The Power of Introverts
As a card-carrying introvert myself this is just the kind of affirmation that I need! It’s something I could have done with when I was growing up. I followed up on her definition of shyness being a fear of social […]
Category: Personal Development
TED Talk – Politics moral roots
I’ve just watched this TED talk by Jonathan Haidt by way of a post on Wired and it has moved me sufficiently to stick it up here. He talks about how our innate personality and our upbringing give us a […]
Restorative Circles Workshop
Some friends of mine are holding a workshop on Restorative Circles in Totnes and Lampeter this summer.
Vivacity Coaching
I’ve just been taking a look at NLP specialists Vivacity Coaching. Yeah I know this is just a shameless plug, but she’s my auntie what do you do – saying that I do have a lot of time for NLP […]
Charlie Chaplin on self-love at his 70th birthday
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”. As I began to love myself I understood how […]
Nonviolent Communication Intro course in May
A close friend of ours Gayano Shaw will be holding an introduction to Nonviolent communication (NVC) course at her home in May. NVC is an excellent bit of kit to have in your communications toolbox, I highly recommend it. You can […]
Time management
I’ve gone back to keeping a little notepad window on the desktop to keep track of things I need to do and that I want to record immediately, while I think of it. Now as you’d expect this grew and […]
It’s not all raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
I’ve just read on interesting account from Melissa Maples about a not so rosy Goenka vipassana retreat in the wilds of turkey: little and poor food, creepy badly functioning hotel, creepy crowd of people and topped off with a little […]
Learning to love paperwork
Lots of catching up with all the boring stuff over the last couple of days; fighting my way through the small mountain of admin that having all of these little businesses create. Sometimes I think its good to assign a […]
Vipassana Update
It’s now been four months since I completed my Vipassana retreat, so how is it going? Am I keeping up my two hours a day? Has it turned my life around? Well I definitely feel calmer day to day. It works […]