I want to tell you a story I was having some treatment a couple of years ago. I had to be on an infusion. in a chair all day for the best part of a week. I don’t mind needles, I could walk around with one of those wheely things and was in a nice… Read More >
Archives for March 2018
International Kickass Women’s Day
International Women’s Day (We couldn’t let today pass without a mention) For all the women and girls out there – a whole day just for us. Kind of cool For over 40 years now we have had Women’s Day on the 8th March – a day to reflect on all things female…. Women’s Day has been celebrated in some… Read More >
I Will, I Won’t, I Want
We were asked to give a Wellness talk on last month to a brilliantly raucous group of Supermarket management staff. The Q&A session at the end was, as usual, the best bit – we were in actual tears of laughter at one point (who knew that you could get an entire room of smartly dressed… Read More >
Planning is Great (but cracking on with things is even better)
Years ago we covered the kitchen with stick on white boards. It was a business plan of magnificent beauty. All very detailed and intricate, with intersecting arrows and if this, then thatand so on. Special stationery was procured from Rymans. There were many iterations. And back to the drawing board-s. The fact was – much of it was… Read More >
Kaizen
Kaizen is a Japanese system or philosophy used in billion dollar businesses for successful change. But it is also seen as the wise (and best) way to make changes in your life Kaizen says you shouldn’t make sudden changes but to make them slowly, wisely and continuously. This makes them permanent. Many of our efforts to change (like New Year’s Resolutions)… Read More >
Give us a smile love? (and other things that make me want to punch people)
2 full bags of Sainsbury’s shopping and a particularly biting wind PLUS by trying to remember where on earth I parked the car yesterday, all contributed what was, in hindsight – a serious face. This was helpfully pointed out to be by a chap changing a large sign outside the store in the form of… Read More >
Important Life Lessons From Radio 1
Somewhere between 35 and 45 something happens You find yourself in the car listening to the radio and really enjoying the station and then realise that actually you are really enjoying listening to Radio 2. Almost simultaneously, you realise; that you don’t recognise a lot of the artists on Radio 1, the presenters seem awfully young… Read More >
Are your children listening to you?
It’s true. If you’ve got teeny children – you have got even more of a head-start with this – but it’s actually useful for all ages. Let’s start with the bad news: Children of smokers are twice as likely to smoke as their parents. Even when the parents say “filthy habit, I hate it – never do it,… Read More >
What we DON’T agree about.
(by way of mildly funny example), that one October Monday we started creating a product. I suggested we try to get it finished by Friday… she confessed she had been thinking ‘mid-Spring’. I underestimate how long things will take. She overestimates them. We thrash it out and arrive at a realistic schedule. My zone of genius is not remembering… Read More >
Do You Measure Up
Yesterday we were talking CONFIDENCE… (if you missed it – click here) …In a standing in front of people, delivering a speech on stage, kind of way. A really obvious one… well obviously.. But actually lack of confidence more often rears its head in less flashy scenarios; in the workplace, at social occasions – even… Read More >
Confidence
Well – it’s Good News and Bad News… The data around the science of confidence and its effect on success is clear. “People who get the best jobs, report happiest relationships, have better physical and emotional health are those who exhibit the highest levels of confidence.” So that’s a done deal, right? You’re either confident….. Read More >
Accountability
I just can’t stick to anything.. We asked in our FREE facebook Inner Circle.. What do you WISH you had unlimited Willpower with? Here’s what they told us their struggles have been: ‘Mustering’ the energy Emotional eating Needing to exercise Putting themselves down Too much worrring Chocoholism Struggling to wake up in the morning Booze… Read More >
Motivation
Have you caught our FB Lives this weeks? On Tuesday we were talking about something everyone wants more of – MOTIVATION! Everyone agrees that getting started is often the hardest part when you have stuff you want to achieve! Here’s what we talk about in the video: How to charge up your motivation battery and strategise mornings to your… Read More >