.
Pursuing calm in daily life blossoms into doing more of what you want. Being more of who you are has a starting point. Find this today by waking when you’re reflex is to numb, dive into the stillness where you find all you’ll become. It’s the adding little parts I want to highlight in bold for you, let change be small and gentle and it changes everything you do.
Pursuing calm in daily life blossoms into doing more of what you want. Being more of who you are has a starting point. Find this today by waking when you’re reflex is to numb, dive into the stillness where you find all you’ll become. It’s the adding little parts I want to highlight in bold for you, let change be small and gentle and it changes everything you do.
When you say you’re 'losing it', what’s the ‘it’ you’ve lost? Ingrained in our awareness is that anger has a cost. We all mess up and anger has it’s way of doing that well, we lose ‘it’ for a moment and our better judgement fails. But abandoning your reason doesn’t mean that reason’s gone, turn off understanding and it simply waits to be turned on, lose ‘it’ and ‘it’ remains, it’s you that’s lost your way, regain composure and ‘it’ is found, ‘it’ never went away.
When you say you’re 'losing it', what’s the ‘it’ you’ve lost? Ingrained in our awareness is that anger has a cost. We all mess up and anger has it’s way of doing that well, we lose ‘it’ for a moment and our better judgement fails. But abandoning your reason doesn’t mean that reason’s gone, turn off understanding and it simply waits to be turned on, lose ‘it’ and ‘it’ remains, it’s you that’s lost your way, regain composure and ‘it’ is found, ‘it’ never went away.
Ah, momentum! Sweet nectar of honouring your intuition, carried on a wave of doubt free focus, flowing on a force field of "I can do!" When you feel a spark of intuition, follow it right away, fan the flicker of inspiration and set it on it’s way. Get the ball in motion just to see if momentum builds, if it’s right, the starting part will feel like it’s downhill. Doubt and fear love hesitation, stagnation dwells on stalling, so when you hear the call of inspiration, listen to it’s calling!
Ah, momentum! Sweet nectar of honouring your intuition, carried on a wave of doubt free focus, flowing on a force field of "I can do!" When you feel a spark of intuition, follow it right away, fan the flicker of inspiration and set it on it’s way. Get the ball in motion just to see if momentum builds, if it’s right, the starting part will feel like it’s downhill. Doubt and fear love hesitation, stagnation dwells on stalling, so when you hear the call of inspiration, listen to it’s calling!
It’s hard to find your balance when being pushed and pulled by life, tough to find the stillness in a worried, busy mind. But stick to daily practice even when it feels futile, through thick and thin find stillness, and you’ll find your balance in a while.
It’s hard to find your balance when being pushed and pulled by life, tough to find the stillness in a worried, busy mind. But stick to daily practice even when it feels futile, through thick and thin find stillness, and you’ll find your balance in a while.
Obvious results are the days end balm that soothes the soul, progress made through action, clear and tangible. When listing your ‘To Do’ today pause before you write, think, "Are these actions or general goals, can they be ticked off tonight?". Goals are not 'To Do' lists, and should not be written here; only write down actions with results that can be clear!
Obvious results are the days end balm that soothes the soul, progress made through action, clear and tangible. When listing your ‘To Do’ today pause before you write, think, "Are these actions or general goals, can they be ticked off tonight?". Goals are not 'To Do' lists, and should not be written here; only write down actions with results that can be clear!
Hesitation and urgency are part of the same confusion, opposite ends of overwhelm and not knowing what you’re doing. Very little’s truly urgent and decision’s easy when you’re calm; stop, sit still and let it go, and from there you’ll form a plan. The week rolls out before you and already there’s lots to do, you feel it coming like a wave that’s overwhelming you. Don’t rush to stem the flow by getting any odd job done, stop, breathe, break it down and then just start with one!
Hesitation and urgency are part of the same confusion, opposite ends of overwhelm and not knowing what you’re doing. Very little’s truly urgent and decision’s easy when you’re calm; stop, sit still and let it go, and from there you’ll form a plan. The week rolls out before you and already there’s lots to do, you feel it coming like a wave that’s overwhelming you. Don’t rush to stem the flow by getting any odd job done, stop, breathe, break it down and then just start with one!
We often look outside ourselves for our purpose and direction, when our reason lies in our own lives, begging for our attention. A purpose close enough to reach out and be warmed by every day, the fuel of purpose is in living well, not in immortality. 'Being' who you want to be is not a future goal, it’s a decision in the here and now, and from here your purpose flows.
We often look outside ourselves for our purpose and direction, when our reason lies in our own lives, begging for our attention. A purpose close enough to reach out and be warmed by every day, the fuel of purpose is in living well, not in immortality. 'Being' who you want to be is not a future goal, it’s a decision in the here and now, and from here your purpose flows.
If things aren’t right, you’re trying to change but get stuck in your head, get out of there and grab the reins of controlling your day instead. What you eat, how you prepare for sleep, and your morning plan..all are squarely in your control, and you hold this power in your hand. You can use this to beat overthinking and get back on your way, put down the anxious thinking and live firmly in today.
If things aren’t right, you’re trying to change but get stuck in your head, get out of there and grab the reins of controlling your day instead. What you eat, how you prepare for sleep, and your morning plan..all are squarely in your control, and you hold this power in your hand. You can use this to beat overthinking and get back on your way, put down the anxious thinking and live firmly in today.
Grow? Yes! Yearn? No. Happiness does not come from endless aching to have more, but from the deep satisfaction of fulfilling your need to grow. Turn your desires towards how you expand yourself and put this into action, immerse yourself in daily growth, here lies your satisfaction. Put in place some learning, start a book and set a goal; daily progress is the food that nourishes your soul.
Grow? Yes! Yearn? No. Happiness does not come from endless aching to have more, but from the deep satisfaction of fulfilling your need to grow. Turn your desires towards how you expand yourself and put this into action, immerse yourself in daily growth, here lies your satisfaction. Put in place some learning, start a book and set a goal; daily progress is the food that nourishes your soul.
What have I learnt in 365 that I can pass on to you? That life expands in direct proportion to everything you push through. That action is the evidence of fear being overcome, and that you only grow when you move the 'do' to 'done'. When life hands out the lemons and you find your lemonade, don’t stop, expand and grow, chime and resonate. Thank you for this year, for listening and growing too, and I’ll see you for 366 of this our Daily Do.
What have I learnt in 365 that I can pass on to you? That life expands in direct proportion to everything you push through. That action is the evidence of fear being overcome, and that you only grow when you move the 'do' to 'done'. When life hands out the lemons and you find your lemonade, don’t stop, expand and grow, chime and resonate. Thank you for this year, for listening and growing too, and I’ll see you for 366 of this our Daily Do.
If you really, really want to change you must release your pain, sit in silence with yourself and forgive yourself again. The root of why we’re angry, jealous, mistrusting or afraid, is a soft place inside us that we can find and change today. Trace unwanted traits you have back to where they first appeared, sit in silence with yourself and let self love repair.
If you really, really want to change you must release your pain, sit in silence with yourself and forgive yourself again. The root of why we’re angry, jealous, mistrusting or afraid, is a soft place inside us that we can find and change today. Trace unwanted traits you have back to where they first appeared, sit in silence with yourself and let self love repair.
Fear is physical and you can learn to stop it in it’s tracks, sense the symptoms and ground yourself before the overthinking attacks. As children our bodies learn and memorise ways to feel and cope, and, as adults, our bodies repeat these mechanisms impacting how we behave and talk. But you can learn to feel fears symptoms, wake up, interrupt it with grounding, then repeat a phrase saying you’re alright; retrain the physical symptoms of fear then crack on, empowered and bright.
Fear is physical and you can learn to stop it in it’s tracks, sense the symptoms and ground yourself before the overthinking attacks. As children our bodies learn and memorise ways to feel and cope, and, as adults, our bodies repeat these mechanisms impacting how we behave and talk. But you can learn to feel fears symptoms, wake up, interrupt it with grounding, then repeat a phrase saying you’re alright; retrain the physical symptoms of fear then crack on, empowered and bright.
Waiting to be happy until you achieve some distant goal is like turning off the source of life and putting joy on hold. Creating conditions on your happiness can bring the opposite about, but find your happy in today and watch your dreams roll out. Trust your inner compass, then you can trust your daily graft, happiness is in the bricks that build the bigger path.
Waiting to be happy until you achieve some distant goal is like turning off the source of life and putting joy on hold. Creating conditions on your happiness can bring the opposite about, but find your happy in today and watch your dreams roll out. Trust your inner compass, then you can trust your daily graft, happiness is in the bricks that build the bigger path.
We can think and feel all kinds of stuff when actually we’re just tired, hungry, worn out, drained and weak feels like doom, gloom and being uninspired. Blood sugar is entwined with our perception and our fear, don’t trust your thinking when your tired or hungry, in the morning you'll be clear. Allow yourself your tiredness, turn off tonight’s need to fix, put down the jigsaw of your life, and in the morning it just clicks.
We can think and feel all kinds of stuff when actually we’re just tired, hungry, worn out, drained and weak feels like doom, gloom and being uninspired. Blood sugar is entwined with our perception and our fear, don’t trust your thinking when your tired or hungry, in the morning you'll be clear. Allow yourself your tiredness, turn off tonight’s need to fix, put down the jigsaw of your life, and in the morning it just clicks.
Forgive yourself your failings, they’re really not that bad, wrongly set against the expectations you’ve created in your head. Far better is to set your goals on realistic daily quests, honouring yourself with your simple daily best. And when feelings of failing hit you, forgive yourself but also ask, "Is making life perfect in one day just too great a task?" Dream huge but patiently allow these dreams to manifest, to unfold in purpose and your value of living your daily best.
Forgive yourself your failings, they’re really not that bad, wrongly set against the expectations you’ve created in your head. Far better is to set your goals on realistic daily quests, honouring yourself with your simple daily best. And when feelings of failing hit you, forgive yourself but also ask, "Is making life perfect in one day just too great a task?" Dream huge but patiently allow these dreams to manifest, to unfold in purpose and your value of living your daily best.
There is no lighter life to live than one that’s based on inner truth, it permeates the words you speak and everything you do. No mask required or performance, no fear of being found out, you being you is fundamentally what your life’s about. Vulnerability is strength and it takes power to be open but to let people in you begin by being calm and then just start talking.
There is no lighter life to live than one that’s based on inner truth, it permeates the words you speak and everything you do. No mask required or performance, no fear of being found out, you being you is fundamentally what your life’s about. Vulnerability is strength and it takes power to be open but to let people in you begin by being calm and then just start talking.
Change is what moulds and sculpts your brain, not how long you’ve been that way, you’re shaped from learnt behaviours and you can change today. Nothing feels as good as making good choices feels, especially when you know that these good choices become real. Real changes in the brain, neuroplasticity, synapse shifts, alter how you think with each new challenge that you lift. Old dog/new tricks is science fact, you can change and learn new things, it simply takes your doing them for these changes to begin.
Change is what moulds and sculpts your brain, not how long you’ve been that way, you’re shaped from learnt behaviours and you can change today. Nothing feels as good as making good choices feels, especially when you know that these good choices become real. Real changes in the brain, neuroplasticity, synapse shifts, alter how you think with each new challenge that you lift. Old dog/new tricks is science fact, you can change and learn new things, it simply takes your doing them for these changes to begin.
Live as though life likes you, not for those that don’t. Picture those that love you and you’ll start doing what you want. If you’re hesitating to make a leap, build your bliss with plans and schemes, examine who you’re waiting for to deflate your special dreams. Now replace these fear fuelled faces with those of ones that love you, look into their eyes and ask them what they think you should do.
Live as though life likes you, not for those that don’t. Picture those that love you and you’ll start doing what you want. If you’re hesitating to make a leap, build your bliss with plans and schemes, examine who you’re waiting for to deflate your special dreams. Now replace these fear fuelled faces with those of ones that love you, look into their eyes and ask them what they think you should do.
Oh, how we make a meal of what it is we want to say, when direct communication is the path to simplicity. The baggage that we carry is most obvious in how we talk, have you ever heard a young child not simply ask for what they want? Speak clearly in short messages if you want to be heard, this is living simply, the power of your word.
Oh, how we make a meal of what it is we want to say, when direct communication is the path to simplicity. The baggage that we carry is most obvious in how we talk, have you ever heard a young child not simply ask for what they want? Speak clearly in short messages if you want to be heard, this is living simply, the power of your word.
You’ll know some one that comes alive on hearing of bad news, addicted to the drama and determined to pollute you. Rejoicing in misfortune and rising to the kill, there’s no greater sign of discontent than wishing others ill. A great place to start in stopping this malady in ourselves, is to not respond when being dragged in to gossip and wishing ill. Drama is distraction from ourselves, a thought affliction, and when unchecked we can get a negative addiction.
You’ll know some one that comes alive on hearing of bad news, addicted to the drama and determined to pollute you. Rejoicing in misfortune and rising to the kill, there’s no greater sign of discontent than wishing others ill. A great place to start in stopping this malady in ourselves, is to not respond when being dragged in to gossip and wishing ill. Drama is distraction from ourselves, a thought affliction, and when unchecked we can get a negative addiction.
Will power turns to won’t power if you lose sight of your WHY. Why you do the things you do is the font of focus and drive. My WHY is to inspire people to live fuller lives by confronting fear, and to start this in daily stillness where your inner voice is clear. Your WHY reveals all kinds of things you could be doing to progress, a duty to yourself to push past the living less. Live more, do more, honour your WHY and you unfold in fulfilling ways, let your WHY direct you past fears to your best today.
Will power turns to won’t power if you lose sight of your WHY. Why you do the things you do is the font of focus and drive. My WHY is to inspire people to live fuller lives by confronting fear, and to start this in daily stillness where your inner voice is clear. Your WHY reveals all kinds of things you could be doing to progress, a duty to yourself to push past the living less. Live more, do more, honour your WHY and you unfold in fulfilling ways, let your WHY direct you past fears to your best today.
It’s important that we show ourselves the love we like to give, the greatest gift to others is loving the life we live. A little bit of what you love will grease the wheels of progress; all work, no play makes Jack say, "This does not feel like success." It takes foresight, and some self love, to allow some special times, to revive in where your heart sings, where your essence chimes.
It’s important that we show ourselves the love we like to give, the greatest gift to others is loving the life we live. A little bit of what you love will grease the wheels of progress; all work, no play makes Jack say, "This does not feel like success." It takes foresight, and some self love, to allow some special times, to revive in where your heart sings, where your essence chimes.
Dear Me, I’m forty eight and I know you’re only twelve but I thought I’d write myself a letter so that you can help yourself. The truth is little man, what you fear does not come true, it’s just some shadows on the wall trying to frighten you. Shine your light directly at them and they all just disappear, there is nothing to be scared of so run straight at your fear. "You’ll be ok" is all you need to know from me wee man, and, now you know that, don’t be scared to dream, to build, to plan.
Dear Me, I’m forty eight and I know you’re only twelve but I thought I’d write myself a letter so that you can help yourself. The truth is little man, what you fear does not come true, it’s just some shadows on the wall trying to frighten you. Shine your light directly at them and they all just disappear, there is nothing to be scared of so run straight at your fear. "You’ll be ok" is all you need to know from me wee man, and, now you know that, don’t be scared to dream, to build, to plan.
Live just for today with one eye on tomorrow, living mindfully in the now but with a map to follow. There’s nothing like an action plan if you want to get stuff done, commit to visible targets, and then link it to your time. Overwhelm can ruin living for today and now, we know tomorrow’s coming so let’s break the 'do' list down. Forecast your end goal and chart a path that you can follow, live just for today but now with one eye on tomorrow.
Live just for today with one eye on tomorrow, living mindfully in the now but with a map to follow. There’s nothing like an action plan if you want to get stuff done, commit to visible targets, and then link it to your time. Overwhelm can ruin living for today and now, we know tomorrow’s coming so let’s break the 'do' list down. Forecast your end goal and chart a path that you can follow, live just for today but now with one eye on tomorrow.
When you seize the freedom of personal responsibility life turns from burden to adventure, the life circle of your choices with you at it’s centre. You can impact any aspect of your life today, and blaming others or circumstance just gives this power away. To accept your load, the daily tasks, lightens it in one thought shift, "My life is mine and mine alone, I want to grow, now lift."
When you seize the freedom of personal responsibility life turns from burden to adventure, the life circle of your choices with you at it’s centre. You can impact any aspect of your life today, and blaming others or circumstance just gives this power away. To accept your load, the daily tasks, lightens it in one thought shift, "My life is mine and mine alone, I want to grow, now lift."
Pick a phrase that lights you up and make it the mantra for your day, just one word can be enough to get your mindset straight. Choosing just a phrase brings what we need most to the fore, we resonate to the words that chime deep in our core. Stop in stillness and listen, you know deeply what you need, then say it in a phrase or word and put it on repeat.
Pick a phrase that lights you up and make it the mantra for your day, just one word can be enough to get your mindset straight. Choosing just a phrase brings what we need most to the fore, we resonate to the words that chime deep in our core. Stop in stillness and listen, you know deeply what you need, then say it in a phrase or word and put it on repeat.
The calm before the storm, Sunday night before Monday morn! If ever there’s a time to get a squint at how you feel, a Sunday night’s a pretty good reflection of your deal. Take a minute on Sunday night to look at the week ahead; are you looking forward to it or does it fill you with dread? The answer to this question is a signpost for your soul, you are or aren't travelling in the direction of your goals.
The calm before the storm, Sunday night before Monday morn! If ever there’s a time to get a squint at how you feel, a Sunday night’s a pretty good reflection of your deal. Take a minute on Sunday night to look at the week ahead; are you looking forward to it or does it fill you with dread? The answer to this question is a signpost for your soul, you are or aren't travelling in the direction of your goals.
I wonder how much life we waste in the grip of what might be, trapped in some projected chains when all the while we’re free. Projected fear of future ills creates real fear in today, then you can’t live well in here and now because tomorrow's in the way. We can go from "all is doomed" to "life is great" in just one hour…and it’s usually when you’ve done something good, that’s your super power.
I wonder how much life we waste in the grip of what might be, trapped in some projected chains when all the while we’re free. Projected fear of future ills creates real fear in today, then you can’t live well in here and now because tomorrow's in the way. We can go from "all is doomed" to "life is great" in just one hour…and it’s usually when you’ve done something good, that’s your super power.
To vigorously renew your vibrant view of life is simple, just slow down. Pause, absorb and notice being, your ever rising dawn. The fresh blossom of our lives blooms when we take time to look around, the silence of the snowfall, blue skies and silver cloud. Awakenings, new days beginning, the always unfolding brand new start, begins when we slow down to see but we must stop for this to start.
To vigorously renew your vibrant view of life is simple, just slow down. Pause, absorb and notice being, your ever rising dawn. The fresh blossom of our lives blooms when we take time to look around, the silence of the snowfall, blue skies and silver cloud. Awakenings, new days beginning, the always unfolding brand new start, begins when we slow down to see but we must stop for this to start.
One conscious breath drawn deeply in can break old anxious paths, spot your worries, take a breath, then you are free at last. Inner anxiety causes havoc with decisions in our day, we cannot do our best for us when fear is in the way. Take one conscious breath and in this gap a new space opens and presents to you a choice, to follow old reflexes or to choose a new response.
One conscious breath drawn deeply in can break old anxious paths, spot your worries, take a breath, then you are free at last. Inner anxiety causes havoc with decisions in our day, we cannot do our best for us when fear is in the way. Take one conscious breath and in this gap a new space opens and presents to you a choice, to follow old reflexes or to choose a new response.
Less screens, more dreams. Now there’s a simple thought…instead of watching others, give yourself all that you’ve got. If there’s one thing that you can do today to guarantee more growth inside it’s to reduce the use of tablets and phones because they are where we hide. One way that really helps is to think, "Am I using this or is it using me? Am I a consumer soaking in the non stop stream, zoning out to someone else living out their dream?"
Less screens, more dreams. Now there’s a simple thought…instead of watching others, give yourself all that you’ve got. If there’s one thing that you can do today to guarantee more growth inside it’s to reduce the use of tablets and phones because they are where we hide. One way that really helps is to think, "Am I using this or is it using me? Am I a consumer soaking in the non stop stream, zoning out to someone else living out their dream?"
When filled with thoughts of progress, how to prosper and succeed, we often lose our focus on what is at our feet. The distraction of our future success takes our eyes from our today, when in fact the path to progress is in present mastery. Do what is right in front of you with simple love and care, stop figuring out how you’ll travel, and you will travel there.
When filled with thoughts of progress, how to prosper and succeed, we often lose our focus on what is at our feet. The distraction of our future success takes our eyes from our today, when in fact the path to progress is in present mastery. Do what is right in front of you with simple love and care, stop figuring out how you’ll travel, and you will travel there.
There's quite a lot of info in this episode of The Daily Do but I promise, if you use these tools, you’ll enjoy the best of you. A brief reminder of these practices will change your path today, use them when your life or thinking try to get in your way. What we think we become, what we resist persists so use these tools to keep you straight, towards your best today, fulfilled and feeling great.
There's quite a lot of info in this episode of The Daily Do but I promise, if you use these tools, you’ll enjoy the best of you. A brief reminder of these practices will change your path today, use them when your life or thinking try to get in your way. What we think we become, what we resist persists so use these tools to keep you straight, towards your best today, fulfilled and feeling great.
If we wrongly think that positive means blocking out all pain, we’ve missed that it means progress and we have to start again. Denial of factual difficulty is actually harming to your growth, in fact it’s the denial that can damage you the most. Not all pain is negative, we grow and live in turns and swells; deep acceptance of our sorrows is part of living well.
If we wrongly think that positive means blocking out all pain, we’ve missed that it means progress and we have to start again. Denial of factual difficulty is actually harming to your growth, in fact it’s the denial that can damage you the most. Not all pain is negative, we grow and live in turns and swells; deep acceptance of our sorrows is part of living well.
How often do we stumble into days without a thought, bumping into problems that drain the energy we’ve got? We can’t control the weather but we can set our sails to cruise, by starting our day with intention, see the options and then choose. Reawaken in the morning to the choices at your command, let them ignite your thinking and watch your thinking change your plans.
How often do we stumble into days without a thought, bumping into problems that drain the energy we’ve got? We can’t control the weather but we can set our sails to cruise, by starting our day with intention, see the options and then choose. Reawaken in the morning to the choices at your command, let them ignite your thinking and watch your thinking change your plans.
Once you have found some stillness you must act on what you’ve found, for where’s the joy in silence if you do not make a sound? Find stillness, hear your inner voice, your true intentions then are clear, then use courage through discomfort to get the life that lives past fear. This order of events will change your life in every way; be still, listen, then bravely do, and do this every day.
Once you have found some stillness you must act on what you’ve found, for where’s the joy in silence if you do not make a sound? Find stillness, hear your inner voice, your true intentions then are clear, then use courage through discomfort to get the life that lives past fear. This order of events will change your life in every way; be still, listen, then bravely do, and do this every day.
Somewhere between your New Year’s best intentions and what you’re actually doing now lies your true reinvention, a steady burning superpower. When full of zeal for pastures new we often set our goals too high but then life kicks in, routine returns and our dreams wither and die. Daily progress is the superpower, the steady glow not raging fire, spread your best throughout the year, not just when you’re inspired.
Somewhere between your New Year’s best intentions and what you’re actually doing now lies your true reinvention, a steady burning superpower. When full of zeal for pastures new we often set our goals too high but then life kicks in, routine returns and our dreams wither and die. Daily progress is the superpower, the steady glow not raging fire, spread your best throughout the year, not just when you’re inspired.
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein knew his stuff, but still chooses to say live ‘as though’ because perspective is a choice of how we view what we don’t know. What you focus on defines how you evolve, lean into the miracle of your life, see wonder, hope and love.
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein knew his stuff, but still chooses to say live ‘as though’ because perspective is a choice of how we view what we don’t know. What you focus on defines how you evolve, lean into the miracle of your life, see wonder, hope and love.
