Helping you to be your best
If you took OFF the weighty blanket of comparison and ‘not enough’ and just knew that you were living your life though eyes of appreciation, contentment, massive courage and with a voice of “you can do it” that gives you confidence to strive and commit – wow. That is quite a feeling – and […]
Receiving a compliment acknowledges the person giving it. Hear the words and take them to heart.
Choose your perspective.
MANAGING THOSE PESKY DISTRACTIONS – FROM THE DESK OF SOMEBODY WHOSE MIND FLITS AROUND LIKE A BUTTERFLY. I know that for many families, the relief for them and the teachers that their very distracted child is now taking something to promote concentration is enormous. There is certainly a reason for some to be taking medication […]
“Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first”. Steve Irwin. The above is a bit of an awful quote, but there is at times some truth in it. I frequently speak to young clients about their friendship groups. I am interested […]
It is YOUR supporting guidance that can so help your child in approaching senior school interviews with calm and very genuine self assurance. Perhaps you have had interview experience yourself and can talk about that with your child? What were the questions that YOU reflected upon prior to meeting with the interviewing organisation? How did […]
It is BECAUSE the expectations that I had for myself were so low, and it is BECAUSE I did not plan for better – that so many possibilities slipped by. Looking through the ‘rear view mirror’ has amplified this for me. And given this, it is the wisdom from hard lessons learnt that I just […]
How are you choosing to show up today?
“Be the witness of your mind. NO judgement or criticism. Just curiosity”. My conversations with young people, during a Branching Out session, are about them. What excites them each day? What kind of goals are they setting for themselves? What makes them really happy? How do they manage themselves when under pressure?. We speak […]
I so hope that this has been a good week and a week where you have been compassionate to yourself – and to others. Sometimes we are so hard on ourselves and others that we can make our week quite miserable. Have you been critical and berating to yourself? Have you ruminated over mistakes? Have […]
