Do you really believe in your work… really desperately want it to succeed… yet fear failure? Ruth Rogers is on a mission: To support and celebrate realistic beauty. Since 2006, she’s been collecting real people’s stories about their real bodies, a selection of which are then performed by celebrities on stage in her Body Gossip [...]
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My website disappeared last Friday night. I was doing a routine upgrade of WordPress (my blogging software) and suddenly the system crashed, leaving me with one blank page and a message announcing there had been a ‘fatal error’. I stared at the screen in horror. I tried various routes into the back-end of the website [...] So much in life can feel like a battle. Traffic, humidity, computer failure; arguments, deadlines and illness. We supposedly live in a fast-paced competitive age where we have to fight to keep up, fight against time and only the ruthless will survive. We’re besieged with internal fears and doubts and it can feel like there [...] I invited a lot of people to my birthday party. About a week before the event, I received a flurry of messages: “I can’t make it after all”, “There’s a clash”. A quiet, scared voice started tugging at me: “But… what if no-one turns up??” If you’ve ever thrown a party, organized a work do [...] Last week, many of you listened in to the free teleclass I hosted on the topic of decluttering. Fellow coach Sue Rasmussen and I had a fantastic response with 100+ people registering and lots of very enthusiastic comments. If you missed the class, you have until this weekend to sign up to receive the free [...] “Have you ever had that moment when you realise that even though you’re really good at something, the universe is actually calling you in a different direction?” Michelle Engelsman, Olympic swimmer, experienced this in 2008. She had at one time been ranked as #1 in the world, had travelled extensively for her country (Australia) and [...] When you’re in employment, your manager tells you what to do. When you’re self-employed, you make all the decisions. Either way, it’s a clever person making clever decisions. Right? I’m just back from the Findhorn Foundation where decision-making comes in a different form. Before every activity, the process of ‘attunement’ is used: a group gathers, [...] Want to receive these blog posts direct to your inbox, plus hear about special offers? Simply subscribe for free here > > What is your approach to turbulent times? What do you do when things go pear-shaped? Many of us have been feeling an abundance of challenges lately with the recession and with environmental and societal crises. There’s a lot that doesn’t feel safe about our world and it can be tempting to withdraw and struggle along [...] Putting it off… It’s over there but I’m not looking… Yeah yeah, some day… These are some of the ways people describe procrastination, along with the accompanying feelings of frustration, disappointment, dread and overwhelm. Procrastination doesn’t feel good inside and it means that we don’t get to contribute as deeply or impact as greatly as [...] |
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