You care far less what others think when you do something you like, I write songs and I’ve found this true when I really mean the song I write. Being yourself takes courage and vulnerability to push through and when proud of what you’re doing other's thoughts don’t bother you. Other's thoughts don’t even register if you’re busy being free, there is no greater confidence than living, "This is me".
You care far less what others think when you do something you like, I write songs and I’ve found this true when I really mean the song I write. Being yourself takes courage and vulnerability to push through and when proud of what you’re doing other's thoughts don’t bother you. Other's thoughts don’t even register if you’re busy being free, there is no greater confidence than living, "This is me".
Beneath the blood moon rising I felt the lift of feeling small, perspective shifts when uplifted by the beauty of this world. Awe and wonder can impact how you live life today, the small stuff seems to just dissolve, annoyance fades away. And from this place you can find space between impulse and response, the gap to choose correctly opened from this wide view point.
Beneath the blood moon rising I felt the lift of feeling small, perspective shifts when uplifted by the beauty of this world. Awe and wonder can impact how you live life today, the small stuff seems to just dissolve, annoyance fades away. And from this place you can find space between impulse and response, the gap to choose correctly opened from this wide view point.
Flower bulbs lie underground preparing all winter long for their green shoots to breakthrough at last and flourish in the sun. Breakthroughs come in many forms but not from giving up, when in the dark cold of winter your best today is good enough. Just keep going when it seems barren, when life's colour has slipped from view, keep growing, just keep growing, and soon you will break through.
Flower bulbs lie underground preparing all winter long for their green shoots to breakthrough at last and flourish in the sun. Breakthroughs come in many forms but not from giving up, when in the dark cold of winter your best today is good enough. Just keep going when it seems barren, when life's colour has slipped from view, keep growing, just keep growing, and soon you will break through.
We must take ideas of wellness and the stillness we have found and place them on our faces, plant them in the ground. Ideas are dormant wisps of thought until they change how we behave, take this stillness in your heart and let it out today. Inner calm and confidence are redundant until you turn your hand to things; action is the evidence of the wellness that you think.
We must take ideas of wellness and the stillness we have found and place them on our faces, plant them in the ground. Ideas are dormant wisps of thought until they change how we behave, take this stillness in your heart and let it out today. Inner calm and confidence are redundant until you turn your hand to things; action is the evidence of the wellness that you think.
We fail far more in not doing things than in those things we’ve done. Well, no one sees if we don’t try to achieve, oh wait, there is someone...ourselves. Only you know every time you’ve shied away from pushing through, when you’ve fallen to the blade of fear and not seized the scythe of ‘do’. The weight of this is invisible, you did not try so couldn’t fail, but YOU know and who else really matters when it comes to self respect and how you feel?
We fail far more in not doing things than in those things we’ve done. Well, no one sees if we don’t try to achieve, oh wait, there is someone...ourselves. Only you know every time you’ve shied away from pushing through, when you’ve fallen to the blade of fear and not seized the scythe of ‘do’. The weight of this is invisible, you did not try so couldn’t fail, but YOU know and who else really matters when it comes to self respect and how you feel?
Why do we complain of discontent but then do nothing? We seem to think our mindset is simply what’s happening. In no other aspect of our lives do we expect results, from sitting doing nothing whilst pointing problems out. The way we think and see the world results in how we feel, and the truth is if you do the work the change in you is real.
Why do we complain of discontent but then do nothing? We seem to think our mindset is simply what’s happening. In no other aspect of our lives do we expect results, from sitting doing nothing whilst pointing problems out. The way we think and see the world results in how we feel, and the truth is if you do the work the change in you is real.
To open doors you must put down the load you’re trying to bare, walk freely through then pick up what you need when you get there. Walk freely through into new times, notice you don’t need old shame, put down the load you’ve learnt to carry, you are free again.
To open doors you must put down the load you’re trying to bare, walk freely through then pick up what you need when you get there. Walk freely through into new times, notice you don’t need old shame, put down the load you’ve learnt to carry, you are free again.
Perseverance needs a light to persevere towards, a point on the horizon for you to stay the course. We can’t use common opinions to define if our path’s right, they are not us and change like clouds, calendars and tides. Your vision of your destiny brings you calm amongst the storm, whilst all around are changing minds you know where you’re coming from.
Perseverance needs a light to persevere towards, a point on the horizon for you to stay the course. We can’t use common opinions to define if our path’s right, they are not us and change like clouds, calendars and tides. Your vision of your destiny brings you calm amongst the storm, whilst all around are changing minds you know where you’re coming from.
Good thinking needs daily nourishment from an enriching and sustaining pot, and, just like eating, we choose what goes in to feed and grow our thought. Great mindset isn’t learnt then dropped like stabilisers on a bike, it grows in strength but needs constant food, and watered from inside. Nourish thoughts with positives, feed options to your best you, the once a day then on your way, impacting all you do.
Good thinking needs daily nourishment from an enriching and sustaining pot, and, just like eating, we choose what goes in to feed and grow our thought. Great mindset isn’t learnt then dropped like stabilisers on a bike, it grows in strength but needs constant food, and watered from inside. Nourish thoughts with positives, feed options to your best you, the once a day then on your way, impacting all you do.
Realise, right now, there is no danger at your door, you have food, water, clothes and shelter from any storm. Be here in this moment waking to this present truth; everything is ok, life’s supporting you. To waste this moment on worry of future pain is to miss the truth of now, you are safe, you are sheltered, the sky is not falling down.
Realise, right now, there is no danger at your door, you have food, water, clothes and shelter from any storm. Be here in this moment waking to this present truth; everything is ok, life’s supporting you. To waste this moment on worry of future pain is to miss the truth of now, you are safe, you are sheltered, the sky is not falling down.
When you’re focused on what’s good for you, and then act on this control, you’re also avoiding focus on what makes you feel fearful. Our greatest fears dissolve whilst unattended and forlorn, build solutions then look back and what was once huge now has gone. Turn the lens of your life to little victories today, and watch as progress builds and troubles slowly fade away.
When you’re focused on what’s good for you, and then act on this control, you’re also avoiding focus on what makes you feel fearful. Our greatest fears dissolve whilst unattended and forlorn, build solutions then look back and what was once huge now has gone. Turn the lens of your life to little victories today, and watch as progress builds and troubles slowly fade away.
A pause can stop the sting of an angry, damaging remark, one breath to think before you speak can tame a vicious bark. In the space between what’s happening and how you then respond, lies the choice of your behaviour and then that moment's gone. "Pause, breathe, seek presence, speak"... use this as a tool. The gap before reaction holds the truth of your control, the rudder of your destiny, the pilot of your soul.
A pause can stop the sting of an angry, damaging remark, one breath to think before you speak can tame a vicious bark. In the space between what’s happening and how you then respond, lies the choice of your behaviour and then that moment's gone. "Pause, breathe, seek presence, speak"... use this as a tool. The gap before reaction holds the truth of your control, the rudder of your destiny, the pilot of your soul.
Talking with an old friend, words popped out that I never thought I’d say, “Every time I meditate I have a better day”. I'd flipped back through weeks in my diary and the pattern had leapt to my attention, it was only looking back I’d revealed the power of meditation. If I’d meditated then I’d created reason and clarity, each day I’d chosen better and lived more happily.
Talking with an old friend, words popped out that I never thought I’d say, “Every time I meditate I have a better day”. I'd flipped back through weeks in my diary and the pattern had leapt to my attention, it was only looking back I’d revealed the power of meditation. If I’d meditated then I’d created reason and clarity, each day I’d chosen better and lived more happily.
We like to think our problems lie outside our right to choose, we sit in our discomfort and then we label with excuse. Excuses are the words we use to hide truth from ourselves, but simply stop them now and you will free yourself. That our lives are ours is sometimes hard when there’s parts that we don’t like, but forgive yourself, be honest, accept and do not hide. You know, right now, the difference between real reason and excuse, the first needs worked around but the other is just you.
We like to think our problems lie outside our right to choose, we sit in our discomfort and then we label with excuse. Excuses are the words we use to hide truth from ourselves, but simply stop them now and you will free yourself. That our lives are ours is sometimes hard when there’s parts that we don’t like, but forgive yourself, be honest, accept and do not hide. You know, right now, the difference between real reason and excuse, the first needs worked around but the other is just you.
Most greatness that we achieve stems from our inner child, vulnerable yet free, hiding deep inside. The more we release our inner child the more authentic we become, and we connect with others more if we’re open, free and fun. Open up your heart to someone, let them meet the child in you, watch as then the child enlivens everything you do. Let the child free in you and with this heart invest, love more, laugh more and put down the wraps of adult childishness.
Most greatness that we achieve stems from our inner child, vulnerable yet free, hiding deep inside. The more we release our inner child the more authentic we become, and we connect with others more if we’re open, free and fun. Open up your heart to someone, let them meet the child in you, watch as then the child enlivens everything you do. Let the child free in you and with this heart invest, love more, laugh more and put down the wraps of adult childishness.
A rolling ball of snow begins with one small but definite push, a decision, then an action gathering size and pace and this snowball can be you. Wake up starkly to the fact that you can do most anything, this one life is now and now is where your life is happening. Decide to start a snowball gently building it’s momentum, begin today with one small act that starts your years intention.
A rolling ball of snow begins with one small but definite push, a decision, then an action gathering size and pace and this snowball can be you. Wake up starkly to the fact that you can do most anything, this one life is now and now is where your life is happening. Decide to start a snowball gently building it’s momentum, begin today with one small act that starts your years intention.
New days will fall before you and in them you can renew, accept the change, let go of the past, and grasp what you can do. In the wake of letting go you reveal new roads to walk, as you close the door on yesterday, tomorrow open’s up.
New days will fall before you and in them you can renew, accept the change, let go of the past, and grasp what you can do. In the wake of letting go you reveal new roads to walk, as you close the door on yesterday, tomorrow open’s up.
Hindsight is the window to what really floats your boat, so go through last year’s calendar to learn what lit you up the most. And see what depressed you, pulled the rug from underneath, then plan more of the positives and know what stuff to leave.
Hindsight is the window to what really floats your boat, so go through last year’s calendar to learn what lit you up the most. And see what depressed you, pulled the rug from underneath, then plan more of the positives and know what stuff to leave.
Once you have a plan in mind of what you want to do, share your plan with someone to be accountable to. If we alone control the goalposts of our desires and dreams, we all too easily move them when effort comes in between. Ultimately our lives are on us, no one's coming to save the day, but a friend can lend the massive hand of accountability. With someone else to tend and tell our honest efforts to, we tip the scales from procrastination to the impactful power of DO.
Once you have a plan in mind of what you want to do, share your plan with someone to be accountable to. If we alone control the goalposts of our desires and dreams, we all too easily move them when effort comes in between. Ultimately our lives are on us, no one's coming to save the day, but a friend can lend the massive hand of accountability. With someone else to tend and tell our honest efforts to, we tip the scales from procrastination to the impactful power of DO.
Setting goals only helps if goals are possible, far reaching yes but reachable, lots to learn but teachable, hills to move but move they will if you push what you control, don’t wait for the mountain to come to you, make the journey there your goal. Ask before you etch your goals in stone what is better fuel for you, long term wishful thinking or an action plan of DO?
Setting goals only helps if goals are possible, far reaching yes but reachable, lots to learn but teachable, hills to move but move they will if you push what you control, don’t wait for the mountain to come to you, make the journey there your goal. Ask before you etch your goals in stone what is better fuel for you, long term wishful thinking or an action plan of DO?
Self-esteem is built from estimable actions, it’s not dished out at birth, from doing things you feel are worthwhile you define your worth. In the same way self esteem is learnt so too is repeated lack of it, this breeds the belief that it’s who you are, but it’s not, and you must dismantle it. Retrain esteem by small victories of doing worthwhile tasks seen through, from deciding to completing, these small wins will rebuild you.
Self-esteem is built from estimable actions, it’s not dished out at birth, from doing things you feel are worthwhile you define your worth. In the same way self esteem is learnt so too is repeated lack of it, this breeds the belief that it’s who you are, but it’s not, and you must dismantle it. Retrain esteem by small victories of doing worthwhile tasks seen through, from deciding to completing, these small wins will rebuild you.
We rarely feel like doing what we set out to begin, as New Year's Day comes quickly and reality sets in. Drop your shoulders, take a breath, don’t sweat how you feel now, but choose to do what you set out to do, yes, do it anyhow! New Years Day is a great example of when exactly to push through, from feelings of "I cannot and will not" to a clear and simple "DO!"
We rarely feel like doing what we set out to begin, as New Year's Day comes quickly and reality sets in. Drop your shoulders, take a breath, don’t sweat how you feel now, but choose to do what you set out to do, yes, do it anyhow! New Years Day is a great example of when exactly to push through, from feelings of "I cannot and will not" to a clear and simple "DO!"
The inward glare that a yearly review requires can result in being tough on yourself. Yes it’s good to look back and learn, but focus on what you did well. The upward spiral is not spun by dragging yourself down, pinpoint what you excelled at and bring that into now. You, reaching your potential, is nature’s way of chanting, "Yes!". Life racing in your veins, purpose on your breath.
The inward glare that a yearly review requires can result in being tough on yourself. Yes it’s good to look back and learn, but focus on what you did well. The upward spiral is not spun by dragging yourself down, pinpoint what you excelled at and bring that into now. You, reaching your potential, is nature’s way of chanting, "Yes!". Life racing in your veins, purpose on your breath.
At the New Year starting gate you’re all pumped up and set to change it all, and so it’s hard to swallow that the greatest change is small. Change the little habits that dictate your daily path, these impactful adaptations are the real changes that last. Relax, put in place the gentle shift that delivers over time, the once a day that becomes 'one day all this will be mine'. Anything you want can be the result of daily action, steady repeated little shifts that invite deep satisfaction.
At the New Year starting gate you’re all pumped up and set to change it all, and so it’s hard to swallow that the greatest change is small. Change the little habits that dictate your daily path, these impactful adaptations are the real changes that last. Relax, put in place the gentle shift that delivers over time, the once a day that becomes 'one day all this will be mine'. Anything you want can be the result of daily action, steady repeated little shifts that invite deep satisfaction.
Start your personal revolution, it’s more rewarding than resolve. Resolutions feel so punishing, revolution is for you, realising deep in your heart that you are what you do. Stopping doing things that harm you IS NOT HARD TO DO, when you truly, deeply, madly see that it is all for you. For you to rise and prosper, to sit still and feel relief, that you are loving you in action, this is self belief.
Start your personal revolution, it’s more rewarding than resolve. Resolutions feel so punishing, revolution is for you, realising deep in your heart that you are what you do. Stopping doing things that harm you IS NOT HARD TO DO, when you truly, deeply, madly see that it is all for you. For you to rise and prosper, to sit still and feel relief, that you are loving you in action, this is self belief.
Take the baton firmly in your hand, accept that fears must be faced, see that you are the sum of your choices, and in choices your future is made. From a place of emotional balance there are obvious choices to make, the key to progress is then to enact them not letting feelings get in the way. Choose where you want to get to, from a place where emotions run slow, then execute actions to get there, even when feelings say no.
Take the baton firmly in your hand, accept that fears must be faced, see that you are the sum of your choices, and in choices your future is made. From a place of emotional balance there are obvious choices to make, the key to progress is then to enact them not letting feelings get in the way. Choose where you want to get to, from a place where emotions run slow, then execute actions to get there, even when feelings say no.
Once you have accepted your faults no one can use them against you, and so an honest and thorough personal inventory is the most liberating thing you can do. More than that, accept your faults and YOU can’t use them against you, an honest and thorough knowledge of self is the most liberating thing you can do. Take a good look at how you can improve, the parts that need some love and care, write down an inventory of deep personal truth and begin to heal and repair.
Once you have accepted your faults no one can use them against you, and so an honest and thorough personal inventory is the most liberating thing you can do. More than that, accept your faults and YOU can’t use them against you, an honest and thorough knowledge of self is the most liberating thing you can do. Take a good look at how you can improve, the parts that need some love and care, write down an inventory of deep personal truth and begin to heal and repair.
When pages turn embrace the new, lean forward fearlessly. This chapter close that we have now births a great opening for personal review, deep and honest conversation all alone with you. Ask, “What makes me deeply happy based on what made me light up before? What energises me and how can I do that stuff more? Am I treating myself as I’d treat another that I love? What advice do I hear when it’s me I’m thinking of?”
When pages turn embrace the new, lean forward fearlessly. This chapter close that we have now births a great opening for personal review, deep and honest conversation all alone with you. Ask, “What makes me deeply happy based on what made me light up before? What energises me and how can I do that stuff more? Am I treating myself as I’d treat another that I love? What advice do I hear when it’s me I’m thinking of?”
Let out great peels of laughter, speak of love, both lost and near, ring the bells of hope and plenty, Christmas Day is here! Giving feels incredible, take away just why that is; is it that we deeply need connection and this says, I like or love you deeply, and for once I’m showing you? Imagine if in your daily actions this was something you could do. Not in presents but in presence, the great gift of "I am here for you".
Let out great peels of laughter, speak of love, both lost and near, ring the bells of hope and plenty, Christmas Day is here! Giving feels incredible, take away just why that is; is it that we deeply need connection and this says, I like or love you deeply, and for once I’m showing you? Imagine if in your daily actions this was something you could do. Not in presents but in presence, the great gift of "I am here for you".
If, in the midst of celebrations, the weight of happy is hard to meet, that’s ok, life's not perfect but in time you’ll find your feet. It’s ok that life’s not perfect, you only ever need do today, and if you do that and that alone, you will find your way. You will find that life rolls out to the wildest places of your dreams; where once there was thick darkness, now the lightest, brightest beams.
If, in the midst of celebrations, the weight of happy is hard to meet, that’s ok, life's not perfect but in time you’ll find your feet. It’s ok that life’s not perfect, you only ever need do today, and if you do that and that alone, you will find your way. You will find that life rolls out to the wildest places of your dreams; where once there was thick darkness, now the lightest, brightest beams.
Now is the time as the planning is near done to flick the switch to thank you, you’ll have far more fun when enjoying others than expecting they all notice you. Right on the brink of expected events is a great time to let it all loose, what will be will be, everything's fine, see in others what you hope they see in you. And let that be thank you and I promise you’ll flow with the go, go, go of it all, thank you expands you and lets in their love, where expectation traps you and feels small.
Now is the time as the planning is near done to flick the switch to thank you, you’ll have far more fun when enjoying others than expecting they all notice you. Right on the brink of expected events is a great time to let it all loose, what will be will be, everything's fine, see in others what you hope they see in you. And let that be thank you and I promise you’ll flow with the go, go, go of it all, thank you expands you and lets in their love, where expectation traps you and feels small.
When things go wrong that you have no control over at all, see them as just that and not your life hitting the wall. A run of little problems can shape our minds to feeling doomed, it’s as if bad luck is haunting us, with more to come assumed. This thinking is the problem formed from things beyond control, but regain your thinking with perspective and reverse the imagined fall.
When things go wrong that you have no control over at all, see them as just that and not your life hitting the wall. A run of little problems can shape our minds to feeling doomed, it’s as if bad luck is haunting us, with more to come assumed. This thinking is the problem formed from things beyond control, but regain your thinking with perspective and reverse the imagined fall.
Being less than best to fit how you think others need you to be is all imagined fear, let go, expand, you’re free. Define yourself, set your own goals, your dreams are yours alone, your potential is inside you now ready to explode. Don’t dim your light for anyone, seek no bush to hide your flame, you paint your own picture and only you create the frame.
Being less than best to fit how you think others need you to be is all imagined fear, let go, expand, you’re free. Define yourself, set your own goals, your dreams are yours alone, your potential is inside you now ready to explode. Don’t dim your light for anyone, seek no bush to hide your flame, you paint your own picture and only you create the frame.
I’ve shared some tools that bring you calm, stillness found inside you that can be used as festive balm. Balm to soothe the strain of just so much stuff going on, pools of peace to plunge into to help you float along. Over Christmas we often don’t have time or space alone to do our thing, so these tools are all portable, fast and settling. Here’s a brief reminder of your festive survival pack, when times get tense, and pressure mounts these tools will have your back.
I’ve shared some tools that bring you calm, stillness found inside you that can be used as festive balm. Balm to soothe the strain of just so much stuff going on, pools of peace to plunge into to help you float along. Over Christmas we often don’t have time or space alone to do our thing, so these tools are all portable, fast and settling. Here’s a brief reminder of your festive survival pack, when times get tense, and pressure mounts these tools will have your back.
We know the damage done by stress but now the antidote, the buzzword 'mindfulness'. This stress release, steam pouring off, is progress born from calm, decisions made from the rational mind of this is where I am! And this is what means most to me, and this is what I’ll do. Watch your life expand and flourish mindfully for you.
We know the damage done by stress but now the antidote, the buzzword 'mindfulness'. This stress release, steam pouring off, is progress born from calm, decisions made from the rational mind of this is where I am! And this is what means most to me, and this is what I’ll do. Watch your life expand and flourish mindfully for you.
Stress is like an orange slowly getting squeezed, you don’t know when it’s going to pop, juice squirting dangerously. Then we think the problem is the juice and where it went, the angry outburst, the silent storm, the spiteful text we sent. We wrongly seek help for how to treat the spills instead of how to stop the squeeze. Relieve the tension, pressure and stress that builds in you today, before you snap, pop, burst and bubble at whoever’s in your way.
Stress is like an orange slowly getting squeezed, you don’t know when it’s going to pop, juice squirting dangerously. Then we think the problem is the juice and where it went, the angry outburst, the silent storm, the spiteful text we sent. We wrongly seek help for how to treat the spills instead of how to stop the squeeze. Relieve the tension, pressure and stress that builds in you today, before you snap, pop, burst and bubble at whoever’s in your way.
The change from got to, to ought to, to want to do comes by repeating just today, and sustenance for persistence comes from gratitude along the way. I’m grateful for you listening, and taking time to implement the tools I share, as your feeling better is the greatest compliment. Your journey, where you’re going, who you are going to be, that’s why I write and talk each day and it’s a privilege for me. So there’s no summit reached, or struggle met in writing these each day, just deep joy and thank you that you join me on our way.
The change from got to, to ought to, to want to do comes by repeating just today, and sustenance for persistence comes from gratitude along the way. I’m grateful for you listening, and taking time to implement the tools I share, as your feeling better is the greatest compliment. Your journey, where you’re going, who you are going to be, that’s why I write and talk each day and it’s a privilege for me. So there’s no summit reached, or struggle met in writing these each day, just deep joy and thank you that you join me on our way.
Intuition and gut feelings aren’t supernaturally guided paths, they’re your deep subconscious mind working super actually fast. ‘I’ve just got this feeling’ is in fact the result of your brain’s computation, lightning fast snap judgement with the given information. Our subconscious is exceptional at filtering out the fluff, evolved to make decisions fast from extremely complex stuff!
Intuition and gut feelings aren’t supernaturally guided paths, they’re your deep subconscious mind working super actually fast. ‘I’ve just got this feeling’ is in fact the result of your brain’s computation, lightning fast snap judgement with the given information. Our subconscious is exceptional at filtering out the fluff, evolved to make decisions fast from extremely complex stuff!
If 'Christmassy' is a feeling, I felt it yesterday, when a little boy queuing in front of me gave his favourite game away. The elderly lady in front of him was asking at the till for a game for which her eldest grandson would apparently kill. Sold out and no more coming but you might find one online, the man behind the counter explained she was out of luck this time. But then...
If 'Christmassy' is a feeling, I felt it yesterday, when a little boy queuing in front of me gave his favourite game away. The elderly lady in front of him was asking at the till for a game for which her eldest grandson would apparently kill. Sold out and no more coming but you might find one online, the man behind the counter explained she was out of luck this time. But then...
Why steer your ship trapped in the bowels of the whirling, thinking engine room? STOP and stand upon the bridge in silence, and your way will be clear soon. Trying to frame the power of doing nothing is a task, but try this and then see what happens is all that I can ask. Stop and you will gain the presence of your life, and from this vantage point your actions fall in line. Stop, cast off the weight of thinking and allow the power of peace, puncture the trance of "I must do", unwind and simply be.
