How prepared are we for the success we really long for? And how much does that preparation shape how likely we are to reach the success we really long for?
What if our readiness for success can make us succeeding in what really matters more likely? This blog explores how we can get in our own way of finding the success we long for. It asks what our relationship to success is and what we can do to create a relationship with us and success that serves us in finding that success.
What is the impact of forcing something and what may be a way of doing it without forcing?
This blog explores the impact of forcing and what we need to do what matters without forcing it to happen. It explores why forcing may help us do things we are avoiding but in the long run may be less sustainable than other approaches.
What is the point in productivity? What if the answer depends on our relationship to productivity?
This blog explores productivity. What are we being productive for? It asks what is your relationship to productivity and what do you need to be present to your productivity, because from presence we can choose how we want to relate to something.
What are the words behind our words and what is their impact on how we live and lead in the world?
This blog explores the words behind what we say, the behind-words. It asks what the impact is on us and others, what does it make possible and less possible. If we could more consciously create the world we most want to be part of, what would the behind-words be that all of our words carry?
Have you tried turning it on and off again? What are the processes that best help us respond to challenges
This blog is inspired by all the times I wish I had tried turning it off and on again rather than spending hours frantically stuck in trying to find a fix for something. It explores what an equivalent process for us could look like, when it could be most useful and how it can help us return to a challenge, which may no longer even feel like a challenge, with fresh eyes.
What if practising endings is a skill that helps us to make the space to be our best and start what really matters?
This blog explores endings as a skill and how it can prepare us for endings we cannot control. It asks what we need to practise endings, where we can practise them and what can we start when we can more skillfully create and navigate endings?
What are we serving? What do we really want to be in service of?
This blog asks what we are serving in how we do what we do and how that compares to what we really want to serve. The blog asks what conditions we need to serve what really matters to us and how doing the same thing could be in service of totally different things.
What would external circumstances force us to consider and change to be our best more, that we could do now without waiting for the world to tell us?
This blog considers the times life makes us reconsider how we are doing things and how that can often lead to us being our best more. As a result, this blog asks what could we do now that helps us be our best more, instead of waiting for the world to tell us to consider this area more?
When everything feels urgent and important what do you do?
8 questions to help navigate what to do when everything feels urgent and importnat
What am I ignoring because to acknowledge it means I will need to change something? And what does that say about how I navigate and create change?
This blog asks what is behind the thing we know which we are resisting doing anything about? Like an old outfit we have outgrown, what do we need to gently put it aside to welcome an outfit that better fits us now?
What only becomes possible when we see ourselves as something or someone?
Who do we need to see ourselves as to become the person we want to be? This blog asks what if how we see ourselves is the first step to achieving what we want and becoming who we want to be? If so, who do we need to see ourselves as and how can we do that?
What is the smallest change that can positively shift everything for you?
This blog explores how we can shift from feeling stuck with tiny tweaks and small changes to routines and daily life that can create a sense of novelty which opens us up to more possibility.
What if missed opportunities are in fact opportunities we are still missing and still available to us, just in different forms?
So many conversations linger on the hindsight of missed opportunities. What if the opportunity isn’t missed if we do something about it now? This blog considers if missed opportunities are really a recurring pattern of missing opportunities and, if so, what is the underlying opportunity still available for us to seize?
What are we taking for granted and what is its impact on how we choose to live our lives?
This blog explores what we take for granted and in doing so what potential remains untapped as a result. What are the experiences, skills and strengths we take for granted when if we didn’t we could more fully be what we want to be? It asks what would remind us of the things we take for granted so we can appreciate and harness them more.
What is possible if we ask questions rather than set goals and follow ideas over answers?
How does a focus on answers and goals limit us? What if we focused more on questions and ideas? This blog explores what is possible when we hold specific outcomes and answers more lightly, opening ourselves to the possibility that the best answers are really just ideas that evolve and grow as we continue to explore questions that have no fixed nor finite answer.
What gives us the feeling of progress we need to create the progress we want to see and how can we apply that to the area we really want to move forwards?
This blog explores how the feeling of progress can help us create real progress. It considers what we need to create that feeling and what becomes possible when we feel a sense of progress. In knowing what helps us feel progress this blog asks where in our lives we would like to see real progress and what we could do to create the feeling of progress that sparks the energy to create real, tangible progress.
What if it isn’t just about planting new seeds but tending, pruning, propagating and composting what is already growing?
This blog, exploring the analogy of planting seeds to create what we want in life, considers what else we can do beyond planting seeds. It asks what already exists and is growing that we can harvest, compost, prune or propagate to contribute to the ecosystem we want our life to be part of.
What are all the other possible stories that don’t say I’m not good enough?
This blog explores what our stories about our experiences say about how we see ourselves and the world and what they make possible or impossible for us. One story that is almost always possible to read into experiences is that ‘I am not good enough’. That is only one story. This blog asks what are the other stories we can tell and which one could we choose that best supported us and who we really want to be
How can our approach to seemingly mundane things enable us to grow and face the big things that feel most difficult to us?
This blog considers how we can approach the smallest aspects of everyday in a way that enables our growth. It asks how we can approach things in a way that enables growth without perpetuating an idea of unnecessary suffering to grow. It asks what if we are always growing and if so how can we approach things to best enable this growth and the potential growth pains that come with it?
What does our language say about how we see things?
This blog explores what the impact of our words are on how we see the world and how we are in it. It considers how our environment may influence our words and thoughts and how we may observe our thoughts and words and learn patterns of thought and speech that reflect more who we want to be and how we want to see the world.