Why steer your ship trapped in the bowels of the whirling, thinking engine room? STOP and stand upon the bridge in silence, and your way will be clear soon. Trying to frame the power of doing nothing is a task, but try this and then see what happens is all that I can ask. Stop and you will gain the presence of your life, and from this vantage point your actions fall in line. Stop, cast off the weight of thinking and allow the power of peace, puncture the trance of "I must do", unwind and simply be.
Comparison to others is a fickle friend and foe, it does not travel well, and changes everywhere you go. Far better inner confidence in who you are today, your best and only comparison is who you were yesterday. If the castle of our confidence is built on shifting sands, the sand will shift and we’ll be left with little confidence. Better or worse, more or less than others, slips too quickly from our view, the only person you need to better is the ever growing you!
Comparison to others is a fickle friend and foe, it does not travel well, and changes everywhere you go. Far better inner confidence in who you are today, your best and only comparison is who you were yesterday. If the castle of our confidence is built on shifting sands, the sand will shift and we’ll be left with little confidence. Better or worse, more or less than others, slips too quickly from our view, the only person you need to better is the ever growing you!
Whilst looking back this year we might lick some wounds but hindsight does bring a gift, foresight, the power to change what doesn’t work, to learn, to reach, to shift. Leaning forward in spite of challenging times isn’t denying problems exist, it’s knowing that the other option is to allow them to persist. Outside circumstance does not need to dim the power that you hold, to be a force for growth and strength, a radiant individual.
Whilst looking back this year we might lick some wounds but hindsight does bring a gift, foresight, the power to change what doesn’t work, to learn, to reach, to shift. Leaning forward in spite of challenging times isn’t denying problems exist, it’s knowing that the other option is to allow them to persist. Outside circumstance does not need to dim the power that you hold, to be a force for growth and strength, a radiant individual.
When you think you just don’t have the time, that’s when you must find stillness. A calm mind stretches time, tasks define and you thrive in wellness. Five minutes now, in silence, focused and refocused on your breathing, then your priorities and hence efficiency streamline by how you are perceiving. Precision is impactful, headless chicken run is not, five unthinking minutes and clear vision’s what you’ve got.
When you think you just don’t have the time, that’s when you must find stillness. A calm mind stretches time, tasks define and you thrive in wellness. Five minutes now, in silence, focused and refocused on your breathing, then your priorities and hence efficiency streamline by how you are perceiving. Precision is impactful, headless chicken run is not, five unthinking minutes and clear vision’s what you’ve got.
When you see a change coming jump head first into it’s waves, today is all the sweeter when you’ve planned tomorrow's ways. Set in stone some dates in January that excite you in new directions, don’t wait until it hits you in the debris of celebrations. Have a little plan that sees you thriving and excited, and the new year will come welcome not hard and uninvited.
When you see a change coming jump head first into it’s waves, today is all the sweeter when you’ve planned tomorrow's ways. Set in stone some dates in January that excite you in new directions, don’t wait until it hits you in the debris of celebrations. Have a little plan that sees you thriving and excited, and the new year will come welcome not hard and uninvited.
Imagine every media post you look at on your phone was actual post mounting up coming through your door. Every blog post is a leaflet, every advert a flyer, every email a new letter, telegrams from instagram and little cards from twitter. See the paper mountain that is filling up your mind, put down your phone and it is gone, and now it’s all YOU time.
Imagine every media post you look at on your phone was actual post mounting up coming through your door. Every blog post is a leaflet, every advert a flyer, every email a new letter, telegrams from instagram and little cards from twitter. See the paper mountain that is filling up your mind, put down your phone and it is gone, and now it’s all YOU time.
We cling onto discomfort if it’s the only raft we know, but there’s another life of comfort if only we’d let go. Let go of the guilt and shame that has us thinking life must be hard, replaced with the far more potent fuel of feeling good and being inspired. All manner of things begin to shift towards your favour when upbeat, the upward spiral of feeling good, the spring under your feet.
We cling onto discomfort if it’s the only raft we know, but there’s another life of comfort if only we’d let go. Let go of the guilt and shame that has us thinking life must be hard, replaced with the far more potent fuel of feeling good and being inspired. All manner of things begin to shift towards your favour when upbeat, the upward spiral of feeling good, the spring under your feet.
If you spoke to friends as you do to yourself you’d have no friends at all, so rewrite the inner voice that makes you feel weak or small. Take a minute, step back and love yourself as your best friend, then say what you would say, in the way you would to them. Use words you’d use for pals, and cut out words you would not use, guide yourself with love and care, not anger and abuse.
If you spoke to friends as you do to yourself you’d have no friends at all, so rewrite the inner voice that makes you feel weak or small. Take a minute, step back and love yourself as your best friend, then say what you would say, in the way you would to them. Use words you’d use for pals, and cut out words you would not use, guide yourself with love and care, not anger and abuse.
Rushing anxiously to wrap presents, organise parties and get that last minute toy we can all forget our intended result of the festive season is JOY. When doing too much makes you load the cart of needing appreciation, be aware of expectation and, it’s best future friend, deflation. Doing too much can counteract the heartfelt love you mean to give, don’t let your need to be appreciated block your greatest gift. No doubt we enjoy celebration more when we’ve worked hard and planned it well, but no loved one wants a martyr running rings around themselves.
Rushing anxiously to wrap presents, organise parties and get that last minute toy we can all forget our intended result of the festive season is JOY. When doing too much makes you load the cart of needing appreciation, be aware of expectation and, it’s best future friend, deflation. Doing too much can counteract the heartfelt love you mean to give, don’t let your need to be appreciated block your greatest gift. No doubt we enjoy celebration more when we’ve worked hard and planned it well, but no loved one wants a martyr running rings around themselves.
Ideas half formed need acted on, anything else is simply stalling. If you really want to find your voice, start talking. Get your ideas out into reality, in their wondrous faulty form, and set to failing and failing again, and let this be your norm. Failing isn’t failing, it’s the tool of victory, the try, try and try again of thoughts into reality.
Ideas half formed need acted on, anything else is simply stalling. If you really want to find your voice, start talking. Get your ideas out into reality, in their wondrous faulty form, and set to failing and failing again, and let this be your norm. Failing isn’t failing, it’s the tool of victory, the try, try and try again of thoughts into reality.
You’ll be amazed how much of overwhelm disappears with an action plan and the starting point of My Next Action is where you find the calm. Overwhelm is simply having too much on your mind, but it feels like armageddon with a way out hard to find. The way out is really simple, it’s a 3 step offload onto paper, do this and I guarantee you’ll wonder what the fuss was later.
You’ll be amazed how much of overwhelm disappears with an action plan and the starting point of My Next Action is where you find the calm. Overwhelm is simply having too much on your mind, but it feels like armageddon with a way out hard to find. The way out is really simple, it’s a 3 step offload onto paper, do this and I guarantee you’ll wonder what the fuss was later.
“Just one conscious in and out breath and a different dimension is there in your life.” Eckhart Tolle extolling the benefits of awareness of present time. This focus is more than the breath itself, it’s a switch that flicks on presence, and presence brings huge benefits, opens the dimension of your essence. One deep breath felt flowing in, your lower lungs expanding, let out gently sitting on a bus or in an elevator standing.
“Just one conscious in and out breath and a different dimension is there in your life.” Eckhart Tolle extolling the benefits of awareness of present time. This focus is more than the breath itself, it’s a switch that flicks on presence, and presence brings huge benefits, opens the dimension of your essence. One deep breath felt flowing in, your lower lungs expanding, let out gently sitting on a bus or in an elevator standing.
Believing your best is enough applies to all of us through either struggles or success, each and every one in our own way put to the test. So what we are progressing through doesn’t alter how we do it, the daily measure of ourselves against ourselves alone cuts through it. This is true for all we do, in good times and in tough. You know what you can control, and it’s often only you…believe your best is enough today and let it show in what you do.
Believing your best is enough applies to all of us through either struggles or success, each and every one in our own way put to the test. So what we are progressing through doesn’t alter how we do it, the daily measure of ourselves against ourselves alone cuts through it. This is true for all we do, in good times and in tough. You know what you can control, and it’s often only you…believe your best is enough today and let it show in what you do.
Everything you have right now you once yearned deeply for. Appreciation is a mighty viewpoint from which to look at life, it’s mindfulness and gratitude wrapped up and felt at the same time. Everything you have right now you once yearned deeply for, look love in the eyes and see what you saw before. Hold the hand of hope by holding what you once hoped for, realise you are here now before twisting to wanting more.
Everything you have right now you once yearned deeply for. Appreciation is a mighty viewpoint from which to look at life, it’s mindfulness and gratitude wrapped up and felt at the same time. Everything you have right now you once yearned deeply for, look love in the eyes and see what you saw before. Hold the hand of hope by holding what you once hoped for, realise you are here now before twisting to wanting more.
Don’t look outside at who is hurting you, look inside to why it hurts, how we are feeling says little about them and far more about us. When something stings and anger rises there is one hugely liberating thing to do, think not of what they’ve done but of why it’s stinging you. It takes strength and courage to look and then accept your tender spots, but you can change the heart that’s truly hurting with everything you’ve got.
Don’t look outside at who is hurting you, look inside to why it hurts, how we are feeling says little about them and far more about us. When something stings and anger rises there is one hugely liberating thing to do, think not of what they’ve done but of why it’s stinging you. It takes strength and courage to look and then accept your tender spots, but you can change the heart that’s truly hurting with everything you’ve got.
When staying the same bears too much pain you are primed for change. Desire tips towards the new from going round again. Real change comes when you need to, when the other option isn’t one, when you down the tools of groundhog day and finally say, “I’m done.” You stand in where you are right now as the captain of your soul, take the pain of staying the same and cast it overboard.
When staying the same bears too much pain you are primed for change. Desire tips towards the new from going round again. Real change comes when you need to, when the other option isn’t one, when you down the tools of groundhog day and finally say, “I’m done.” You stand in where you are right now as the captain of your soul, take the pain of staying the same and cast it overboard.
Who are you to you? Who do you think you are? What is your identity and does it help you to journey far, far into the possibilities beyond self doubt and fear? Who you see yourself as is how you will appear. Picture yourself as you know you are inside and this will be what you thrill to, rise to the image in your mind and be that best of you.
Who are you to you? Who do you think you are? What is your identity and does it help you to journey far, far into the possibilities beyond self doubt and fear? Who you see yourself as is how you will appear. Picture yourself as you know you are inside and this will be what you thrill to, rise to the image in your mind and be that best of you.
If a task takes less than two minutes to complete, do it immediately. This reduces stress more than adding to to do lists repeatedly. Our brains function best when focused clearly on one task, and if little jobs lie unfinished these open loops cause mental stress. Build the habit of immediate action on any under two minute tasks and you will build contentment whilst reducing your to do list.
If a task takes less than two minutes to complete, do it immediately. This reduces stress more than adding to to do lists repeatedly. Our brains function best when focused clearly on one task, and if little jobs lie unfinished these open loops cause mental stress. Build the habit of immediate action on any under two minute tasks and you will build contentment whilst reducing your to do list.
We are shaped by our environment so make yours an inspiring one. Tune in to what and who makes you light up and sparkle, choose then act to surround yourself with what makes you remarkable. Actively increase the time spent thriving in fertile soil, and uproot yourself from the barren land that is not worth your toil. Go back to inspiring places, see that friend that lights you up, say no to things that drain you and choose to fill your cup.
We are shaped by our environment so make yours an inspiring one. Tune in to what and who makes you light up and sparkle, choose then act to surround yourself with what makes you remarkable. Actively increase the time spent thriving in fertile soil, and uproot yourself from the barren land that is not worth your toil. Go back to inspiring places, see that friend that lights you up, say no to things that drain you and choose to fill your cup.
The welcome warmth you’ve found in silence becomes a working part of your mind that you can access quickly when you don’t quite have the time or space to do your morning thing, a quick dive into deep calm and peace through touchstones and anchoring. A keyring or a pebble, a coin or bracelet charm can become the trigger or the key to open up that welcome warmth.
The welcome warmth you’ve found in silence becomes a working part of your mind that you can access quickly when you don’t quite have the time or space to do your morning thing, a quick dive into deep calm and peace through touchstones and anchoring. A keyring or a pebble, a coin or bracelet charm can become the trigger or the key to open up that welcome warmth.
Expectation is a suffocating burden, whilst an open mind is fun. Off load the need to do great things, and great things will get done. Yes we are free to achieve all we want, but can get it so wrong if always chasing, trying too hard to fit the mould of our dreamt up expectation. Just do today well in quiet excellence, from seeds do great oaks grow, your best today will dwarf expectations if it’s truly your best you sow.
Expectation is a suffocating burden, whilst an open mind is fun. Off load the need to do great things, and great things will get done. Yes we are free to achieve all we want, but can get it so wrong if always chasing, trying too hard to fit the mould of our dreamt up expectation. Just do today well in quiet excellence, from seeds do great oaks grow, your best today will dwarf expectations if it’s truly your best you sow.
Ruts come in different shapes and sizes but they can all be busted by the same tool, action. The urge to stick in reassuring discomfort makes no sense at all, but yet we do it all the time, for want of knowing how to grow. Ruts are dug from the habit of indecision and it only takes tiny decisive actions to change position. To kickstart the breaking of negative habits I know of no greater tool than Mel Robbins' 5-4-3-2-1, it’s action’s rocket fuel.
Ruts come in different shapes and sizes but they can all be busted by the same tool, action. The urge to stick in reassuring discomfort makes no sense at all, but yet we do it all the time, for want of knowing how to grow. Ruts are dug from the habit of indecision and it only takes tiny decisive actions to change position. To kickstart the breaking of negative habits I know of no greater tool than Mel Robbins' 5-4-3-2-1, it’s action’s rocket fuel.
Through a quiet mind we see a simple world, with a racing mind a tangled one. Submerge yourself in life’s great rhythm, the majestic elemental flow, and deeply feel the simple truth that nature’s dance is slow. Peace and harmony exist right now if allowed to enter in, take a walk in nature and dance to it’s rhythm. Slow, go slow and fall in line with your part of the tune, you are a part of nature so find yourself there, soon.
Through a quiet mind we see a simple world, with a racing mind a tangled one. Submerge yourself in life’s great rhythm, the majestic elemental flow, and deeply feel the simple truth that nature’s dance is slow. Peace and harmony exist right now if allowed to enter in, take a walk in nature and dance to it’s rhythm. Slow, go slow and fall in line with your part of the tune, you are a part of nature so find yourself there, soon.
The carrot beats the stick, encouragement conquers criticism, positive squashes negative and expecting the best whips cynicism. Treat others as you’d like to be treated is the two way road of truth; would you respond better to being encouraged or someone criticising you? If you’re having a sticky relationship with someone that's doing less than best, maybe try to build them up rather than making them feel less.
The carrot beats the stick, encouragement conquers criticism, positive squashes negative and expecting the best whips cynicism. Treat others as you’d like to be treated is the two way road of truth; would you respond better to being encouraged or someone criticising you? If you’re having a sticky relationship with someone that's doing less than best, maybe try to build them up rather than making them feel less.
What’s the most important thing that you can do today? Stop before the busy starts and life gets in the way, think “What is it I’m doing, where am I heading to?”. We keep ourselves so busy doing things that just need done that we forget to truly live the life we want to live and can. Choose the mark you’re making by being true to making you, what’s the most important thing today that you can do?
What’s the most important thing that you can do today? Stop before the busy starts and life gets in the way, think “What is it I’m doing, where am I heading to?”. We keep ourselves so busy doing things that just need done that we forget to truly live the life we want to live and can. Choose the mark you’re making by being true to making you, what’s the most important thing today that you can do?
Your life is one big cake of possibilities and you choose what’s going in, whatever is in your recipe is also in the eating. What we give attention to are the ingredients of the life we live, focus on what inspires you to give your life that lift. Put inspiration in and inspired living is what comes out so pick up what you would like to taste and put your troubles down.
Your life is one big cake of possibilities and you choose what’s going in, whatever is in your recipe is also in the eating. What we give attention to are the ingredients of the life we live, focus on what inspires you to give your life that lift. Put inspiration in and inspired living is what comes out so pick up what you would like to taste and put your troubles down.
Much as a railway signal man can direct the tracks with switches one way or another, we can set our mornings towards positive and avoiding bother. You won’t even notice the impact little things you planned will do, you’ll be too busy cracking on and with nothing hindering you. Set out your morning clothes, a towel, or breakfast…whatever says, "I’m ready", a little planning in the evening makes the morning steady.
Much as a railway signal man can direct the tracks with switches one way or another, we can set our mornings towards positive and avoiding bother. You won’t even notice the impact little things you planned will do, you’ll be too busy cracking on and with nothing hindering you. Set out your morning clothes, a towel, or breakfast…whatever says, "I’m ready", a little planning in the evening makes the morning steady.
We sometimes make things complicated because we don’t like the simplicity of the truth that eating well, moving more and thinking less is good for you. Simplify the search, put down the tangled plans, start with eating a little better, moving more and five minutes quiet time. Be sure in your knowledge that it’s the action not the plans, the simple things we do are the making of the man or woman.
We sometimes make things complicated because we don’t like the simplicity of the truth that eating well, moving more and thinking less is good for you. Simplify the search, put down the tangled plans, start with eating a little better, moving more and five minutes quiet time. Be sure in your knowledge that it’s the action not the plans, the simple things we do are the making of the man or woman.
What if you got the same comfort from a good habit as from a bad one? So much of comfort seeking is in the repeating of what you’ve done. The association of ‘ah, that’s better’ can be linked to many things, and if they are actually making things better then you’re prospering. The warm feeling of relief from stress and strain can come from something good for you done again and again. It’s the repetition that brings comfort not what you’re repeating, so find comfort in a habit that also helps the life your leading.
What if you got the same comfort from a good habit as from a bad one? So much of comfort seeking is in the repeating of what you’ve done. The association of ‘ah, that’s better’ can be linked to many things, and if they are actually making things better then you’re prospering. The warm feeling of relief from stress and strain can come from something good for you done again and again. It’s the repetition that brings comfort not what you’re repeating, so find comfort in a habit that also helps the life your leading.
Self criticism leads to feeling low and blocks our higher selves, our inspiration and energy towards harmony, success and health. Beating our selves up creates tension and a sense of lack and before we know it we’re grabbing at life trying to claw our best selves back. Shake it off, right now, feel love surging in your veins, you are all you’ll ever need, so go gentle on the reins. Give yourself a break, put the stick down for a while, go easy on self criticism, let it go and smile.
Self criticism leads to feeling low and blocks our higher selves, our inspiration and energy towards harmony, success and health. Beating our selves up creates tension and a sense of lack and before we know it we’re grabbing at life trying to claw our best selves back. Shake it off, right now, feel love surging in your veins, you are all you’ll ever need, so go gentle on the reins. Give yourself a break, put the stick down for a while, go easy on self criticism, let it go and smile.
Actual events never feel as bad as the fear we felt before. How often do we do things we feared only to immediately want to do more? Fear is always worse than what is actually happening, accept that you’ve handled every situation that you feared in life before. It won’t give up or learn to fade but we can learn it’s truth, that it’s trying to stop reality that will not frighten you.
Actual events never feel as bad as the fear we felt before. How often do we do things we feared only to immediately want to do more? Fear is always worse than what is actually happening, accept that you’ve handled every situation that you feared in life before. It won’t give up or learn to fade but we can learn it’s truth, that it’s trying to stop reality that will not frighten you.
Listening to understand instead of talking to be understood will completely change your relationships and always for the good. To be heard and understood, is that not what we’re all looking for? Be that for someone else and you open up the door to deep connection and synergy; at home, in love, in business, be the one that’s listening.
Listening to understand instead of talking to be understood will completely change your relationships and always for the good. To be heard and understood, is that not what we’re all looking for? Be that for someone else and you open up the door to deep connection and synergy; at home, in love, in business, be the one that’s listening.
Joseph Campbell famously advised us to “Follow Your Bliss” but, following many people’s meditative misinterpretation, wished he could rewrite it to say, “Follow Your Blisters”. Hard work isn’t hard if you see it’s proper role as the outward evidence of what is in your soul. Even stuff you don’t like doing can fold under this light, see it all as easy, let your touch be light.
Joseph Campbell famously advised us to “Follow Your Bliss” but, following many people’s meditative misinterpretation, wished he could rewrite it to say, “Follow Your Blisters”. Hard work isn’t hard if you see it’s proper role as the outward evidence of what is in your soul. Even stuff you don’t like doing can fold under this light, see it all as easy, let your touch be light.
Your sense of purpose is the balm that soothes the tough stuff that must get done, the oil upon the wheel when your life won’t seem to turn. Your 'why' is the source of that extra mile that you must go, hold it in your heart and your energy will flow. Why you want to grow is the coal of action’s fire, find your 'why' and you can conquer challenges with desire.
Your sense of purpose is the balm that soothes the tough stuff that must get done, the oil upon the wheel when your life won’t seem to turn. Your 'why' is the source of that extra mile that you must go, hold it in your heart and your energy will flow. Why you want to grow is the coal of action’s fire, find your 'why' and you can conquer challenges with desire.
What to do when freedom reveals that 'Yes, you’re truly free!'? So much choice can clutter the point to simply be. This isn’t rain on the parade, it’s watering the ground from which grows all the good in you in this new life that you’ve found. A little time alone to hear yourself and breathe, then write down what is in your heart, let go and feel at peace. 'Wherever you go, there you are' and let this place be your rock, the touchstone of your inner strength to then give it all you’ve got.
What to do when freedom reveals that 'Yes, you’re truly free!'? So much choice can clutter the point to simply be. This isn’t rain on the parade, it’s watering the ground from which grows all the good in you in this new life that you’ve found. A little time alone to hear yourself and breathe, then write down what is in your heart, let go and feel at peace. 'Wherever you go, there you are' and let this place be your rock, the touchstone of your inner strength to then give it all you’ve got.
Here’s the upward spiral in it’s really simple form. First find some stillness inside and let that become your norm. Hear your inner voice then this gives you direction and the courage to back your choice. So from your inner desires you’ve made small steps that way, then you reflect at bedtime that you’ve done your best today. Repeat this in the morning and you’re up, up, up and away!
Here’s the upward spiral in it’s really simple form. First find some stillness inside and let that become your norm. Hear your inner voice then this gives you direction and the courage to back your choice. So from your inner desires you’ve made small steps that way, then you reflect at bedtime that you’ve done your best today. Repeat this in the morning and you’re up, up, up and away!
We all know that when we feel good we make choices that move us forward, this is the upward spiral I talk of and it can start with just one word. Listen now, picture and really feel the words I’ll say, watch then as you shape your mind and let good thoughts change your day. Words are just the window dressing of the thoughts inside, and we can choose to use these words to influence our minds.
We all know that when we feel good we make choices that move us forward, this is the upward spiral I talk of and it can start with just one word. Listen now, picture and really feel the words I’ll say, watch then as you shape your mind and let good thoughts change your day. Words are just the window dressing of the thoughts inside, and we can choose to use these words to influence our minds.
I know you doubt yourself, that’s something that we all do, but the true marker of your progress is how often you push on through. And that means through discomfort, past imagined barriers of fear; the more you learn to move through these feelings, the more they disappear. On the other side of fear exists all you really are, and it’s right here, right now inside you, if you learn to push through feeling scared.
I know you doubt yourself, that’s something that we all do, but the true marker of your progress is how often you push on through. And that means through discomfort, past imagined barriers of fear; the more you learn to move through these feelings, the more they disappear. On the other side of fear exists all you really are, and it’s right here, right now inside you, if you learn to push through feeling scared.
You get all dressed up to change your life and then find you’ve got no place to go, you want real change to be radical, fast and obvious, but it’s gradual, deep and slow. But the reward you feel from your daily efforts can be that you believe you’ve done your best today, and rest your head in peace, knowing the long road's getting shorter to the best of all you’ll be. The key to this fundamental change is a shift in understanding, that it’s tiny habits that are forming you not the big change you’re commanding.
You get all dressed up to change your life and then find you’ve got no place to go, you want real change to be radical, fast and obvious, but it’s gradual, deep and slow. But the reward you feel from your daily efforts can be that you believe you’ve done your best today, and rest your head in peace, knowing the long road's getting shorter to the best of all you’ll be. The key to this fundamental change is a shift in understanding, that it’s tiny habits that are forming you not the big change you’re commanding.
You have all the time in the world but it’s always called ‘today’. There’s only ever now and now’s the time to start, take the action that unleashes all that’s in your heart. Just start: the hardest part, the summit lying at your feet, but one small step begins the change of all you want to be.
You have all the time in the world but it’s always called ‘today’. There’s only ever now and now’s the time to start, take the action that unleashes all that’s in your heart. Just start: the hardest part, the summit lying at your feet, but one small step begins the change of all you want to be.
Nothing stops our river flowing like something on our mind, avoiding one awkward conversation, or worrying about money coming in on time. The fall out with a friend that has real fall out in your day, the consequence of unresolved conflict is that YOU pay! The liberty you feel when clearing out the block in you, is worth that awkward conversation or whatever you must do. If your sky looks grey and cloudy ask yourself what storm’s inside? Clear the air, unclip your wings, free yourself and glide.
Nothing stops our river flowing like something on our mind, avoiding one awkward conversation, or worrying about money coming in on time. The fall out with a friend that has real fall out in your day, the consequence of unresolved conflict is that YOU pay! The liberty you feel when clearing out the block in you, is worth that awkward conversation or whatever you must do. If your sky looks grey and cloudy ask yourself what storm’s inside? Clear the air, unclip your wings, free yourself and glide.
In the moment that you accept feeling any emotional pain it begins to slowly fade unless you resist again. Fear of feeling fearful, angry at being angered, unhappy about unhappiness, are all layers of negative. If you don’t mind feeling sorrow, sorrow fades and loosens it’s grip, when you accept feeling unhappy, unhappiness will slowly slip away and so will fear if you allow it just to be, aware that 'these are feelings, and feelings are not me.'
In the moment that you accept feeling any emotional pain it begins to slowly fade unless you resist again. Fear of feeling fearful, angry at being angered, unhappy about unhappiness, are all layers of negative. If you don’t mind feeling sorrow, sorrow fades and loosens it’s grip, when you accept feeling unhappy, unhappiness will slowly slip away and so will fear if you allow it just to be, aware that 'these are feelings, and feelings are not me.'
Every moment of our lives we experience with our minds, so if we start with how we’re thinking, we’ll experience more good times. It’s easier to wear slippers than to carpet the whole world so start your day with remembering all you are and all you’ve learned. Choose to see the wonder, see the power and the good, the limitless, unfolding opportunity that is YOU!
Every moment of our lives we experience with our minds, so if we start with how we’re thinking, we’ll experience more good times. It’s easier to wear slippers than to carpet the whole world so start your day with remembering all you are and all you’ve learned. Choose to see the wonder, see the power and the good, the limitless, unfolding opportunity that is YOU!
Today, try the power of finding peace inside, the message to your core that you are here and don’t need to hide. Find calm and then your intuition sings more clearly so you listen, act on the inner voice you hear and your life begins to glisten. From this quiet grounding your courage and confidence will grow, you’re not waiting to be found out, you found yourself and so you know what you are good at and you humbly strive to show the world. All because you sat in silence and let yourself unfurl.
Today, try the power of finding peace inside, the message to your core that you are here and don’t need to hide. Find calm and then your intuition sings more clearly so you listen, act on the inner voice you hear and your life begins to glisten. From this quiet grounding your courage and confidence will grow, you’re not waiting to be found out, you found yourself and so you know what you are good at and you humbly strive to show the world. All because you sat in silence and let yourself unfurl.
This short guided session will bring you gently into a place of relaxed stillness, the inner calm that fuels a more contented day. If this is the first time you’ve ever tried anything like this just relax as this is wonderfully easy, a joy to do and I’m here to guide you through.
This short guided session will bring you gently into a place of relaxed stillness, the inner calm that fuels a more contented day. If this is the first time you’ve ever tried anything like this just relax as this is wonderfully easy, a joy to do and I’m here to guide you through.
It’s not just your overthinking but what you’re thinking of, have you noticed overthinking is almost always negative? There are two things we can do to temper this relentless dampening stream, one is to change the thoughts themselves and the other is to create quiet gaps in between. When we accept that stillness gives us a break from almost constant inner dialogue, it’s easy to see the benefits and not think of meditation as weird or odd. These are the firebreaks that halt the thinking blaze, and you’ll look forward to the next one, and how they frame your days.
It’s not just your overthinking but what you’re thinking of, have you noticed overthinking is almost always negative? There are two things we can do to temper this relentless dampening stream, one is to change the thoughts themselves and the other is to create quiet gaps in between. When we accept that stillness gives us a break from almost constant inner dialogue, it’s easy to see the benefits and not think of meditation as weird or odd. These are the firebreaks that halt the thinking blaze, and you’ll look forward to the next one, and how they frame your days.
Assume that people have good intentions and your world will loosen up, that missing kiss to end their text really wasn’t meant to cut. The energy we drain into misreading others thoughts is like pouring glue upon the ground when we could be taking off. Free yourself, read good intentions into all that comes your way, feel the flow of optimism as good feelings fill your day.
Assume that people have good intentions and your world will loosen up, that missing kiss to end their text really wasn’t meant to cut. The energy we drain into misreading others thoughts is like pouring glue upon the ground when we could be taking off. Free yourself, read good intentions into all that comes your way, feel the flow of optimism as good feelings fill your day.
Tend the roots and then the fruits grow just as they should be. We top load our lives with tools and tricks to make our branches bloom but the fixes are all temporary and the fruit falls all too soon. We're all for fruit and plentiful success but the sweetest and most ripe grow from branches of the trunk whose roots are given time. Time each day in silence just to feel your grounded self, your inner voice, the stillness, the birth spring of your health.
Tend the roots and then the fruits grow just as they should be. We top load our lives with tools and tricks to make our branches bloom but the fixes are all temporary and the fruit falls all too soon. We're all for fruit and plentiful success but the sweetest and most ripe grow from branches of the trunk whose roots are given time. Time each day in silence just to feel your grounded self, your inner voice, the stillness, the birth spring of your health.
Our ego likes a role to play, a character, so choose one that you like. In very simple terms, our ego will identify with what gets the most attention, so let’s make sure we are aware and choose an image of ourselves that also brings us satisfaction. Your ego would rather you were someone, anyone, than a no-one, at any price; it likes a role to play, a character, so aspire to one you like.
Our ego likes a role to play, a character, so choose one that you like. In very simple terms, our ego will identify with what gets the most attention, so let’s make sure we are aware and choose an image of ourselves that also brings us satisfaction. Your ego would rather you were someone, anyone, than a no-one, at any price; it likes a role to play, a character, so aspire to one you like.
You’re doing all right, in fact you’re doing really well. Forgive yourself your little faults, cut the anchor of shame and guilt, let them go and sail. Sometimes what you’re not looms larger than all the things you are, and on those days we don’t heal and grow, we shrink to fit the scar. You're doing great, forgive yourself for what you're not and feel good with all you are.
You’re doing all right, in fact you’re doing really well. Forgive yourself your little faults, cut the anchor of shame and guilt, let them go and sail. Sometimes what you’re not looms larger than all the things you are, and on those days we don’t heal and grow, we shrink to fit the scar. You're doing great, forgive yourself for what you're not and feel good with all you are.
Picture now a festive season where you’re happy in yourself, peaceful, laughing and celebrating the joy of warm contentment, giving and helping others freely to enjoy this special time of year. Imagine a pressure gauge inside your mind, a tension meter that measures more or less, you can lower that internal grip before the seasons stress. Much like running long distance you can’t just whip the trainers on, a truly joyful winter time can start soon in short meditation.
Picture now a festive season where you’re happy in yourself, peaceful, laughing and celebrating the joy of warm contentment, giving and helping others freely to enjoy this special time of year. Imagine a pressure gauge inside your mind, a tension meter that measures more or less, you can lower that internal grip before the seasons stress. Much like running long distance you can’t just whip the trainers on, a truly joyful winter time can start soon in short meditation.
Gut feeling isn’t superstition it’s superintuition, tune into this super power and let it form your vision. Your vision of what’s right for you exists in you right now, it’s your job to listen and bring it out into the world. Listening to your gut feeling or instinct isn’t leaving things to chance, it’s not overthinking problems but hearing the answers we already have. We are deeply tuned to nature, and it’s in our nature to feel that.
Gut feeling isn’t superstition it’s superintuition, tune into this super power and let it form your vision. Your vision of what’s right for you exists in you right now, it’s your job to listen and bring it out into the world. Listening to your gut feeling or instinct isn’t leaving things to chance, it’s not overthinking problems but hearing the answers we already have. We are deeply tuned to nature, and it’s in our nature to feel that.
In a world of memes and online quotes we can think the reading is the act, but better that we take one word and fill our hearts with that. Love, alone, felt and focused on in quiet eyes closed peace, will impact you more than a thousand quotes or inspirational books you read. And I throw my words on the fire too as mere directions that you may chart, focus on one word of power; love, gratitude, courage or wellbeing, the library of your heart.
In a world of memes and online quotes we can think the reading is the act, but better that we take one word and fill our hearts with that. Love, alone, felt and focused on in quiet eyes closed peace, will impact you more than a thousand quotes or inspirational books you read. And I throw my words on the fire too as mere directions that you may chart, focus on one word of power; love, gratitude, courage or wellbeing, the library of your heart.
Your happiness is here and now, in today’s contented glow. We can’t take happy with us but we can learn what makes us so. The gateway to your passion is to taste and keep on tasting, you have no idea what dormant talents lie in you just waiting or friends that you’re about to meet, new horizons to be explored; we don’t have to live in yesterday nor have to close it’s door.
Your happiness is here and now, in today’s contented glow. We can’t take happy with us but we can learn what makes us so. The gateway to your passion is to taste and keep on tasting, you have no idea what dormant talents lie in you just waiting or friends that you’re about to meet, new horizons to be explored; we don’t have to live in yesterday nor have to close it’s door.
How are you? There’s nothing wrong with asking yourself this and then really finding out, the answer directs you to the important things you can do something about. Keep close to the answer and use it as your guide. "How Am I?" asked in love and fearlessly will clear the path again, being honest with yourself is your destiny’s greatest friend.
How are you? There’s nothing wrong with asking yourself this and then really finding out, the answer directs you to the important things you can do something about. Keep close to the answer and use it as your guide. "How Am I?" asked in love and fearlessly will clear the path again, being honest with yourself is your destiny’s greatest friend.
Would you take something if it helped with stress, anxiety, blood pressure and mood? Take it if it helped you focus, boosted your immune system, and rewired your brain to feel good? I’m sure you would so go ahead and take it, and this what to take is TIME. Time to breathe whilst on your own, deeply in and out, a few minutes meditation, the scientific sort you out.
Would you take something if it helped with stress, anxiety, blood pressure and mood? Take it if it helped you focus, boosted your immune system, and rewired your brain to feel good? I’m sure you would so go ahead and take it, and this what to take is TIME. Time to breathe whilst on your own, deeply in and out, a few minutes meditation, the scientific sort you out.
Unhappiness has a need to be heard and understood, that’s why people trying to cheer us up is often just no good. If you feel prickly when someone tries to help you to let go, is it that you’re really saying, "No, no you need to know! Poor me is suffering, see my struggle, join me in the pain, let’s relive the agony one more time, then again and again."? Defiance to suggestions as to how you could feel better is a definite sign that you’re wallowing, and you need suggestions more than ever.
Unhappiness has a need to be heard and understood, that’s why people trying to cheer us up is often just no good. If you feel prickly when someone tries to help you to let go, is it that you’re really saying, "No, no you need to know! Poor me is suffering, see my struggle, join me in the pain, let’s relive the agony one more time, then again and again."? Defiance to suggestions as to how you could feel better is a definite sign that you’re wallowing, and you need suggestions more than ever.
Dread of dark nights, spinning in our mind, means we begin to avoid bedtime but face it with a plan in mind and you’ll turn out your light. And sleep comes deep when unafraid, when you’ve walked right at fear with a bedtime routine, give your heart and mind the message that you’re calm and your serene. In these actions of intention you’ve seized the baton from your fear, face your restless nights and restlessness just disappears.
Dread of dark nights, spinning in our mind, means we begin to avoid bedtime but face it with a plan in mind and you’ll turn out your light. And sleep comes deep when unafraid, when you’ve walked right at fear with a bedtime routine, give your heart and mind the message that you’re calm and your serene. In these actions of intention you’ve seized the baton from your fear, face your restless nights and restlessness just disappears.
It seems you can’t click a link or open a magazine without hearing of the importance of a morning routine, it’s quite rightly the unpacking of the best of your day but of just as much impact is how you pack it away. An evening routine is more planning than peace but it’s the peace that this gives you that will help you to sleep. Then with deep sleep you rise to the best start to your day, a clean slate, a fresh start, that you planned yesterday.
It seems you can’t click a link or open a magazine without hearing of the importance of a morning routine, it’s quite rightly the unpacking of the best of your day but of just as much impact is how you pack it away. An evening routine is more planning than peace but it’s the peace that this gives you that will help you to sleep. Then with deep sleep you rise to the best start to your day, a clean slate, a fresh start, that you planned yesterday.
Your best CV is how YOU are around those that you meet, the sure foot of your focused best will land you on your feet. In our daily actions we can pull doors open and let opportunity walk in, we don’t always have to push for new chapters to begin. If you’re optimitistic, helpful, kind and know your thing, you’ll attract the right opportunities, just from what you’re doing.
Your best CV is how YOU are around those that you meet, the sure foot of your focused best will land you on your feet. In our daily actions we can pull doors open and let opportunity walk in, we don’t always have to push for new chapters to begin. If you’re optimitistic, helpful, kind and know your thing, you’ll attract the right opportunities, just from what you’re doing.
It’s great to be aware of how you want to grow but don’t be fooled into putting all your happiness on hold. Live for today, with half an eye on tomorrow. It’s the simple pleasures on the way that make happiness a journey, not the destination we arrive at once we finish all this learning. Happiness is not to aim for but to encounter along the way, it’s in the cup that’s in your hands, in the small things that make our day.
It’s great to be aware of how you want to grow but don’t be fooled into putting all your happiness on hold. Live for today, with half an eye on tomorrow. It’s the simple pleasures on the way that make happiness a journey, not the destination we arrive at once we finish all this learning. Happiness is not to aim for but to encounter along the way, it’s in the cup that’s in your hands, in the small things that make our day.
When you set about your week your dreams can seem way down the line, but select the actions that take you there, broken down into chunks of time. Break down your dreams into realtime goals and then goals into a plan, 52 weeks can change you from ‘I want to be’ to ‘I am’. No matter what your dreams, they’re only dreams without a plan, so chart your course in one week slots, seven days of ‘Yes I can!’.
When you set about your week your dreams can seem way down the line, but select the actions that take you there, broken down into chunks of time. Break down your dreams into realtime goals and then goals into a plan, 52 weeks can change you from ‘I want to be’ to ‘I am’. No matter what your dreams, they’re only dreams without a plan, so chart your course in one week slots, seven days of ‘Yes I can!’.
The suffocating suit of self pity, waiting for the world to change or help you out, crushes your control and is the opposite of empowered. Feeling sorry for yourself quickly twists into resentment, anger and jealousy which are all ultimately fear; fear that life is passing by when you know you could be happier. But arrest this fearful self sabotage with the shock of “It’s all on me! I can change this, I’ll move on, I’ll make my happy!”
The suffocating suit of self pity, waiting for the world to change or help you out, crushes your control and is the opposite of empowered. Feeling sorry for yourself quickly twists into resentment, anger and jealousy which are all ultimately fear; fear that life is passing by when you know you could be happier. But arrest this fearful self sabotage with the shock of “It’s all on me! I can change this, I’ll move on, I’ll make my happy!”
Confidence is not unfeeling arrogance or the absence of your fear but mastery of it with courage, to be you in the spotlight’s glare. To be who you know you already are because you’ve proven it to yourself; confidence is learnt, not ingrained or given by someone else. It’s fear that’s stopping you from being yourself in the wider world and that's damaging over time, but stand front and centre, look down life’s lens, be yourself and you’ll be fine.
Confidence is not unfeeling arrogance or the absence of your fear but mastery of it with courage, to be you in the spotlight’s glare. To be who you know you already are because you’ve proven it to yourself; confidence is learnt, not ingrained or given by someone else. It’s fear that’s stopping you from being yourself in the wider world and that's damaging over time, but stand front and centre, look down life’s lens, be yourself and you’ll be fine.
A random act of kindness can change the journey of your day, and no matter what has come and gone we don’t know what is on it’s way. Aesop said, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” In little gestures of compassion we open up the best of us, we define our life’s direction, and for today, that is enough.
A random act of kindness can change the journey of your day, and no matter what has come and gone we don’t know what is on it’s way. Aesop said, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” In little gestures of compassion we open up the best of us, we define our life’s direction, and for today, that is enough.
The trite advice to smile is too sweet to swallow whole, but that the world is just a mirror maybe makes you see smiling’s role. It’s the smile when you don’t feel like smiling that brightens someone’s day, the choice in that split second is positive over negativity. There’s no greater sign of happiness, contentment or the willingness for good than a smile upon your face that opens positive to you. I know this all sounds cheesy, but the science backs it up; smile more and your spirits rise, up and up and up.
The trite advice to smile is too sweet to swallow whole, but that the world is just a mirror maybe makes you see smiling’s role. It’s the smile when you don’t feel like smiling that brightens someone’s day, the choice in that split second is positive over negativity. There’s no greater sign of happiness, contentment or the willingness for good than a smile upon your face that opens positive to you. I know this all sounds cheesy, but the science backs it up; smile more and your spirits rise, up and up and up.
Does the clutter in your mind make it hard to know what’s wrong? Something's really bothering you but it’s hard to lay hands on. This state of anxious overload can really bring us to a halt, but in fact it’s often just too much on your mind, not something wrong that’s all your fault. Write it all on paper, clear the decks inside your head, then choose three things and get them done, and now your mind’s reset.
Does the clutter in your mind make it hard to know what’s wrong? Something's really bothering you but it’s hard to lay hands on. This state of anxious overload can really bring us to a halt, but in fact it’s often just too much on your mind, not something wrong that’s all your fault. Write it all on paper, clear the decks inside your head, then choose three things and get them done, and now your mind’s reset.
Your idea of normal is completely weird to someone else, so don’t strive to be your normal, just relax and be yourself. We can really hurt ourselves with ideas that we just don’t quite fit in, but talk to those who you think really do and you’ll find they feel the same. Be extraordinary, extra to the ordinary way; who wants to fit a glove that you wouldn’t wear anyway?
Your idea of normal is completely weird to someone else, so don’t strive to be your normal, just relax and be yourself. We can really hurt ourselves with ideas that we just don’t quite fit in, but talk to those who you think really do and you’ll find they feel the same. Be extraordinary, extra to the ordinary way; who wants to fit a glove that you wouldn’t wear anyway?
Today think of one thing that really fires you up, the thing you love the most, and this will interrupt the clockwork humdrum of the day if you’re feeling 'here we go again'; focus on your passion and today’s purpose towards that end. Think now of the higher you that thrills and sparks when lit, hold that truth, this real you at heart, and flood your day with it. Fill the gap between your passion and the daily tasks you do, in there lies your happiness, your why, the joy of you!
Today think of one thing that really fires you up, the thing you love the most, and this will interrupt the clockwork humdrum of the day if you’re feeling 'here we go again'; focus on your passion and today’s purpose towards that end. Think now of the higher you that thrills and sparks when lit, hold that truth, this real you at heart, and flood your day with it. Fill the gap between your passion and the daily tasks you do, in there lies your happiness, your why, the joy of you!
Change isn’t comfortable but clinging on to stay the same is just all sorts of wrong, our best life lies on the other side of change, and change we must before our chance to grow is gone. To hide away is shrinking and to face fear is to grow, and we might wish that this were different but in our hearts I think we all know that if we push ourselves to show up, get out there and stride past fear, the life we gain is stronger, we feel fulfilled and more complete.
Change isn’t comfortable but clinging on to stay the same is just all sorts of wrong, our best life lies on the other side of change, and change we must before our chance to grow is gone. To hide away is shrinking and to face fear is to grow, and we might wish that this were different but in our hearts I think we all know that if we push ourselves to show up, get out there and stride past fear, the life we gain is stronger, we feel fulfilled and more complete.
Yes, we can read thick books on mindfulness and use meditation apps, all helpful and wonderful, but let’s not get too confused about where your wellbeing’s at. If you train the eye to see puffs of beauty in your day and sit in silence, feel your breathing, you are well and on your way. These pillars of contentment will dissolve the weight of daily problems, simple, uncomplicated yet profound in how they solve them.
Yes, we can read thick books on mindfulness and use meditation apps, all helpful and wonderful, but let’s not get too confused about where your wellbeing’s at. If you train the eye to see puffs of beauty in your day and sit in silence, feel your breathing, you are well and on your way. These pillars of contentment will dissolve the weight of daily problems, simple, uncomplicated yet profound in how they solve them.
Procrastination is temporary relief from the stress of what needs done, it’s your mind coping with overwhelm, so forgive yourself and move on. Often we put off getting started for the deep set fear of finishing, our not being good enough or perfect at the core of what we’re resisting. Visualise the moment that you finish, ship it, send your ideas or just get that thing done, you’ll find resistance melts away and you have begun!
Procrastination is temporary relief from the stress of what needs done, it’s your mind coping with overwhelm, so forgive yourself and move on. Often we put off getting started for the deep set fear of finishing, our not being good enough or perfect at the core of what we’re resisting. Visualise the moment that you finish, ship it, send your ideas or just get that thing done, you’ll find resistance melts away and you have begun!
You can only be brave when you’re afraid, only bold when fears press in. Courage is doing it when you don’t know the outcome, but you know what you want, feel fear and dive in. Our lives are safe wrapped in cotton wool, but that’s not what living’s for…we can leap through fears to new endeavours, the deep fulfilment of evolving and more!
You can only be brave when you’re afraid, only bold when fears press in. Courage is doing it when you don’t know the outcome, but you know what you want, feel fear and dive in. Our lives are safe wrapped in cotton wool, but that’s not what living’s for…we can leap through fears to new endeavours, the deep fulfilment of evolving and more!
There’s nothing more disheartening than not making any ground, the wrong way up the escalator where massive effort still takes you down. Satisfaction comes not from where you are but from momentum, have you moved the dial today in the right direction? Progress, that's all that matters. Drop one meaningless task you do and replace it with the gift of an action for your betterment, this subtle life gear shift. Contentment comes from making progress not from 'making it'…today you can move forward, even if just a little bit.
There’s nothing more disheartening than not making any ground, the wrong way up the escalator where massive effort still takes you down. Satisfaction comes not from where you are but from momentum, have you moved the dial today in the right direction? Progress, that's all that matters. Drop one meaningless task you do and replace it with the gift of an action for your betterment, this subtle life gear shift. Contentment comes from making progress not from 'making it'…today you can move forward, even if just a little bit.
We are in the stillness, swimming through it’s space, and if we reach into the present we can find our peace today. Do you hear it under foot as your shoes trample the grass, or in the trees as wind gushes through, or as water flows to fill your bath? Is your stillness in the moment that morning tea touches your lips? Can you taste it in your evening as your tongue melts some chocolate? Do you notice stillness everywhere, deep peace, contentment flowing? The stillness of our ever now, ever here, and always growing.
We are in the stillness, swimming through it’s space, and if we reach into the present we can find our peace today. Do you hear it under foot as your shoes trample the grass, or in the trees as wind gushes through, or as water flows to fill your bath? Is your stillness in the moment that morning tea touches your lips? Can you taste it in your evening as your tongue melts some chocolate? Do you notice stillness everywhere, deep peace, contentment flowing? The stillness of our ever now, ever here, and always growing.
So many insights happen during warm showers! There’s nothing quite like doing nothing if you must get something done. First digest all the facts you need, then switch off, shower or run. The fearless glide of flow results from getting lost in thought, free running, letting your cogs spin, whilst your subconscious sets to work. A relaxing mind allows the brain to fuse deeper, broad reaching connections, to throw up answers, solve your problems, yes doing nothing is an action. Yes, there’s nothing quite like doing nothing if you must get something done!
So many insights happen during warm showers! There’s nothing quite like doing nothing if you must get something done. First digest all the facts you need, then switch off, shower or run. The fearless glide of flow results from getting lost in thought, free running, letting your cogs spin, whilst your subconscious sets to work. A relaxing mind allows the brain to fuse deeper, broad reaching connections, to throw up answers, solve your problems, yes doing nothing is an action. Yes, there’s nothing quite like doing nothing if you must get something done!
I don’t believe in lucky numbers but I know the power of attaching meaning, and how when we see this meaningful number, we FEEL lucky and that I DO believe in. This is the power of positive, zooming in on chance and hope, feeling lucky is the lucky, as your fears and doubts are dropped. See the good and good floods in, lean in and let luck thrive, feel your lucky numbers up because today you’re truly alive!
I don’t believe in lucky numbers but I know the power of attaching meaning, and how when we see this meaningful number, we FEEL lucky and that I DO believe in. This is the power of positive, zooming in on chance and hope, feeling lucky is the lucky, as your fears and doubts are dropped. See the good and good floods in, lean in and let luck thrive, feel your lucky numbers up because today you’re truly alive!
You can do this. You CAN do this. The world that you think will say, “Hey you, you don’t know what you’re doing!” isn’t there, it’s only fear, you can do what you’re pursuing. Don't expect fearless advances but rather seek courageous days; the push past fear once you’ve found your 'why' and you do it anyway. Then if your head lifts yearning for approval turn your eyes to you, and know that you know you pushed past fear, the feel good glow of I CAN DO!
You can do this. You CAN do this. The world that you think will say, “Hey you, you don’t know what you’re doing!” isn’t there, it’s only fear, you can do what you’re pursuing. Don't expect fearless advances but rather seek courageous days; the push past fear once you’ve found your 'why' and you do it anyway. Then if your head lifts yearning for approval turn your eyes to you, and know that you know you pushed past fear, the feel good glow of I CAN DO!
Two frogs sit on a lily pad and one decides to leap; how many frogs are on the lily pad now, since one thought it should leave? Two. Deciding isn’t doing, the frog’s still sitting still. Decisions and intentions are the spark that sets the course but it’s action that defines us and moves us forward most. By deciding you have set in motion providence to lend its hand, but it only works when you kick into action, jump and start!
Two frogs sit on a lily pad and one decides to leap; how many frogs are on the lily pad now, since one thought it should leave? Two. Deciding isn’t doing, the frog’s still sitting still. Decisions and intentions are the spark that sets the course but it’s action that defines us and moves us forward most. By deciding you have set in motion providence to lend its hand, but it only works when you kick into action, jump and start!
A big, solid YES to life can be your focus today, opportunity and flourishing relationships crushing any fearful need to hideaway. YES. This one word can sum up all the power you need today if stuck in ruts, falsely trapped, clinging to security. YES, humming with all it’s positives, the upward spiral of it’s sound, say YES to life, say YES today, to you, say YES deep and loud.
A big, solid YES to life can be your focus today, opportunity and flourishing relationships crushing any fearful need to hideaway. YES. This one word can sum up all the power you need today if stuck in ruts, falsely trapped, clinging to security. YES, humming with all it’s positives, the upward spiral of it’s sound, say YES to life, say YES today, to you, say YES deep and loud.
Big feelings often sprout from little things we’ve allowed to grow, but spot the pebble in your shoe, get it done and let it go. The impact of feeling less than great can permeate your day, and when feeling low we let more little things get in our way. Give yourself the gift of a heart lightened from this weight, make the call, do that job, get it done and you’ll feel great!
Big feelings often sprout from little things we’ve allowed to grow, but spot the pebble in your shoe, get it done and let it go. The impact of feeling less than great can permeate your day, and when feeling low we let more little things get in our way. Give yourself the gift of a heart lightened from this weight, make the call, do that job, get it done and you’ll feel great!
You can’t change other people, but change yourself and see how all around you shifts. Dissolve gridlock with others by changing tact from talk to listening. From need and anger to the synergy of 'help me to understand'…you’ve changed yourself and your perspective and hence the lay of the land. Then watch as the space you’ve given them to breathe and open up, releases tension in both of you, and you made this giant step. In this space you’ll then be heard and be understood in turn, the synergy of understanding, the win/win in you has won.
You can’t change other people, but change yourself and see how all around you shifts. Dissolve gridlock with others by changing tact from talk to listening. From need and anger to the synergy of 'help me to understand'…you’ve changed yourself and your perspective and hence the lay of the land. Then watch as the space you’ve given them to breathe and open up, releases tension in both of you, and you made this giant step. In this space you’ll then be heard and be understood in turn, the synergy of understanding, the win/win in you has won.
The ebb and flow of circumstance will impact how we feel but there is one quality you can develop that keeps your even keel…purpose. Beyond the day to day, deeper than the outside in, our purpose is what we’re sending out despite what’s happening. What is it I’m adding? What can I give today? This is our belonging, our meaning, our happy. See the meaning borne from adding to this life, the ever flowing river to the world from what’s inside. Find purpose and the hard days soften to it’s strengthened touch, the glow of your found meaning that you’ll find to mean so much.
The ebb and flow of circumstance will impact how we feel but there is one quality you can develop that keeps your even keel…purpose. Beyond the day to day, deeper than the outside in, our purpose is what we’re sending out despite what’s happening. What is it I’m adding? What can I give today? This is our belonging, our meaning, our happy. See the meaning borne from adding to this life, the ever flowing river to the world from what’s inside. Find purpose and the hard days soften to it’s strengthened touch, the glow of your found meaning that you’ll find to mean so much.
Your body language speaks volumes and your mind is listening, your posture affects your state of mind, change it and the effects are significant. When tired or dismayed you shrink to hide away but when you’re passionate and excited you walk tall, filling space as your spark's ignited. With action you can change direction, refuel the feel good fire, the mind and body, body and mind as one, energised and inspired!
Your body language speaks volumes and your mind is listening, your posture affects your state of mind, change it and the effects are significant. When tired or dismayed you shrink to hide away but when you’re passionate and excited you walk tall, filling space as your spark's ignited. With action you can change direction, refuel the feel good fire, the mind and body, body and mind as one, energised and inspired!
Today is your day to sit still with yourself, to begin on this journey to deep personal wealth. Today is for stillness and the peace you find there, for the freshness of beginnings in the crisp silent air. Today is for you to find some silence alone, where you will find you, where you will come home; sit with yourself and begin to find ground, the you that sings you without making a sound.
Today is your day to sit still with yourself, to begin on this journey to deep personal wealth. Today is for stillness and the peace you find there, for the freshness of beginnings in the crisp silent air. Today is for you to find some silence alone, where you will find you, where you will come home; sit with yourself and begin to find ground, the you that sings you without making a sound.
Patience is a proactive skill borne from knowing why you’re persisting… past drudgery and repetition, when it seems time is resisting. When your 'why' is far greater than the moment of boredom or the self pity of effort unnoticed, your patience kicks in like a blanket resolve, and you return with your purpose reloaded. This is the plateau where the real work is done, where you in your steady silence will surely become.
Patience is a proactive skill borne from knowing why you’re persisting… past drudgery and repetition, when it seems time is resisting. When your 'why' is far greater than the moment of boredom or the self pity of effort unnoticed, your patience kicks in like a blanket resolve, and you return with your purpose reloaded. This is the plateau where the real work is done, where you in your steady silence will surely become.
Inspiration IS motivation, the drive for us to see, the world in all it's majesty, the all that we can be. To stretch the eyes, mind and imagination beyond where we are right now, fires up our inspiration and this is motivation's power. Reach out and touch this inspiration, bring it close to heart, then apply it to your day today, grab the wheel and start. Journey to that glowing fire you feel when touched upon, inspired by reality, the magic of 'You Can!'
Inspiration IS motivation, the drive for us to see, the world in all it's majesty, the all that we can be. To stretch the eyes, mind and imagination beyond where we are right now, fires up our inspiration and this is motivation's power. Reach out and touch this inspiration, bring it close to heart, then apply it to your day today, grab the wheel and start. Journey to that glowing fire you feel when touched upon, inspired by reality, the magic of 'You Can!'
Begin with the end in mind; how simple a thought yet one we forget as we go about our lives. To start new things knowing where they can go is essential for developing self, the dot on the horizon and the map to get there, whether fitness, relationships or wealth. Imagine building that Ikea bookshelf without the instructions, no picture or even idea… yeh, you’d build something and you knew what you wanted but there’s no plan without the end being clear.
Begin with the end in mind; how simple a thought yet one we forget as we go about our lives. To start new things knowing where they can go is essential for developing self, the dot on the horizon and the map to get there, whether fitness, relationships or wealth. Imagine building that Ikea bookshelf without the instructions, no picture or even idea… yeh, you’d build something and you knew what you wanted but there’s no plan without the end being clear.
Sit still in silence and know that this is changing you over time, just like lifting weights builds muscle, this defines your mind. We can build contentment in our minds by training stillness there, awareness blossoms by calmly observing life without a care. Sit in silence by yourself, 3 minutes daily to build this fitness of a different kind; this defines your minds perspective and this changes your life.
Sit still in silence and know that this is changing you over time, just like lifting weights builds muscle, this defines your mind. We can build contentment in our minds by training stillness there, awareness blossoms by calmly observing life without a care. Sit in silence by yourself, 3 minutes daily to build this fitness of a different kind; this defines your minds perspective and this changes your life.
Through hard times that you can’t control that life has thrown at you seeing trials as stepping stones, talking and asking for help is often just enough to get you through. Yes, getting through; it seems our deepest drive is to persevere, so see the good that you’re sustaining in the hard times you endure. If you’re struggling talk to someone, this is part of nature’s will; for us to strive together, to join hands and climb the hill.
Through hard times that you can’t control that life has thrown at you seeing trials as stepping stones, talking and asking for help is often just enough to get you through. Yes, getting through; it seems our deepest drive is to persevere, so see the good that you’re sustaining in the hard times you endure. If you’re struggling talk to someone, this is part of nature’s will; for us to strive together, to join hands and climb the hill.
Nurturing the glow of doing a little everyday towards big things that will change your life becomes the reward each and of itself, the wholesome contented thrum of building your inner and outer wealth. I used to want it all right now and so nothing was my gain…just daily yearning then disappointment, short term win and long term pain. Tip the balance in your heart from need today to 'I will be!', then bathe in the glow of knowing that you’re sculpting destiny.
Nurturing the glow of doing a little everyday towards big things that will change your life becomes the reward each and of itself, the wholesome contented thrum of building your inner and outer wealth. I used to want it all right now and so nothing was my gain…just daily yearning then disappointment, short term win and long term pain. Tip the balance in your heart from need today to 'I will be!', then bathe in the glow of knowing that you’re sculpting destiny.
There it is... resentment, tugging at your sleeve, skewering deeply 'They did this, or said that', suffocating the best of you until you can barely breathe. Divert your thoughts from the downward drag of what someone's done to you, and walk forward onto the upward spiral of all that you CAN do. You CAN move on, you CAN let go, you CAN be free today, YOU CAN stop the rot of bitterness that slowly eats you away. You CAN and WILL be free of angry hate if you WANT to, see it as the poison that is only harming you!
There it is... resentment, tugging at your sleeve, skewering deeply 'They did this, or said that', suffocating the best of you until you can barely breathe. Divert your thoughts from the downward drag of what someone's done to you, and walk forward onto the upward spiral of all that you CAN do. You CAN move on, you CAN let go, you CAN be free today, YOU CAN stop the rot of bitterness that slowly eats you away. You CAN and WILL be free of angry hate if you WANT to, see it as the poison that is only harming you!
Some of our busiest days are our least productive; it’s not how busy we are but what we’re busy about. Choose what really matters to you, then get busy from the inside out. Put that into action, little tasks you do today, make true 'busy-ness' your business to do your best life your way.
Some of our busiest days are our least productive; it’s not how busy we are but what we’re busy about. Choose what really matters to you, then get busy from the inside out. Put that into action, little tasks you do today, make true 'busy-ness' your business to do your best life your way.
Anchor thoughts are emotional triggers that will take you to that good place, a thought and feeling you recall when there’s a challenge in your way. We won’t always feel like doing what we want to do, but do it anyway and these anchor thoughts will help you. Use this tool to get you through the things that you don’t enjoy, when your head says 'I must do this', but your feelings say 'Avoid'!
Anchor thoughts are emotional triggers that will take you to that good place, a thought and feeling you recall when there’s a challenge in your way. We won’t always feel like doing what we want to do, but do it anyway and these anchor thoughts will help you. Use this tool to get you through the things that you don’t enjoy, when your head says 'I must do this', but your feelings say 'Avoid'!
Abandon who you thought you’d be and choose again today; whoever said the 18 year old you had more vision and clarity? We live many lives all joined up as one; we change, we evolve, and we can choose and this chapter has just begun. Don’t give away your future chasing picture postcards from the past, live the dream you dream today from all that led you on this path.
Abandon who you thought you’d be and choose again today; whoever said the 18 year old you had more vision and clarity? We live many lives all joined up as one; we change, we evolve, and we can choose and this chapter has just begun. Don’t give away your future chasing picture postcards from the past, live the dream you dream today from all that led you on this path.
Your greatness thrives from focusing on what you’re good at doing, your individual talent, the passion you’re pursuing. Go all in on what thrills you, excel at that and see the right doors open for you to your opportunity. Do what you excel at and stick to it like glue, again, again, 10,000 hours and I guarantee you will break through. Don’t get caught up in the crisis of urgent unimportant tasks, single out your purpose and dedicate your time to that!
Your greatness thrives from focusing on what you’re good at doing, your individual talent, the passion you’re pursuing. Go all in on what thrills you, excel at that and see the right doors open for you to your opportunity. Do what you excel at and stick to it like glue, again, again, 10,000 hours and I guarantee you will break through. Don’t get caught up in the crisis of urgent unimportant tasks, single out your purpose and dedicate your time to that!
Beyond your empowering morning routine where you find intention from being peaceful, there’s a day of progress to made where you can move the needle! Progress, no matter how big or small, is all you need to feel accomplished, the forward motion not the fall. And your best today is all the progress that you need, to move that needle just a bit, face forward, strong and free.
Beyond your empowering morning routine where you find intention from being peaceful, there’s a day of progress to made where you can move the needle! Progress, no matter how big or small, is all you need to feel accomplished, the forward motion not the fall. And your best today is all the progress that you need, to move that needle just a bit, face forward, strong and free.
Do you have a plan for YOU? We would never build a house without a plan being written down yet we live our lives in hope that what we want will just come about. To move towards your dreams your best start is a map. A daily journal, just bullet points, will help you to see you, to chart the course of destiny and build the life you choose.
Do you have a plan for YOU? We would never build a house without a plan being written down yet we live our lives in hope that what we want will just come about. To move towards your dreams your best start is a map. A daily journal, just bullet points, will help you to see you, to chart the course of destiny and build the life you choose.
It's episode 200! Two hundred days of morning writing, recording and posting online without one gap shows me that there’s really something to this 'taking one day at a time'. Persistence and consistency will break down any damn, the walls we build, the fears we have, and can become the core of 'who I am'. In daily silence we find who we are then choose how to be us more, then just do today true to yourself and tomorrow’s best unfolds.
It's episode 200! Two hundred days of morning writing, recording and posting online without one gap shows me that there’s really something to this 'taking one day at a time'. Persistence and consistency will break down any damn, the walls we build, the fears we have, and can become the core of 'who I am'. In daily silence we find who we are then choose how to be us more, then just do today true to yourself and tomorrow’s best unfolds.
The proof is in the pudding, the menu is not the meal, it’s in the doing of this morning routine that you’ll change the way you feel. Just as the ‘to do’ list is not the getting done, just listening to this will not help the new you become! Morning 'practice' means just that, life getting better over time, and it’s when I began sitting in silence that I altered the course of mine.
The proof is in the pudding, the menu is not the meal, it’s in the doing of this morning routine that you’ll change the way you feel. Just as the ‘to do’ list is not the getting done, just listening to this will not help the new you become! Morning 'practice' means just that, life getting better over time, and it’s when I began sitting in silence that I altered the course of mine.
We are the sum of our day to day, the drip drip details of our lives, if we nourish and tend the little things, the giant in us thrives. Waking to a new day is the best time to start this plan, this attention to your detail, the 'How I act is who I am!'. The snooze button sends you backwards into sleep cycles that have stopped, and that’s why when you do get up, you feel like you could drop. And often even before we rise we're reaching for our phone, checking emails, facebook and twitter and then all our peace has gone.
We are the sum of our day to day, the drip drip details of our lives, if we nourish and tend the little things, the giant in us thrives. Waking to a new day is the best time to start this plan, this attention to your detail, the 'How I act is who I am!'. The snooze button sends you backwards into sleep cycles that have stopped, and that’s why when you do get up, you feel like you could drop. And often even before we rise we're reaching for our phone, checking emails, facebook and twitter and then all our peace has gone.
Lift your head above your life and look down at the path you’re forming, guide yourself from up above, in the stillness of the morning. Turn off your stressed out autopilot, stand still upon the bridge, you are the master of your life, the captain of your ship. Set you intentions, be clear and lead so you decide your course. Ask where do I want to get to and does what I’m doing take me closer?
Lift your head above your life and look down at the path you’re forming, guide yourself from up above, in the stillness of the morning. Turn off your stressed out autopilot, stand still upon the bridge, you are the master of your life, the captain of your ship. Set you intentions, be clear and lead so you decide your course. Ask where do I want to get to and does what I’m doing take me closer?
Our minds are the engines of our lives and our mornings are the fuel. If you fill your engine with what’s right for you, you’ll ignite all that your life can do. The first thirty minutes at the dawn of your day will define your direction in life. Give yourself the gift of half an hour’s 'me' time, a morning routine, right at the top of your day; you giving you the time to unfold, to hear you and all that you say.
Our minds are the engines of our lives and our mornings are the fuel. If you fill your engine with what’s right for you, you’ll ignite all that your life can do. The first thirty minutes at the dawn of your day will define your direction in life. Give yourself the gift of half an hour’s 'me' time, a morning routine, right at the top of your day; you giving you the time to unfold, to hear you and all that you say.
A morning routine doesn’t take time, it makes time. In the stillness of breathing you can hear your true voice, and with focused intention you’ve begun with a choice. Inner peace in the morning clears the mind for your vision, then courage evolves for your personal mission. If you begin each new day with a morning routine, your life will expand towards who you should be.
A morning routine doesn’t take time, it makes time. In the stillness of breathing you can hear your true voice, and with focused intention you’ve begun with a choice. Inner peace in the morning clears the mind for your vision, then courage evolves for your personal mission. If you begin each new day with a morning routine, your life will expand towards who you should be.
Don’t let routine be something that happens to you but change it to something you do. This change from a reactive to a proactive mindset is the key to your best sense of you! The proactive force of seizing your day with a peaceful awakened routine will banish resistance, the "Oh damn, not this!", and turn dread into opportunity. The resistance to change is often the problem and not the change itself, so if we change how we see things first, we find that all will be well.
Don’t let routine be something that happens to you but change it to something you do. This change from a reactive to a proactive mindset is the key to your best sense of you! The proactive force of seizing your day with a peaceful awakened routine will banish resistance, the "Oh damn, not this!", and turn dread into opportunity. The resistance to change is often the problem and not the change itself, so if we change how we see things first, we find that all will be well.
Confidence is trust you've earned in yourself to handle situations and get things done. Make one commitment to yourself today then keep it, and not a lot of things, just one. Commit today to doing one thing that will set your course on the change you desire, you are the master of your ship, your life on the upward spiral.
Confidence is trust you've earned in yourself to handle situations and get things done. Make one commitment to yourself today then keep it, and not a lot of things, just one. Commit today to doing one thing that will set your course on the change you desire, you are the master of your ship, your life on the upward spiral.
You have the profoundly human freedom of personal responsibility, 'response ability', your ability to respond. It’s not what life throws at us but how we then react that carves our lives in our character and the life we build from that. A breath, a thought, a conscious choice of how you will respond, and in that pocket of your future unfolding you’ve changed, seized freedom and grown.
You have the profoundly human freedom of personal responsibility, 'response ability', your ability to respond. It’s not what life throws at us but how we then react that carves our lives in our character and the life we build from that. A breath, a thought, a conscious choice of how you will respond, and in that pocket of your future unfolding you’ve changed, seized freedom and grown.
The thing you fear the most is what you need to do. You could fear a million things or none but that fear you have is real for you. Your worst fears swarm you in clouds of feelings that halt you in your path, but define them, think them through to the end, and you cut your fears in half. Do one thing today that you’ve been putting off too long; it’s fear, it’s an illusion, it’s magnified, it’s wrong!
The thing you fear the most is what you need to do. You could fear a million things or none but that fear you have is real for you. Your worst fears swarm you in clouds of feelings that halt you in your path, but define them, think them through to the end, and you cut your fears in half. Do one thing today that you’ve been putting off too long; it’s fear, it’s an illusion, it’s magnified, it’s wrong!
For the first time in human history we hold in our hands a device that contains access to every audio and visual creation ever recorded, every word ever written and published lies open on it’s screen…from the speeches of Martin Luther King, to Harry Potter, Socrates to Kendrick Lamar and everything in between. This smart tool is a titan in our hands if we choose to use it for us rather than the suffocation of getting lost in random scrolling for too long; choose to use the world of inspiration in your hand, your life, your film, your song.
For the first time in human history we hold in our hands a device that contains access to every audio and visual creation ever recorded, every word ever written and published lies open on it’s screen…from the speeches of Martin Luther King, to Harry Potter, Socrates to Kendrick Lamar and everything in between. This smart tool is a titan in our hands if we choose to use it for us rather than the suffocation of getting lost in random scrolling for too long; choose to use the world of inspiration in your hand, your life, your film, your song.
Just do today. This is a grounding thought for you when a little blown away. When caught in gusts of overwhelm or back to work with a jolt, this mantra covers all you need to weather the fear fuelled bolt. If you’re looking at the mountain and thinking, "That’s too much for me!", take a breath, just do today, focus on your feet. One step forward, the evening comes and you have won, you lived just for today again, towards all that you’ll become.
Just do today. This is a grounding thought for you when a little blown away. When caught in gusts of overwhelm or back to work with a jolt, this mantra covers all you need to weather the fear fuelled bolt. If you’re looking at the mountain and thinking, "That’s too much for me!", take a breath, just do today, focus on your feet. One step forward, the evening comes and you have won, you lived just for today again, towards all that you’ll become.
We too often think of how much better life could be, when in fact it helps us more to think, "I can better me." Finding who you are and want to be can be cloudy but there’s usually a strong urge and longing deep inside. Take note of what attributes you envy in others, this can be your guide!
We too often think of how much better life could be, when in fact it helps us more to think, "I can better me." Finding who you are and want to be can be cloudy but there’s usually a strong urge and longing deep inside. Take note of what attributes you envy in others, this can be your guide!
We are not getting any further in life by being tense and tight, in fact we’ll flow much faster, get more done in inspiring ways if we are fun and light. Showing others that we mean business by getting all grit, frown, huff and puff just pushes people back from us until they’ve had enough. Do your best just for yourself, not your Mum or Dad, sisters or brothers. And if we’re doing it for us then we don’t need to show the strain, we go at it with joy and have fun again, again!
We are not getting any further in life by being tense and tight, in fact we’ll flow much faster, get more done in inspiring ways if we are fun and light. Showing others that we mean business by getting all grit, frown, huff and puff just pushes people back from us until they’ve had enough. Do your best just for yourself, not your Mum or Dad, sisters or brothers. And if we’re doing it for us then we don’t need to show the strain, we go at it with joy and have fun again, again!
You can’t be brave if you’re not afraid, no courage unless you’re scared. Your heart’s desire needs following, and you will need bravery and courage to take you there. If we didn’t need to get there we wouldn’t need to grow, but as chick's first flight from cliff top nests, we must take the leap and go. 'Coeur' is heart in French, 'coeur'age is the passion of your heart explored!
You can’t be brave if you’re not afraid, no courage unless you’re scared. Your heart’s desire needs following, and you will need bravery and courage to take you there. If we didn’t need to get there we wouldn’t need to grow, but as chick's first flight from cliff top nests, we must take the leap and go. 'Coeur' is heart in French, 'coeur'age is the passion of your heart explored!
Anxiety is a word that barely touches the size of what we feel when cowering in the terror of the impending doom that has no reason but feels so real. A daily practice of finding peace has saved me from myself, dissolved now in taking nothing, but sitting daily and finding air. If you suffer at the hands of anxious sudden fear, know that there are ways to manage anxiety, and you can start right here.
Anxiety is a word that barely touches the size of what we feel when cowering in the terror of the impending doom that has no reason but feels so real. A daily practice of finding peace has saved me from myself, dissolved now in taking nothing, but sitting daily and finding air. If you suffer at the hands of anxious sudden fear, know that there are ways to manage anxiety, and you can start right here.
Doing things that you don’t feel like doing can change your entire life. You’re never going to feel like doing all the things that you want for you, but you will feel great if you plan these choices, trust yourself and DO. Think of someone that you really respect, a hero that inspires you with how they live, then do as they would, this tool’s called 'act as if'. Picture that person that lifts you up, become them, do what they would do. Ignore your feelings, trust your plan, 'act as if' they’re you.
Doing things that you don’t feel like doing can change your entire life. You’re never going to feel like doing all the things that you want for you, but you will feel great if you plan these choices, trust yourself and DO. Think of someone that you really respect, a hero that inspires you with how they live, then do as they would, this tool’s called 'act as if'. Picture that person that lifts you up, become them, do what they would do. Ignore your feelings, trust your plan, 'act as if' they’re you.
Do you get a slump from seeing summer days get shorter now? Or does the turning tide of winter months condemn you to feeling down? Reframe the darker evenings to early books curled up inside, to steaming soup, seasoned and spiced by a long autumn walk and sipped by fireside. The leaves that fall to grow again crackle underfoot, welcome in the autumn, fall, the seasons change as a time to grow, renew!
Do you get a slump from seeing summer days get shorter now? Or does the turning tide of winter months condemn you to feeling down? Reframe the darker evenings to early books curled up inside, to steaming soup, seasoned and spiced by a long autumn walk and sipped by fireside. The leaves that fall to grow again crackle underfoot, welcome in the autumn, fall, the seasons change as a time to grow, renew!
Do you dream so much that you forget to live? Use the still you find in you to lean into your "What if...". "What if I asked them for some help, what if I posted that today, what if I started with one small step, what if I went all the way?" Self development is for living, it’s not a life itself; it’s the fuel to build a life of active happiness and inner wealth. Living, breathing, moving, making, creating, working well....talking, meeting, listening, speaking, this is real self help!
Do you dream so much that you forget to live? Use the still you find in you to lean into your "What if...". "What if I asked them for some help, what if I posted that today, what if I started with one small step, what if I went all the way?" Self development is for living, it’s not a life itself; it’s the fuel to build a life of active happiness and inner wealth. Living, breathing, moving, making, creating, working well....talking, meeting, listening, speaking, this is real self help!
Our wishes lie in plain sight waiting for us to start, to take them from the shelves of hope and pull them from our heart. Put them in our hands and feet and have them come to life, what you want is found in doing what you want today, tonight. "I wish that I was 'dot dot dot'!" can push our dreams away, say "I want to be...", then be it now, just start today!
Our wishes lie in plain sight waiting for us to start, to take them from the shelves of hope and pull them from our heart. Put them in our hands and feet and have them come to life, what you want is found in doing what you want today, tonight. "I wish that I was 'dot dot dot'!" can push our dreams away, say "I want to be...", then be it now, just start today!
Helping others helps yourself in a 'win/win' way to the freedom of 'all is good'. Nothing interrupts the strain of overthinking self like thinking of someone else and not you. This release from the contortions of going round and round ourselves again can come in a simple shop visit for a neighbour, or a call to a weary friend. The most profound antidote to wallowing in the too much self of "Who am I today?", is to reach out to someone else with kindness and give some of that self away.
Helping others helps yourself in a 'win/win' way to the freedom of 'all is good'. Nothing interrupts the strain of overthinking self like thinking of someone else and not you. This release from the contortions of going round and round ourselves again can come in a simple shop visit for a neighbour, or a call to a weary friend. The most profound antidote to wallowing in the too much self of "Who am I today?", is to reach out to someone else with kindness and give some of that self away.
Nothing is more powerful in your life than YOU waking up to what YOU want, thinking clearly and setting your intentions. This shines the spotlight on all the reasons why you can and confirms the evidence you’ve got. Set your intentions as you wake up, before being bombarded by news and social media. Set the course of your day unfolding before your day unfolds, live the life you have imagined, you’ve decided, not your phone.
Nothing is more powerful in your life than YOU waking up to what YOU want, thinking clearly and setting your intentions. This shines the spotlight on all the reasons why you can and confirms the evidence you’ve got. Set your intentions as you wake up, before being bombarded by news and social media. Set the course of your day unfolding before your day unfolds, live the life you have imagined, you’ve decided, not your phone.
All the GREATNESS in you is in the NOW of what you’re pursuing. Our ability to live a productive today whilst staying open to our fluid tomorrow sums up mindful practice, the power of now in action. We can control what we do but not all the results of our doing and that’s good because......all the greatness in you is in the now of what you’re pursuing.
All the GREATNESS in you is in the NOW of what you’re pursuing. Our ability to live a productive today whilst staying open to our fluid tomorrow sums up mindful practice, the power of now in action. We can control what we do but not all the results of our doing and that’s good because......all the greatness in you is in the now of what you’re pursuing.
Freedom from thinking the whole world is watching comes in the tough form of "they’re not"! If you’re holding yourself hostage to “What will they think?” it’s time to accept that they won’t. This is the real hard hitting release from the prison of ‘everyone’s watching’ when they don’t. People are busy living their lives, so jump in, get going, and breathe. Get going, keep going, you’re free.
Freedom from thinking the whole world is watching comes in the tough form of "they’re not"! If you’re holding yourself hostage to “What will they think?” it’s time to accept that they won’t. This is the real hard hitting release from the prison of ‘everyone’s watching’ when they don’t. People are busy living their lives, so jump in, get going, and breathe. Get going, keep going, you’re free.
Taking yourself too seriously to fit your 'grown up' stance will stop your replenishing, joyful font of success so kick off your shoes and dance! A lifetime of wrongly learning that all the important stuff is serious and the fun stuff is not can throw us off the scent that in fact a heart full of happiness and passion will lead you to a better life.
Taking yourself too seriously to fit your 'grown up' stance will stop your replenishing, joyful font of success so kick off your shoes and dance! A lifetime of wrongly learning that all the important stuff is serious and the fun stuff is not can throw us off the scent that in fact a heart full of happiness and passion will lead you to a better life.
Think of how often you do things to numb, to avoid unknown feelings but then what you do in those moments you become. So you have not chosen a huge part of your actions, they were all chosen for you by fear and distraction. Imagine replacing those ticks with some stillness, without numbing behaviours your whole life then changes. So when you notice you’re about to do something to numb, use this escape hatch to stillness and see what you become!
Think of how often you do things to numb, to avoid unknown feelings but then what you do in those moments you become. So you have not chosen a huge part of your actions, they were all chosen for you by fear and distraction. Imagine replacing those ticks with some stillness, without numbing behaviours your whole life then changes. So when you notice you’re about to do something to numb, use this escape hatch to stillness and see what you become!
Hard work can seem daunting but ‘HARD FUN’ terms it best if you’re aiming to do what you love. Bring passion to all that your hand turns to today and the work part will simply dissolve. “It’s all on me” can feel tough to take on but in fact it empowers our day, then see effort as part of the path to your best, the hard fun, then push forward today.
Hard work can seem daunting but ‘HARD FUN’ terms it best if you’re aiming to do what you love. Bring passion to all that your hand turns to today and the work part will simply dissolve. “It’s all on me” can feel tough to take on but in fact it empowers our day, then see effort as part of the path to your best, the hard fun, then push forward today.
Do WHAT you love for YOU, need no approval and you are free, to blossom, prosper in humble talent, lived confidently. Take the burden of living for others firmly from your back, and know they’ll only ever want a loving smile, to love and smile at back. Do what you love for your potential to be realised today, for the smile in you to others and the love you can then give away.
Do WHAT you love for YOU, need no approval and you are free, to blossom, prosper in humble talent, lived confidently. Take the burden of living for others firmly from your back, and know they’ll only ever want a loving smile, to love and smile at back. Do what you love for your potential to be realised today, for the smile in you to others and the love you can then give away.
There is probably one thing that you’re avoiding and it’s blocking you from moving on. You’re putting it off until all that fear has gone. But it’s the 'not doing it' where all the fear comes from! And then we’re stuck in overthinking, making it all emotional and psychological when we could just do the thing instead. Do it, that one thing that’s in your way. Take a breath, count down from 5 and do it now, today!
There is probably one thing that you’re avoiding and it’s blocking you from moving on. You’re putting it off until all that fear has gone. But it’s the 'not doing it' where all the fear comes from! And then we’re stuck in overthinking, making it all emotional and psychological when we could just do the thing instead. Do it, that one thing that’s in your way. Take a breath, count down from 5 and do it now, today!
Winners are winners before they have won, the winning is just the result. And much like the badly injured soldier who then goes on to marathon run, the fall often happens before the truly heroic climb’s begun. The hardest journey often brings out the strong heart in us and it’s from there that we find the strength, this power undiscovered until we were pushed to go past the norm to our best.
Winners are winners before they have won, the winning is just the result. And much like the badly injured soldier who then goes on to marathon run, the fall often happens before the truly heroic climb’s begun. The hardest journey often brings out the strong heart in us and it’s from there that we find the strength, this power undiscovered until we were pushed to go past the norm to our best.
If your positive outlook flows from finding silence within yourself then it is authentic, true and a powerful tool. But if it’s force-fed from the morning mirror "Go get ‘em tiger" falsehood or the mask wearing of "I’m fine, I’m fine! Life is good.” then it will undermine you. Find this inner peace and let it be the backdrop of your good thoughts; it’s more 'tuning in' to what you know than painting cracks with pained smiles on top.
If your positive outlook flows from finding silence within yourself then it is authentic, true and a powerful tool. But if it’s force-fed from the morning mirror "Go get ‘em tiger" falsehood or the mask wearing of "I’m fine, I’m fine! Life is good.” then it will undermine you. Find this inner peace and let it be the backdrop of your good thoughts; it’s more 'tuning in' to what you know than painting cracks with pained smiles on top.
Waking up at the same time every day is one of nature's greatest anti anxiety and depression remedies as we fall into the circadian rhythms that conduct the orchestra of our wellbeing. Routine can sound dowdy when setting your life on fire, but the flames of inspiration love fuel, and yours comes from good rest, rhythms and routines, then into mindset, thought choices and do!
Waking up at the same time every day is one of nature's greatest anti anxiety and depression remedies as we fall into the circadian rhythms that conduct the orchestra of our wellbeing. Routine can sound dowdy when setting your life on fire, but the flames of inspiration love fuel, and yours comes from good rest, rhythms and routines, then into mindset, thought choices and do!
Gazing into the shop front window of other peoples lives stops you from living yours today, there’s only one person you need to compare to and that’s who you were yesterday! Your best today, means a better tomorrow, and a better tomorrow means growth…be inspired by others, let their life lift you up, but don’t compare because how they got there, you don’t know. Turn off the 'tip of the iceberg' reports of the best of all those we half know; your best today means you are better tomorrow, be free, be you and grow!
Gazing into the shop front window of other peoples lives stops you from living yours today, there’s only one person you need to compare to and that’s who you were yesterday! Your best today, means a better tomorrow, and a better tomorrow means growth…be inspired by others, let their life lift you up, but don’t compare because how they got there, you don’t know. Turn off the 'tip of the iceberg' reports of the best of all those we half know; your best today means you are better tomorrow, be free, be you and grow!
Setting the sails of your destiny whilst accepting that you can’t control the wind sums up the internal balance where either discontent or harmony begins. A keen awareness of what you can change defines your locus of control, your self belief is best built on what you can do and what you know to let go. Then you can write a plan of 'what you can' and do one thing today, and in that action you have sailed towards your destiny.
Setting the sails of your destiny whilst accepting that you can’t control the wind sums up the internal balance where either discontent or harmony begins. A keen awareness of what you can change defines your locus of control, your self belief is best built on what you can do and what you know to let go. Then you can write a plan of 'what you can' and do one thing today, and in that action you have sailed towards your destiny.
Nothing brings a sense of calm like connecting to the greater whole, soaking up the universe, drinking in this world. This world is you connected not a separate part observing, you’re a glorious cog in the majestic wheel of consciousness evolving. Don’t struggle, do not fight the flow of being part of this, today be still, be wide awake, be inspiration, be bliss.
Nothing brings a sense of calm like connecting to the greater whole, soaking up the universe, drinking in this world. This world is you connected not a separate part observing, you’re a glorious cog in the majestic wheel of consciousness evolving. Don’t struggle, do not fight the flow of being part of this, today be still, be wide awake, be inspiration, be bliss.
When 'you like you' you like others too, you listen, help and care. 'You like you' by looking inside and finding love and stillness there. This is wealth, your inner freedom, the "I’m alright, are you?” and from here wealth in all other forms becomes just what you choose to do.
When 'you like you' you like others too, you listen, help and care. 'You like you' by looking inside and finding love and stillness there. This is wealth, your inner freedom, the "I’m alright, are you?” and from here wealth in all other forms becomes just what you choose to do.
“It doesn’t matter where you are right now, as long as you are moving in the right direction.” So, how much should you do today? As much or as little as you can manage, whatever that may be, as long as it’s in the right direction you’ll have harmony. Today is only one small step in the road trip of your life, it doesn’t matter how big the step just if your direction’s right.
“It doesn’t matter where you are right now, as long as you are moving in the right direction.” So, how much should you do today? As much or as little as you can manage, whatever that may be, as long as it’s in the right direction you’ll have harmony. Today is only one small step in the road trip of your life, it doesn’t matter how big the step just if your direction’s right.
Flashes of intuition, having a hunch or a gut feeling that something’s right are pretty hard to hear and even harder to follow if you’re locked in fear and fright. How can you follow your heart if your heart is in distress? No one can hear their calling over the din of uneasiness. First you must find stillness to let profound intuition speak, from peace you’ll hear and feel the flashes of what’s best for you, deeply personal and unique.
Flashes of intuition, having a hunch or a gut feeling that something’s right are pretty hard to hear and even harder to follow if you’re locked in fear and fright. How can you follow your heart if your heart is in distress? No one can hear their calling over the din of uneasiness. First you must find stillness to let profound intuition speak, from peace you’ll hear and feel the flashes of what’s best for you, deeply personal and unique.
Do you feel sorry for yourself? You might have had bad luck or more but nothing destroys us like the rot of self pity. However, nothing destroys the rot of self pity like the humility you gain from gratitude, deeply felt for all you are and have. Re-focus on who you ARE and what you HAVE to find the comfort of humble, quiet confidence.
Do you feel sorry for yourself? You might have had bad luck or more but nothing destroys us like the rot of self pity. However, nothing destroys the rot of self pity like the humility you gain from gratitude, deeply felt for all you are and have. Re-focus on who you ARE and what you HAVE to find the comfort of humble, quiet confidence.
Setting what you intend is in it’s most potent form in a practice called AFFIRMATIONS. Affirmations are easy and powerful…you simply imagine the outcome you desire and repeat it to yourself. This isn’t hocus pocus and doesn't happen magically, it’s just stating desires and making real what you can really make for you!
Setting what you intend is in it’s most potent form in a practice called AFFIRMATIONS. Affirmations are easy and powerful…you simply imagine the outcome you desire and repeat it to yourself. This isn’t hocus pocus and doesn't happen magically, it’s just stating desires and making real what you can really make for you!
Begin, that is all! Start with one small daily do. Let today be next years memory of the day that you broke through. Awaken to a new day of infinite possibilities and set your dial to DO, write the novel of your life in the actions that define you! Begin!
Begin, that is all! Start with one small daily do. Let today be next years memory of the day that you broke through. Awaken to a new day of infinite possibilities and set your dial to DO, write the novel of your life in the actions that define you! Begin!
You can find the diamond in the dust of your day, the gold in them there hills, by channeling your thoughts towards the things that inspire and sparkle. Choosing to think is an action and a trust that this stuff works! It really is that simple but it’s not easy to begin as it feels false and superficial. But change comes and your positive thoughts will start to flow, and slowly what at first is awkward and very conscious will become the only way you know.
You can find the diamond in the dust of your day, the gold in them there hills, by channeling your thoughts towards the things that inspire and sparkle. Choosing to think is an action and a trust that this stuff works! It really is that simple but it’s not easy to begin as it feels false and superficial. But change comes and your positive thoughts will start to flow, and slowly what at first is awkward and very conscious will become the only way you know.
Confidence is earned, learnt from repeated actions rewarded with results. Confidence is the sculpture formed from the chisel blows of challenge, overcoming fears and finding that you’re fine, pushing past resistance just one more time. Confidence is real, not wished for on a star, confidence is you knowing and doing exactly who you are.
Confidence is earned, learnt from repeated actions rewarded with results. Confidence is the sculpture formed from the chisel blows of challenge, overcoming fears and finding that you’re fine, pushing past resistance just one more time. Confidence is real, not wished for on a star, confidence is you knowing and doing exactly who you are.
Let's talk of the brighter side of life; this doesn’t deny the struggles we sometimes bare, it just reminds that through bad times, joy is still there. Beauty still radiates around every corner, winter can’t halt the days getting warmer, the world keeps evolving in eruptions of life, no matter how dark it is there will always be light!
Let's talk of the brighter side of life; this doesn’t deny the struggles we sometimes bare, it just reminds that through bad times, joy is still there. Beauty still radiates around every corner, winter can’t halt the days getting warmer, the world keeps evolving in eruptions of life, no matter how dark it is there will always be light!
Use fear to signal the way ahead, the resistance to lean into, to grow, to rise above yourself. You can use what you fear because often what you are resisting is what you have to do! Get one up on fear by using it to guide, lean into it, grow, evolve, it’s the map you have inside!
Use fear to signal the way ahead, the resistance to lean into, to grow, to rise above yourself. You can use what you fear because often what you are resisting is what you have to do! Get one up on fear by using it to guide, lean into it, grow, evolve, it’s the map you have inside!
What is the silent crescendo of fear that alters our destiny? Not doing, backing off, distraction and procrastination, avoidance at any cost. It’s what we don’t do that tells the sorry tale of baffling fears, quietly enrobing us, robbing us of years of life lived fully. If only we said YES, YES in the moment of decision, 10 seconds of courageousness. 10 seconds is so often all it takes to conquer fear, 10 seconds of I can handle this, I’ve got this, 10 Seconds of YES I CAN!
What is the silent crescendo of fear that alters our destiny? Not doing, backing off, distraction and procrastination, avoidance at any cost. It’s what we don’t do that tells the sorry tale of baffling fears, quietly enrobing us, robbing us of years of life lived fully. If only we said YES, YES in the moment of decision, 10 seconds of courageousness. 10 seconds is so often all it takes to conquer fear, 10 seconds of I can handle this, I’ve got this, 10 Seconds of YES I CAN!
Zoom in on the parts of life that really float your boat, simplify because big things happen when you do what you love the most. Simplify your life, nurture and grow what really counts, let the branches of distraction fall on forgotten ground. Simplify doesn’t mean think small, it means focus, clarity and purpose, and with this clearness we can zone in and amplify what’s right for us!
Zoom in on the parts of life that really float your boat, simplify because big things happen when you do what you love the most. Simplify your life, nurture and grow what really counts, let the branches of distraction fall on forgotten ground. Simplify doesn’t mean think small, it means focus, clarity and purpose, and with this clearness we can zone in and amplify what’s right for us!
You can have and be anything you want but not everything you want, the possibilities are infinite so you must choose and do. When you realise that fulfilment comes as much from committing as from what you’re committing to, you can loosen up, get stuck in and excel in what’s in front of you. The excellence is in who you are, how you turn your hand, this skill of decided intention isn’t what you’re doing it’s in "who I am!".
You can have and be anything you want but not everything you want, the possibilities are infinite so you must choose and do. When you realise that fulfilment comes as much from committing as from what you’re committing to, you can loosen up, get stuck in and excel in what’s in front of you. The excellence is in who you are, how you turn your hand, this skill of decided intention isn’t what you’re doing it’s in "who I am!".
Success is always seen but it's roots are rarely shown! Bamboo grows underground for four years before it shoots, breaks through the surface and in five weeks, rockets to 90 foot. But if we only focus on the success we see, we’d never tend the root. Our roots to success are in our daily actions, the core of what we do, and it’s this here on The Daily Do that I'm giving to you.
Success is always seen but it's roots are rarely shown! Bamboo grows underground for four years before it shoots, breaks through the surface and in five weeks, rockets to 90 foot. But if we only focus on the success we see, we’d never tend the root. Our roots to success are in our daily actions, the core of what we do, and it’s this here on The Daily Do that I'm giving to you.
Do you want a positive outlook? Train your brain. Science has proven that to your minds neurones focused imagined thoughts and reality are the same. All that dopamine and serotonin stuff can be increased and the balance tipped towards the happy, healthy heart of harmony and peace. This 'feel good factor' thought pharmacy is incredible in it’s effect. When you think good you do good, you act in your best interest, accepting that good things will happen if you choose and do; you can write the headlines that are shaping you!
Do you want a positive outlook? Train your brain. Science has proven that to your minds neurones focused imagined thoughts and reality are the same. All that dopamine and serotonin stuff can be increased and the balance tipped towards the happy, healthy heart of harmony and peace. This 'feel good factor' thought pharmacy is incredible in it’s effect. When you think good you do good, you act in your best interest, accepting that good things will happen if you choose and do; you can write the headlines that are shaping you!
Do what your best wants for you, then do it on repeat! Accept that transformations happen everyday and yours is at your command, YES, if you really want something you just decide, act and reach out your hand! And when this simple truth sinks in it might sting a bit or thrill you, but it’s true that only you is the part you can control.
Do what your best wants for you, then do it on repeat! Accept that transformations happen everyday and yours is at your command, YES, if you really want something you just decide, act and reach out your hand! And when this simple truth sinks in it might sting a bit or thrill you, but it’s true that only you is the part you can control.
Do you know who and what matters to you? Stand and shout it out! Let the world around you hear what matters to you most, don’t keep the book of all you are tucked away and closed. Fear of being sentimental can block the greatness of love. Care, empathy, compassion, giving and needing help, all smothered before expressed from fear of cheesy fluff. You matter! And all that you care about should know, so say it out, tell the world, then what matters to you will grow!
Do you know who and what matters to you? Stand and shout it out! Let the world around you hear what matters to you most, don’t keep the book of all you are tucked away and closed. Fear of being sentimental can block the greatness of love. Care, empathy, compassion, giving and needing help, all smothered before expressed from fear of cheesy fluff. You matter! And all that you care about should know, so say it out, tell the world, then what matters to you will grow!
We are either awake to ourselves and what we feel or running away on auto pilot, hoping that coincidence and chance will get the job of our fulfilment done. So much of what we do is guided by subconcious fear, the knee jerk habits stopping us from US becoming clear. But this great expose of all your pent up problems doesn’t need to be so huge, start with sitting on your own, just your heart and you!
We are either awake to ourselves and what we feel or running away on auto pilot, hoping that coincidence and chance will get the job of our fulfilment done. So much of what we do is guided by subconcious fear, the knee jerk habits stopping us from US becoming clear. But this great expose of all your pent up problems doesn’t need to be so huge, start with sitting on your own, just your heart and you!
BLISS exists in pools of peaceful silence in your mind, it has no time or borders, it’s always there for you to find. Bliss is not a hallowed ground for only a monk, sensei or guru…it’s an open space where you don’t think too much, bliss is inside you. Bliss is with you on the bus, in the car or at your desk..bliss is the very heart of you, the still water of your alwaysness.
BLISS exists in pools of peaceful silence in your mind, it has no time or borders, it’s always there for you to find. Bliss is not a hallowed ground for only a monk, sensei or guru…it’s an open space where you don’t think too much, bliss is inside you. Bliss is with you on the bus, in the car or at your desk..bliss is the very heart of you, the still water of your alwaysness.
Standing on the hosepipe of happiness, too scared of what 'they' think to just to let it all go? Fear of life snaking out of control, sometimes we just block it’s flow. If you feel like you’re stopping yourself being you, from the fear of what the great ‘they’ will think…ask yourself who ‘they’ really are, who you’ve let lock you in the clink!
Standing on the hosepipe of happiness, too scared of what 'they' think to just to let it all go? Fear of life snaking out of control, sometimes we just block it’s flow. If you feel like you’re stopping yourself being you, from the fear of what the great ‘they’ will think…ask yourself who ‘they’ really are, who you’ve let lock you in the clink!
Do You Want To Change Your Life? Change your morning. Transform the little things you do each day, your daily best is habit forming. Change your life…ohhh that’s a big huge line, heavy with hopes and too much pressure, so it’s so exhilarating to know that it’s the tiny seeds you sow that grow into all your treasure! Change your life? Just change your morning…it domino topples into your whole day, the pebble in your pond of great, you’re first through the starting gate!
Do You Want To Change Your Life? Change your morning. Transform the little things you do each day, your daily best is habit forming. Change your life…ohhh that’s a big huge line, heavy with hopes and too much pressure, so it’s so exhilarating to know that it’s the tiny seeds you sow that grow into all your treasure! Change your life? Just change your morning…it domino topples into your whole day, the pebble in your pond of great, you’re first through the starting gate!
Feeling good makes more feel good feelings, the upward spiral of being well, and it seems that nothing stop us when we’re not stopping ourselves. But how do we climb aboard this ascending merry go round of goodness, when life is in the way and our fairground ride’s stuck in reverse? If you’re struggling to find your footing, stop and sit yourself alone, put down the tools of trying too hard to 'get your happy done'. Loosen up, you’re fine, let it go and let the good flood in, be the calm before the sun, where your new day begins.
Feeling good makes more feel good feelings, the upward spiral of being well, and it seems that nothing stop us when we’re not stopping ourselves. But how do we climb aboard this ascending merry go round of goodness, when life is in the way and our fairground ride’s stuck in reverse? If you’re struggling to find your footing, stop and sit yourself alone, put down the tools of trying too hard to 'get your happy done'. Loosen up, you’re fine, let it go and let the good flood in, be the calm before the sun, where your new day begins.
‘Gratitude’ is the ‘brush your teeth’ of mental hygiene and as such it can be ignored, the over used gold dust of advice that’s lost it’s sheen. But with the morning practice of remembering what you’re thankful for and what you love, you can profoundly change tomorrow’s luck, thinking, "Today, I am enough.".
‘Gratitude’ is the ‘brush your teeth’ of mental hygiene and as such it can be ignored, the over used gold dust of advice that’s lost it’s sheen. But with the morning practice of remembering what you’re thankful for and what you love, you can profoundly change tomorrow’s luck, thinking, "Today, I am enough.".
Anger is allowing someone to tie you down, handing them the padlocks and the rope! Nothing grows in anger, least of all your joy and hope. Let the burning cloth of fury fall from your weary back, let go, move on, pick up the reins of destiny and drive YOUR applecart!
Anger is allowing someone to tie you down, handing them the padlocks and the rope! Nothing grows in anger, least of all your joy and hope. Let the burning cloth of fury fall from your weary back, let go, move on, pick up the reins of destiny and drive YOUR applecart!
Your intentions create the power of the actions that sculpt your life, so set them in the morning then crack on, live well and thrive. Take a morning moment before the tides of life take you, choose who you’re becoming, how you think and what you’ll do. Wake up to all your wonder, inspiration and desire, your intelligence, your creativity, your deep and endless fire!
Your intentions create the power of the actions that sculpt your life, so set them in the morning then crack on, live well and thrive. Take a morning moment before the tides of life take you, choose who you’re becoming, how you think and what you’ll do. Wake up to all your wonder, inspiration and desire, your intelligence, your creativity, your deep and endless fire!
Imagine just how 'YES' you’d be if you had no expectations, no crest fall from the burst ball of unfulfilled anticipations! Wide eyed curiosity and endeavour would envelop what you do, still choosing what you fancy but with no perfection haunting you. Freedom from expectation is the letting go of what you can’t control, it’s not hanging up your vision, dreams, direction or long term goal. Quite the opposite, it frees you up, you become more loose and willing, heart open to opportunity, and that cup of life so often talked of, is suddenly over filling.
Imagine just how 'YES' you’d be if you had no expectations, no crest fall from the burst ball of unfulfilled anticipations! Wide eyed curiosity and endeavour would envelop what you do, still choosing what you fancy but with no perfection haunting you. Freedom from expectation is the letting go of what you can’t control, it’s not hanging up your vision, dreams, direction or long term goal. Quite the opposite, it frees you up, you become more loose and willing, heart open to opportunity, and that cup of life so often talked of, is suddenly over filling.
Talk to someone! The size of what you’re hiding doesn’t matter to shame's cause, it hurts you from the inside out, it magnifies your flaws. The longer left unspoken the larger they become, infecting who you feel you are, changing what you do with what you’ve done. Today it’s time to let this go, drop the weight of hidden shame, talk to someone, let it out, everyday is start again!
Talk to someone! The size of what you’re hiding doesn’t matter to shame's cause, it hurts you from the inside out, it magnifies your flaws. The longer left unspoken the larger they become, infecting who you feel you are, changing what you do with what you’ve done. Today it’s time to let this go, drop the weight of hidden shame, talk to someone, let it out, everyday is start again!
Do you treat yourself well? The meaning of this statement just truly dawned on me…to treat yourself back to wellness, to make yourself better. Treat yourself with little joys, your healing hand of now, be still, let go and enjoy the world, it’s yours and you’re allowed!
Do you treat yourself well? The meaning of this statement just truly dawned on me…to treat yourself back to wellness, to make yourself better. Treat yourself with little joys, your healing hand of now, be still, let go and enjoy the world, it’s yours and you’re allowed!
Persistence! Keep going! 'Why?' and Patience are 'keep going’s' greatest friends, remember them when slugging through, and you’ll get there in the end. There is no joy greater than fulfilled potential, and you’ll immediately reach for more. You, happy with you, inspired and free…now that’s worth fighting for!
Persistence! Keep going! 'Why?' and Patience are 'keep going’s' greatest friends, remember them when slugging through, and you’ll get there in the end. There is no joy greater than fulfilled potential, and you’ll immediately reach for more. You, happy with you, inspired and free…now that’s worth fighting for!
Practice implies repeating actions to get better at them and the daily practices I suggest are exactly that: thinking actions, repeated. Happiness, humility and gratitude can all be learnt and leveraged to bring our deep contentment!
Practice implies repeating actions to get better at them and the daily practices I suggest are exactly that: thinking actions, repeated. Happiness, humility and gratitude can all be learnt and leveraged to bring our deep contentment!
Motivation comes and goes but routine is here to stay and we are what we do and think each and every day. Let inspired films and music conjure the movie of 'your best you', but then just change one repeated part of the daily things you do!
Motivation comes and goes but routine is here to stay and we are what we do and think each and every day. Let inspired films and music conjure the movie of 'your best you', but then just change one repeated part of the daily things you do!
When the impulse of intuition flares from your heart, be bold, think through to it’s fruition, fruit baring and start! Imagine these sparks as flames that need feeding, so when they ignite in your mind, immediately dream hard and believe them, think of the impact you make when they’re boldly in motion, you’ve carried them through, feel it now, then into action!
When the impulse of intuition flares from your heart, be bold, think through to it’s fruition, fruit baring and start! Imagine these sparks as flames that need feeding, so when they ignite in your mind, immediately dream hard and believe them, think of the impact you make when they’re boldly in motion, you’ve carried them through, feel it now, then into action!
If you’re new to The Daily Do, or just dipping in for a listen, you may not know that the core of action that I humbly suggest here is that of a morning routine. Within it’s ways are the finding of stillness, the setting of intentions, gratitude, inspiration and all the good stuff that sets you off on the rightest foot that right could be.
If you’re new to The Daily Do, or just dipping in for a listen, you may not know that the core of action that I humbly suggest here is that of a morning routine. Within it’s ways are the finding of stillness, the setting of intentions, gratitude, inspiration and all the good stuff that sets you off on the rightest foot that right could be.
Creating a positive view of life is the most fundamental way you can change your world and it’s in knowing that this is an action, a choice that you implement, remember and apply that you can transform your everyday and way!
Creating a positive view of life is the most fundamental way you can change your world and it’s in knowing that this is an action, a choice that you implement, remember and apply that you can transform your everyday and way!
Reframe change as positive! As you feel yourself resist, tighten up and dig in your heels, stop and think forward to it happening, where you are and how you feel. Then move through it in your imagination, you did it, and it went well!
Reframe change as positive! As you feel yourself resist, tighten up and dig in your heels, stop and think forward to it happening, where you are and how you feel. Then move through it in your imagination, you did it, and it went well!
Find something you deeply feel for then give it all you’ve got. It may be just one hour a week, but watch it spread your joy. See the light in you turn on, illuminate your way, let your passion seep into the humdrum day to day. Switch on, burn bright, fuel your heart with what you love…this is the source that carries you through the good times and the rough!
Find something you deeply feel for then give it all you’ve got. It may be just one hour a week, but watch it spread your joy. See the light in you turn on, illuminate your way, let your passion seep into the humdrum day to day. Switch on, burn bright, fuel your heart with what you love…this is the source that carries you through the good times and the rough!
Do you have a problem? No problem!..we all do, large or small, and it’s what we do about it rather than unpick how we got there that changes things. By doing little bits of what you can you build trust in yourself. No longer are you the victim of some imagined force that’s built up and masterminds your mind through negative channels of the past. Yesterday's gone and today you CAN DO...so write the next chapter of YOU!
Do you have a problem? No problem!..we all do, large or small, and it’s what we do about it rather than unpick how we got there that changes things. By doing little bits of what you can you build trust in yourself. No longer are you the victim of some imagined force that’s built up and masterminds your mind through negative channels of the past. Yesterday's gone and today you CAN DO...so write the next chapter of YOU!
Delay gratification! One marshmallow now, or two later on? Both choices but which will you take? On this hangs the axis of how we will be, it effects every choice that we make.
Delay gratification! One marshmallow now, or two later on? Both choices but which will you take? On this hangs the axis of how we will be, it effects every choice that we make.
Confidence is gained from having faith in yourself, and you build trust in what you do well. Then being you becomes such a joy, a lifelong unfolding, a universal show and tell. This self belief spiral propels itself forward and it starts with you doing you at it’s core. It’s not ego or arrogance to do your thing, to stand out amongst all of 'them', it’s authentic good sense to shine as you are, to turn up and do you times ten.
Confidence is gained from having faith in yourself, and you build trust in what you do well. Then being you becomes such a joy, a lifelong unfolding, a universal show and tell. This self belief spiral propels itself forward and it starts with you doing you at it’s core. It’s not ego or arrogance to do your thing, to stand out amongst all of 'them', it’s authentic good sense to shine as you are, to turn up and do you times ten.
Open up and do what you do really well, your best is at your command; confidence is realtime trust in knowing that YOU CAN! And you have so much to offer, so much if you let go and it’s infinitely renewing in you, so believe in you and let it show.
Open up and do what you do really well, your best is at your command; confidence is realtime trust in knowing that YOU CAN! And you have so much to offer, so much if you let go and it’s infinitely renewing in you, so believe in you and let it show.
I believe in you! How can I say this? Because I’ve seen the power of willingness to change grow from the tiniest seed of searching to full lives lived wonderfully and you're here, listening to this. There is a tipping point that we can’t see that grows beneath our thoughts, the higher self switching on, that’s why I believe in you!
I believe in you! How can I say this? Because I’ve seen the power of willingness to change grow from the tiniest seed of searching to full lives lived wonderfully and you're here, listening to this. There is a tipping point that we can’t see that grows beneath our thoughts, the higher self switching on, that’s why I believe in you!
This tool is a game changer, the antidote to ‘it’s all too much’, the bridge from where you are to what seems too far away to touch. Set 5 Minute Pockets of Power to start the change you want. These 5 Minute Pockets of Power are the key to breaking through. They break up the mountain facing us and give us stuff to do…5 minutes, that’s all, not a lifetime challenge, this is power, this is YOU!
This tool is a game changer, the antidote to ‘it’s all too much’, the bridge from where you are to what seems too far away to touch. Set 5 Minute Pockets of Power to start the change you want. These 5 Minute Pockets of Power are the key to breaking through. They break up the mountain facing us and give us stuff to do…5 minutes, that’s all, not a lifetime challenge, this is power, this is YOU!
Being present, choosing to observe, detach from changing your life and to soak up the moment, is at the heart of happiness. It's the shared goal for every human but it's not a destination, nor a way of doing but a way of being! Be happy today by seeing life now, the infinite fire in all of us, in every sun and cloud.
Being present, choosing to observe, detach from changing your life and to soak up the moment, is at the heart of happiness. It's the shared goal for every human but it's not a destination, nor a way of doing but a way of being! Be happy today by seeing life now, the infinite fire in all of us, in every sun and cloud.
Connection and support from like minded friends, or new friends that you meet from being like minded, plays a major part in whether we travel the road of our hearts or wander off discouraged and feeling all alone. Your days are lighter and brighter when the shared air of positive people fills with the music of laughter and wide eyed, wonder fuelled options accompany the momentum of powerful actions.
Connection and support from like minded friends, or new friends that you meet from being like minded, plays a major part in whether we travel the road of our hearts or wander off discouraged and feeling all alone. Your days are lighter and brighter when the shared air of positive people fills with the music of laughter and wide eyed, wonder fuelled options accompany the momentum of powerful actions.
We all have bad days where a sequence of events or a lack of energy has us write it off proclaiming, “It’s just one of those days!” and “I can’t wait for today to be over!”. But you can restart your day when you're in a slump with 3 minutes of resetting....just by moving, breathing and picturing your best!
We all have bad days where a sequence of events or a lack of energy has us write it off proclaiming, “It’s just one of those days!” and “I can’t wait for today to be over!”. But you can restart your day when you're in a slump with 3 minutes of resetting....just by moving, breathing and picturing your best!
Imagine for a moment how different your life would be if you stopped consciously and subconsciously avoiding situations through fear of anxiety and discomfort. Rebrand fear as excitement and push through to your best you!
Imagine for a moment how different your life would be if you stopped consciously and subconsciously avoiding situations through fear of anxiety and discomfort. Rebrand fear as excitement and push through to your best you!
Plant the seed of happiness, prosperity and your best you by changing just your daily habits, the little things you do. You don’t have to notice change but the change for sure will come, with one small habit formed today, do it, there, it’s done. This is how you blossom, make your best your daily habit, choose well, choose what you want to be, then just do today and grab it.
Plant the seed of happiness, prosperity and your best you by changing just your daily habits, the little things you do. You don’t have to notice change but the change for sure will come, with one small habit formed today, do it, there, it’s done. This is how you blossom, make your best your daily habit, choose well, choose what you want to be, then just do today and grab it.
The way anxiety works is to flag up a feeling of fear then have your head translate it as ‘this time I’m taking you down…all the way to babbling, terrified chaos.”. Exams, interviews, confrontations, first dates, flying, meeting new people, or simply when feeling overwhelmed with it all.... 4-7-8 breathing is your way back to the calm! Dissolve anxiety and get back to your plan!
The way anxiety works is to flag up a feeling of fear then have your head translate it as ‘this time I’m taking you down…all the way to babbling, terrified chaos.”. Exams, interviews, confrontations, first dates, flying, meeting new people, or simply when feeling overwhelmed with it all.... 4-7-8 breathing is your way back to the calm! Dissolve anxiety and get back to your plan!
Our minds could focus on a million things so it might as well be good. Do 60 seconds of thinking 'good', feel "oh grateful, lucky me!". You’re alive, you can choose the upward spiral of higher thoughts, you’re prospering, you’re free! Free to think of all that’s great and the other options are there too; feeling great or struggling on?....your thoughts are up to you.
Our minds could focus on a million things so it might as well be good. Do 60 seconds of thinking 'good', feel "oh grateful, lucky me!". You’re alive, you can choose the upward spiral of higher thoughts, you’re prospering, you’re free! Free to think of all that’s great and the other options are there too; feeling great or struggling on?....your thoughts are up to you.
No sunset or masterpiece can shine it’s light into your soul, it’s you that shines your light on them, brings life into their world. Be still, feel present and let your self light up. Change your thoughts to positive then shine that light out!
No sunset or masterpiece can shine it’s light into your soul, it’s you that shines your light on them, brings life into their world. Be still, feel present and let your self light up. Change your thoughts to positive then shine that light out!
We are how we behave and our words are the voice of our hearts. Give yourself a break and the same for others too, try today to use kind words, your heart is hearing you. The upward spiral of standing in the sunlight of progress doesn’t dance to the soundtrack of “I’m not great, and they are even less.”. Say, "I am all I need to be and they are doing their best!", start from there, let your soundtrack be the song of harmony and progress.
We are how we behave and our words are the voice of our hearts. Give yourself a break and the same for others too, try today to use kind words, your heart is hearing you. The upward spiral of standing in the sunlight of progress doesn’t dance to the soundtrack of “I’m not great, and they are even less.”. Say, "I am all I need to be and they are doing their best!", start from there, let your soundtrack be the song of harmony and progress.
Letting go, forgiveness, isn’t approving of what came before, it’s seeing that it’s in the past then dropping it to grow. Give yourself the gift of the attitude of forgiveness, the duck’s back to the water of the pain that tries to drain us. Let go, let go, forgive and grow, become all that you choose to be, not held down by resentments, forgive, move on, be free.
Letting go, forgiveness, isn’t approving of what came before, it’s seeing that it’s in the past then dropping it to grow. Give yourself the gift of the attitude of forgiveness, the duck’s back to the water of the pain that tries to drain us. Let go, let go, forgive and grow, become all that you choose to be, not held down by resentments, forgive, move on, be free.
The way we see ourselves changes our daily actions in both miniscule and massive ways. Don't walk blindly into the day hoping that this internal barometer is set to 'best', take time in your early morning to see the good and leave the rest. 'Priming' is the way!
The way we see ourselves changes our daily actions in both miniscule and massive ways. Don't walk blindly into the day hoping that this internal barometer is set to 'best', take time in your early morning to see the good and leave the rest. 'Priming' is the way!
Travel, flying, meeting groups of new people, being away from familiar routine touchstones can bring unwanted anxiety and an unwelcoming hum of agitation and fear. These can prevent you from venturing into the enjoyment of the moment and can grip you in a state of ‘how am I feeling?’ and ‘there’s something, somewhere… wrong’. Not anymore! Breathe, re-label and let go!
Travel, flying, meeting groups of new people, being away from familiar routine touchstones can bring unwanted anxiety and an unwelcoming hum of agitation and fear. These can prevent you from venturing into the enjoyment of the moment and can grip you in a state of ‘how am I feeling?’ and ‘there’s something, somewhere… wrong’. Not anymore! Breathe, re-label and let go!
It’s in the darker days or when all is really great that we feel least inclined to practice inner stillness…resistance kicks in, and we think, "My troubles are bigger than this, there’s no such thing as inner peace!", or "Things are awesome, I’m all set, my tank will fill itself!"…but it’s in these days we must persist to mine our inner wealth!
It’s in the darker days or when all is really great that we feel least inclined to practice inner stillness…resistance kicks in, and we think, "My troubles are bigger than this, there’s no such thing as inner peace!", or "Things are awesome, I’m all set, my tank will fill itself!"…but it’s in these days we must persist to mine our inner wealth!
We can give worries far more weight than hopes and dreams but both are based in speculation so why focus on the 'worst case of me'! Choose thinking only of your best case scenario and you will solve more in positive action than in fretful, shrinking thinking. This is not a run away, this is become your dreams today!
We can give worries far more weight than hopes and dreams but both are based in speculation so why focus on the 'worst case of me'! Choose thinking only of your best case scenario and you will solve more in positive action than in fretful, shrinking thinking. This is not a run away, this is become your dreams today!
Who would you like to have been when you look back at your life? And then how do we use that, now, to be who we want to be? It’s in the next five minutes that we can be who we want to become. The next five minutes you can rise to your standards, you’ve got time, you’ve just begun!
Who would you like to have been when you look back at your life? And then how do we use that, now, to be who we want to be? It’s in the next five minutes that we can be who we want to become. The next five minutes you can rise to your standards, you’ve got time, you’ve just begun!
Life will come in waves of calm or choppy waters too, but panicked paddling and stressful hurry will only hinder you, let stress out, release the steam, let inspiration rise, use box breathing, and other tools, to help your productivity thrive.
Life will come in waves of calm or choppy waters too, but panicked paddling and stressful hurry will only hinder you, let stress out, release the steam, let inspiration rise, use box breathing, and other tools, to help your productivity thrive.
Somewhere in the sweet spot between accepting the uncontrollable aspects of our lives and relishing the change we can impart lies of our satisfaction and completeness! So here’s a quick tool to separate the two, the uncontrollable and the controllable…it’s wonderfully and profoundly simple….other people and you!
Somewhere in the sweet spot between accepting the uncontrollable aspects of our lives and relishing the change we can impart lies of our satisfaction and completeness! So here’s a quick tool to separate the two, the uncontrollable and the controllable…it’s wonderfully and profoundly simple….other people and you!
We like to think we’re bigger than the petty parts of life, but these are straws on camel's backs that can build up and cause us strife. Our state of mind is what lies behind how we see the world, so let’s not focus on the little thorns, when there are roses to be found!
We like to think we’re bigger than the petty parts of life, but these are straws on camel's backs that can build up and cause us strife. Our state of mind is what lies behind how we see the world, so let’s not focus on the little thorns, when there are roses to be found!
Here it is, the stillness, the time to simply be! Hold one another, celebrate, we’ve already made it, we are here! Let go today, shake off the weight of expectations, put your troubles down. Take 7 mins, intend to see the majesty of now.
Here it is, the stillness, the time to simply be! Hold one another, celebrate, we’ve already made it, we are here! Let go today, shake off the weight of expectations, put your troubles down. Take 7 mins, intend to see the majesty of now.
You can either live on the front foot or lean heavily on the back, expanding or contracting, growing or shrinking, living fully or hiding! And this depends on your beliefs of who you are today. This belief then stirs emotion, and emotion becomes action and your actions dictate the path of your life. Get on the front foot with ONE POSITIVE ACTION!
You can either live on the front foot or lean heavily on the back, expanding or contracting, growing or shrinking, living fully or hiding! And this depends on your beliefs of who you are today. This belief then stirs emotion, and emotion becomes action and your actions dictate the path of your life. Get on the front foot with ONE POSITIVE ACTION!
Stillness into action, the cake and icing, the yin and yang…be still and then get moving…do something with your hands. Hold the things you love, get out of thinking into DO…this is the wonderful world we live in, and it’s all out there for you!
Stillness into action, the cake and icing, the yin and yang…be still and then get moving…do something with your hands. Hold the things you love, get out of thinking into DO…this is the wonderful world we live in, and it’s all out there for you!
Fear will steal the best of us, beat the strongest down, turn yes to no, the good times bad, the smile into a frown. But fear of what? We each have our imagined worries then fear of fear itself kicks in...then we’re truly buried. But here’s the thing that’s changed my life…fear is only that…it's just a feeling, it isn’t real, run at it, go on, start!
Fear will steal the best of us, beat the strongest down, turn yes to no, the good times bad, the smile into a frown. But fear of what? We each have our imagined worries then fear of fear itself kicks in...then we’re truly buried. But here’s the thing that’s changed my life…fear is only that…it's just a feeling, it isn’t real, run at it, go on, start!
Change your story! Disrupt your autopilot, disrupt your self talk and disrupt others view of you! Tear up the book of how you see yourself to be, tomorrow’s page is blank and begging for better tales of your life lived free!
Change your story! Disrupt your autopilot, disrupt your self talk and disrupt others view of you! Tear up the book of how you see yourself to be, tomorrow’s page is blank and begging for better tales of your life lived free!
It doesn’t matter how you feel as you row yourself to your best you, the boat doesn’t notice thinking it responds to do. Don’t wait until you feel like it, the momentum never comes, you sail forward by just doing it, just row, your life responds!
It doesn’t matter how you feel as you row yourself to your best you, the boat doesn’t notice thinking it responds to do. Don’t wait until you feel like it, the momentum never comes, you sail forward by just doing it, just row, your life responds!
Be still! Just be still, nothing more, need nothing, breathe. This is the present moment, it’s now and it’s exactly where you should be. Feel the air around you, be still and simply be, you are enough, this is you, be still and know you’re free.
Be still! Just be still, nothing more, need nothing, breathe. This is the present moment, it’s now and it’s exactly where you should be. Feel the air around you, be still and simply be, you are enough, this is you, be still and know you’re free.
“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.” Invictus by Henley proclaims and we are what we choose to create…but it’s often what we choose that is our sticking point, the infinite options of where we end up blocking the starting gate! It’s there that your silence, your morning routine, will allow intuition to break. Purpose, direction, your mission and truth can be so hard to unleash…so put down useless worry, employ subconscious power, it’s in you, in your stillness and peace!
“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.” Invictus by Henley proclaims and we are what we choose to create…but it’s often what we choose that is our sticking point, the infinite options of where we end up blocking the starting gate! It’s there that your silence, your morning routine, will allow intuition to break. Purpose, direction, your mission and truth can be so hard to unleash…so put down useless worry, employ subconscious power, it’s in you, in your stillness and peace!
When you have a vision for what you’re destined to do but can’t quite connect the dots of how to get there, imagining hurdles and obstruction, quickly do the first thing that brings you closer to that result. Don’t connect the dots, do it just because! That’s courage! That’s following your heart! That’s every motivational movie, moment or movement wrapped up in one act. Dream it, oh look there’s fear, ignore fear, act!
When you have a vision for what you’re destined to do but can’t quite connect the dots of how to get there, imagining hurdles and obstruction, quickly do the first thing that brings you closer to that result. Don’t connect the dots, do it just because! That’s courage! That’s following your heart! That’s every motivational movie, moment or movement wrapped up in one act. Dream it, oh look there’s fear, ignore fear, act!
Feel this deeply as you read these words…If you really had to do something, anything, and dedicated all of your energy and time to it, you could do it. All it takes is time and a great big “Yes I will and can, I can see the wealth I hold, the potential to do anything once my excuses are removed!"
Feel this deeply as you read these words…If you really had to do something, anything, and dedicated all of your energy and time to it, you could do it. All it takes is time and a great big “Yes I will and can, I can see the wealth I hold, the potential to do anything once my excuses are removed!"
There is no power that can replace the dynamic impact of consistency and persistence. The life you live inside your head stays there unless you act! And act again, then act again…repeat, repeat, repeat! You will break through, even when your heart hangs low, just choose well...repeat, repeat!
There is no power that can replace the dynamic impact of consistency and persistence. The life you live inside your head stays there unless you act! And act again, then act again…repeat, repeat, repeat! You will break through, even when your heart hangs low, just choose well...repeat, repeat!
Nature's playground beckons you, it fills your tank with that vital spark! So take the long drive down the coast, or the walk back through the park. Wonder at the flower petals, birds, trees and grass, then set them beside your worry about how many facebook likes you have. Majesty, infinity, the universal view…get outside and get right sized, then you’ll see what’s right for you!
Nature's playground beckons you, it fills your tank with that vital spark! So take the long drive down the coast, or the walk back through the park. Wonder at the flower petals, birds, trees and grass, then set them beside your worry about how many facebook likes you have. Majesty, infinity, the universal view…get outside and get right sized, then you’ll see what’s right for you!
Aim a little higher, choose what you know’s best, push yourself a little to live more nourished than your past! Dive into the music, swim in art, feast on friends and love, run amongst the hills and fields, see your low bar then rise above!
Aim a little higher, choose what you know’s best, push yourself a little to live more nourished than your past! Dive into the music, swim in art, feast on friends and love, run amongst the hills and fields, see your low bar then rise above!
From just you in silence to the courage to do, from the 'yes, this is me!' to the 'I can do that!' from the stillness to the dance to the beat of your heart! 30 Morning Minutes to the best of you! Start!
From just you in silence to the courage to do, from the 'yes, this is me!' to the 'I can do that!' from the stillness to the dance to the beat of your heart! 30 Morning Minutes to the best of you! Start!
When you want change here’s a way to do it...make it fun! Drop the struggle! Swerve the slog and step into loving every moment and see it all as if it were easy! #Freedom30 is 30 Morning Minutes of fun for you...and you change as it gets done!
When you want change here’s a way to do it...make it fun! Drop the struggle! Swerve the slog and step into loving every moment and see it all as if it were easy! #Freedom30 is 30 Morning Minutes of fun for you...and you change as it gets done!
Doing #Freedom30 with a friend will catapult you into a new level that will double the lightness of spirit you feel in doing #Freedom30 alone....share the load! Open up! Tell a friend and talk! Vulnerability is a superpower!
Doing #Freedom30 with a friend will catapult you into a new level that will double the lightness of spirit you feel in doing #Freedom30 alone....share the load! Open up! Tell a friend and talk! Vulnerability is a superpower!
#Freedom30 is free so that you can be too! The great minds, achievements and science backing journaling is vast and many of the greatest books on fulfilment, inner peace and productivity are contained here!
#Freedom30 is free so that you can be too! The great minds, achievements and science backing journaling is vast and many of the greatest books on fulfilment, inner peace and productivity are contained here!
Freedom30 is 30 morning minutes to freedom from overthinking, freedom from anxiety, freedom from procrastination, fear driven isolating, from unwanted comfort eating, freedom from daily addictions and from "Why am I being less than I want to be?". Do this for YOU! #Freedom30
Freedom30 is 30 morning minutes to freedom from overthinking, freedom from anxiety, freedom from procrastination, fear driven isolating, from unwanted comfort eating, freedom from daily addictions and from "Why am I being less than I want to be?". Do this for YOU! #Freedom30
Freedom30 is the culmination of hundreds of books, talks, online courses and research that I’ve done and lived, so you don’t have to. It's 30 mins to deep personal freedom and the changes that you choose from there!
Freedom30 is the culmination of hundreds of books, talks, online courses and research that I’ve done and lived, so you don’t have to. It's 30 mins to deep personal freedom and the changes that you choose from there!
Know the power of the numbers game, the one day at a time that adds up. The courage to push just a little today will open thick doors you thought stuck! It’s adding up days that wins you results, the real numbers game of create your own luck!
Know the power of the numbers game, the one day at a time that adds up. The courage to push just a little today will open thick doors you thought stuck! It’s adding up days that wins you results, the real numbers game of create your own luck!
Just at the point when you're running on empty and you turn needy and want sympathy, realise deeply the huge power within, when you see and you say, "It’s On Me."
Just at the point when you're running on empty and you turn needy and want sympathy, realise deeply the huge power within, when you see and you say, "It’s On Me."
How can you fear what others might think when you’ve already accepted yourself? Confidence comes from being at peace, not painting a warrior on; it’s in dancing your dance, in doing your thing, in the words from your heart to your song.
How can you fear what others might think when you’ve already accepted yourself? Confidence comes from being at peace, not painting a warrior on; it’s in dancing your dance, in doing your thing, in the words from your heart to your song.
Your elbow rests on the table, chin dropped on your upturned palm, your other hand reaches for your phone, unlock, click and scroll…you are numb again. Procrastination is an old habit of fear avoidance...here's why and how to break it!
Your elbow rests on the table, chin dropped on your upturned palm, your other hand reaches for your phone, unlock, click and scroll…you are numb again. Procrastination is an old habit of fear avoidance...here's why and how to break it!
When flashes and sparks of thanks and freedom floodlight the path to your sun, loosen your grip, choose how you are becoming, be grateful, then leave the lights on!
When flashes and sparks of thanks and freedom floodlight the path to your sun, loosen your grip, choose how you are becoming, be grateful, then leave the lights on!
Providence helps those who help themselves and the more I practice the luckier I get! The upward spiral, the thoughts become things , the gold coloured spectacles of preference for the positive and the wonder of this life well lived!
Providence helps those who help themselves and the more I practice the luckier I get! The upward spiral, the thoughts become things , the gold coloured spectacles of preference for the positive and the wonder of this life well lived!
Your one life is today, and you’re already free, it’s more, "How free do you want to be?". Life supports what supports more of your life…and that lives on the outside of fear!
Your one life is today, and you’re already free, it’s more, "How free do you want to be?". Life supports what supports more of your life…and that lives on the outside of fear!
Let your goals be big ones but get your satisfaction from one day well done. Break up gratification into end of each day pieces and consistency and hence results are won!
Let your goals be big ones but get your satisfaction from one day well done. Break up gratification into end of each day pieces and consistency and hence results are won!
You are your gatekeeper, give yourself the keys to free! Take one day to let you go, to breath in and just be!
You are your gatekeeper, give yourself the keys to free! Take one day to let you go, to breath in and just be!
Today you don’t need to be Jeff Bezos, Maria Callas or Jane Austen…just be you doing you but don’t hold back, get started! Have no idea how this thing ends because in truth none of us do...that’s the joy, the unending tale, the song, the life of you!
Today you don’t need to be Jeff Bezos, Maria Callas or Jane Austen…just be you doing you but don’t hold back, get started! Have no idea how this thing ends because in truth none of us do...that’s the joy, the unending tale, the song, the life of you!
Take the heavy burden that your clutching on to strong, drop it in the water, it means so little when it’s gone. Cast off the ballast, cut the ropes of troubles from your boat; get perspective, see your overthinking, let it go and FLOW..T!
Take the heavy burden that your clutching on to strong, drop it in the water, it means so little when it’s gone. Cast off the ballast, cut the ropes of troubles from your boat; get perspective, see your overthinking, let it go and FLOW..T!
First, calm the water, let your desires deeply breath; you can see much further over still and settled seas. Then you’ll have a feeling, intuition, an inner spark... YES! THAT is what you love, know it deeply and then START!
First, calm the water, let your desires deeply breath; you can see much further over still and settled seas. Then you’ll have a feeling, intuition, an inner spark... YES! THAT is what you love, know it deeply and then START!
Bust your rut! Push past fear! It's Do or Don't with these simple daily tools that will help you win even when you don't feel like a winner!
Bust your rut! Push past fear! It's Do or Don't with these simple daily tools that will help you win even when you don't feel like a winner!
Start today for 3 mins and I promise you’ll feel great! Sit and only think of breathing and yes, now YOU can meditate!
Start today for 3 mins and I promise you’ll feel great! Sit and only think of breathing and yes, now YOU can meditate!
I’m about to use a word that can frighten people off.....meditation! There I said it...wait, come back! It's just a word that sums up sitting still, breathing in and breathing out to unlock all you can fulfil!
I’m about to use a word that can frighten people off.....meditation! There I said it...wait, come back! It's just a word that sums up sitting still, breathing in and breathing out to unlock all you can fulfil!
How you react defines your life, in good times and in bad…the amplifying loud speaker of the happy or the sad. Do a day without complaining and see your future change!
How you react defines your life, in good times and in bad…the amplifying loud speaker of the happy or the sad. Do a day without complaining and see your future change!
'Thank you' is the voice of gratitude, the song of gratefulness, a bow, a tip of the hat that says, "I see you and it makes me happy!".
'Thank you' is the voice of gratitude, the song of gratefulness, a bow, a tip of the hat that says, "I see you and it makes me happy!".
Through the thick and thin days, the ebb and flow and in between, we are what WE MAKE HAPPEN TODAY not what’s happening!
Through the thick and thin days, the ebb and flow and in between, we are what WE MAKE HAPPEN TODAY not what’s happening!
'Do' feels good, 'Don’t' feels bad yet still we sit and fret..."Should I do that thing I want to do, feel great, succeed..not yet!!' Just DO!
'Do' feels good, 'Don’t' feels bad yet still we sit and fret..."Should I do that thing I want to do, feel great, succeed..not yet!!' Just DO!
Our phones are a gateway to the rest of the world but often we don’t choose what we find; so put your phone down an hour before bed, allow time to setlle your mind.
Our phones are a gateway to the rest of the world but often we don’t choose what we find; so put your phone down an hour before bed, allow time to setlle your mind.
Don’t struggle too much when going for change, resistance hates 'happy and free'!
Don’t struggle too much when going for change, resistance hates 'happy and free'!
Only YOU can change you and the joy is in DOING, so let your actions speak louder than words!
Only YOU can change you and the joy is in DOING, so let your actions speak louder than words!
One foot past the other at what you do well and don’t wait for the world to respond; just do, rinse, repeat and become you at your best then the right world for you will catch on!
One foot past the other at what you do well and don’t wait for the world to respond; just do, rinse, repeat and become you at your best then the right world for you will catch on!
Rather than wait for the world to change, try new things, give fortune a spin!
Rather than wait for the world to change, try new things, give fortune a spin!
Here’s a gateway to an upward spiral; the Daily Do in a nutshell of Do! The habits that hold in the highs and the lows, that open you always to you!
Here’s a gateway to an upward spiral; the Daily Do in a nutshell of Do! The habits that hold in the highs and the lows, that open you always to you!
From inside to outside is how we become so think the change you want to see; say deeply, "This starts in me!".
From inside to outside is how we become so think the change you want to see; say deeply, "This starts in me!".
You have all the time in your world but your world is not a long one if not embracing who you are. Just do you!
You have all the time in your world but your world is not a long one if not embracing who you are. Just do you!
Be in the tugboat of the best of yourself, let anger and fear stay behind…then stay in that tugboat, pretend if you must and the tanker will turn slowly in time!
Be in the tugboat of the best of yourself, let anger and fear stay behind…then stay in that tugboat, pretend if you must and the tanker will turn slowly in time!
You’re making the you that you like so do only today, watch the best you unfold, and your head will rest happy tonight.
You’re making the you that you like so do only today, watch the best you unfold, and your head will rest happy tonight.
Let's get up and go, shoes on and out the door, our lives are there for living, so let’s live it more and more!
Let's get up and go, shoes on and out the door, our lives are there for living, so let’s live it more and more!
Our heroes are just us having done what we can do, so see in them the hero but see the hero too, in you!
Our heroes are just us having done what we can do, so see in them the hero but see the hero too, in you!
Focus on what thrills you, it's you alone that knows your heart: choose today to fire up the engine room and start!
Focus on what thrills you, it's you alone that knows your heart: choose today to fire up the engine room and start!
Tied or shackled down is the wrong way to use routine..these are quiet mantras to let you live your dream!
Tied or shackled down is the wrong way to use routine..these are quiet mantras to let you live your dream!
Doing what you love is practical, financially it's sound; the more the castle’s built from you the more solid is the ground.
Doing what you love is practical, financially it's sound; the more the castle’s built from you the more solid is the ground.
Give yourself a lift by underlining what you’ve done; a piece of cake, a coffee, a movie night…just have some fun!
Give yourself a lift by underlining what you’ve done; a piece of cake, a coffee, a movie night…just have some fun!
Sit in silence with yourself, don’t think too much, just be. Breathe the air, hear the sounds, be still, say, "This is me!".
Sit in silence with yourself, don’t think too much, just be. Breathe the air, hear the sounds, be still, say, "This is me!".
Doing what you can control and letting go of what you can’t changes everything! Create the upward spiral of DO!
Doing what you can control and letting go of what you can’t changes everything! Create the upward spiral of DO!
Help to lift someone up to see their stars shine brighter...because just by lifting them you’ll feel a whole lot lighter.
Help to lift someone up to see their stars shine brighter...because just by lifting them you’ll feel a whole lot lighter.
If we treat ourselves to small moments of still, our eyes become sharper to "I can and I will!".
If we treat ourselves to small moments of still, our eyes become sharper to "I can and I will!".
No adventure? Nothing gained. Learn to thrill at failing, let’s call it growing pain.
No adventure? Nothing gained. Learn to thrill at failing, let’s call it growing pain.
Wake up, your best self is in front of you, it’s only you that’s stopping you and as such you can be free!
Wake up, your best self is in front of you, it’s only you that’s stopping you and as such you can be free!
We’re not travelling just to get there, if we stop the sun moves on. So sit in silence with yourself, to find the light that’s never gone.
We’re not travelling just to get there, if we stop the sun moves on. So sit in silence with yourself, to find the light that’s never gone.
"How good do i want to feel today?" is a wonderful memo to exercise the mind daily and set the "I am!".
"How good do i want to feel today?" is a wonderful memo to exercise the mind daily and set the "I am!".
Self pity is your kryptonite! So accountability is your steel! "It’s all on me." is your best mantra to get you out of wallowing in the weeds!
Self pity is your kryptonite! So accountability is your steel! "It’s all on me." is your best mantra to get you out of wallowing in the weeds!
When we’re away from home we get flashes of intuition and clear minded resolution as to who we are and what we want to be when we return!
When we’re away from home we get flashes of intuition and clear minded resolution as to who we are and what we want to be when we return!
Those closest to you, 'THEY', want you to be happy! HOW you are happy is your choice, being happy is their gift!
Those closest to you, 'THEY', want you to be happy! HOW you are happy is your choice, being happy is their gift!
The Power of DO! Start with some courage, it’s not the absence of fear, it’s time, today, to be you!
The Power of DO! Start with some courage, it’s not the absence of fear, it’s time, today, to be you!
Everything you’ll ever need you already have inside you: encourage this, be your own guide, with others best thoughts to inspire you.
Everything you’ll ever need you already have inside you: encourage this, be your own guide, with others best thoughts to inspire you.
Loving yourself isn’t selfish, it’s tending the fire within!
Loving yourself isn’t selfish, it’s tending the fire within!
This is me, this is all that I am, and today I will walk the road free, not waiting for someone to say "Hey! Who are you?", because I’m happy, I’m open, I’m me.
This is me, this is all that I am, and today I will walk the road free, not waiting for someone to say "Hey! Who are you?", because I’m happy, I’m open, I’m me.
Ready yourself for the sunlight in the glow of the hope full moon, choose your actions in the night knowing you’ll be shining soon.
Ready yourself for the sunlight in the glow of the hope full moon, choose your actions in the night knowing you’ll be shining soon.
You become what you choose so choose wisely, you’re incredible, now focus on that, and watch as your thoughts become you!
You become what you choose so choose wisely, you’re incredible, now focus on that, and watch as your thoughts become you!
As you see the world, so shall it be... we are what we expect ourselves to be, we get what we expect from others.
As you see the world, so shall it be... we are what we expect ourselves to be, we get what we expect from others.
Procrastinating? Forgive yourself in your wonderful human heart, and as the tension dissolves you’ll probably start!
Procrastinating? Forgive yourself in your wonderful human heart, and as the tension dissolves you’ll probably start!
Use your fear to guide you and push past it in today….feel the fear, welcome it and then do it anyway!
Use your fear to guide you and push past it in today….feel the fear, welcome it and then do it anyway!
Connection and being of value to yourself and others is at the deepest core of our desires....reach out!
Connection and being of value to yourself and others is at the deepest core of our desires....reach out!
It’s so simple but not easy what we DO we become, so drop don’t and DO your masterpiece.
It’s so simple but not easy what we DO we become, so drop don’t and DO your masterpiece.
Habits define how you grow, so choose one small action that leads you to more, then rinse, repeat and you’ll flow!
Habits define how you grow, so choose one small action that leads you to more, then rinse, repeat and you’ll flow!
The real you will speak, so go slow let noise pass…then do as you say, one action, REAL FAST!
The real you will speak, so go slow let noise pass…then do as you say, one action, REAL FAST!
Tomorrow's expectations means letting today down: just do today and only today!
Tomorrow's expectations means letting today down: just do today and only today!
Hold firm, you know your true place to begin… is BE YOU, 100, NO SORRY'S, ALL IN!
Hold firm, you know your true place to begin… is BE YOU, 100, NO SORRY'S, ALL IN!
YOU ARE INCREDIBLE and only you know your quest, and it’s right here...you’re holding it, it’s YOU doing YOUR BEST.
YOU ARE INCREDIBLE and only you know your quest, and it’s right here...you’re holding it, it’s YOU doing YOUR BEST.
In choosing to change you’ve already begun, you’re unfolding your deepest desire, don’t wait to feel like it or think your way up, just do it, you can DO YOU good!
In choosing to change you’ve already begun, you’re unfolding your deepest desire, don’t wait to feel like it or think your way up, just do it, you can DO YOU good!
Write a journal and read your best self back again: your words become bonds then your thoughts make the means meet the ends.
Write a journal and read your best self back again: your words become bonds then your thoughts make the means meet the ends.
Don’t assume the day is bringing troubles on the breeze, but glide through your challenges framed with confidence and ease.
Don’t assume the day is bringing troubles on the breeze, but glide through your challenges framed with confidence and ease.
There is only ever the here and now and it is in the here and now that we become!
There is only ever the here and now and it is in the here and now that we become!
Find someone to help, don't doubt if you should…it is the essence of us that we do good, feel good.
Find someone to help, don't doubt if you should…it is the essence of us that we do good, feel good.
We can be better sailors but we are not the sea so go with the flow doing what you can best.
We can be better sailors but we are not the sea so go with the flow doing what you can best.
If you're making things tough for yourself through fear, get back to the root of a daily practice and keep doing the do.
If you're making things tough for yourself through fear, get back to the root of a daily practice and keep doing the do.
Let go of heady expectation that can undermine you and tune in, relax and feel the power of doing a little everyday.
Let go of heady expectation that can undermine you and tune in, relax and feel the power of doing a little everyday.
At first it might feel like being dragged into the day but once you get up, you’re up, up and away!
At first it might feel like being dragged into the day but once you get up, you’re up, up and away!
Untangle your head not by thinking but by DOING these simple daily practices.
Untangle your head not by thinking but by DOING these simple daily practices.
By slowing down consciously we awaken our inner presence and powerful, authentic actions follow!
By slowing down consciously we awaken our inner presence and powerful, authentic actions follow!
When you catch yourself swimming in worry filled thoughts, stop and think POT'S HOT! DROP!
When you catch yourself swimming in worry filled thoughts, stop and think POT'S HOT! DROP!
These Daily Do's of simple new habits form a momentum of self love that spreads outwards to others.
These Daily Do's of simple new habits form a momentum of self love that spreads outwards to others.
Making your bed first thing before breathing in silence with yourself says "I'm looking after me" from you to you!
Making your bed first thing before breathing in silence with yourself says "I'm looking after me" from you to you!
Choosing our perspective changes how we see the world and that changes what we do!
Choosing our perspective changes how we see the world and that changes what we do!
When you're struggling to push past fear and don't know what to do...just DO YOU!
When you're struggling to push past fear and don't know what to do...just DO YOU!
This powerful breathing tool is a portable reset button for you in times of stress, fear or cravings!
This powerful breathing tool is a portable reset button for you in times of stress, fear or cravings!
Framing your day with appreciation and gratitude for what you already are and have changes everything
Framing your day with appreciation and gratitude for what you already are and have changes everything
Stop, breath and allow yourself to hear and act on what you really want
Stop, breath and allow yourself to hear and act on what you really want
Get the one thing that's blocking you done first in your day!
Get the one thing that's blocking you done first in your day!
We all know we should just do it, but what is it? The 'it' to do is in front of you.
We all know we should just do it, but what is it? The 'it' to do is in front of you.
A Daily Dose of Do - Tools and Mindset Coaching in short daily boosts from mentor Paddy Byrne
A Daily Dose of Do - Tools and Mindset Coaching in short daily boosts from mentor Paddy Byrne
