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.
What is it that we really want and how can we have more of it in how we approach each moment?
What is behind what we want and how can we bring those qualities into our lives more regardless of the outcomes we are working towards? This blog explores what the qualities are behind the things we want and asks if there are ways we can create more of those qualities without them only being the bi-product of outcomes.
When faced with the unknown and all its possibilities how do we want to be?
This blog explores how we may face the unknown. How can we reframe the ‘what ifs’ that stop us starting because we worry we may not be able to complete the thing we want to do. Sometimes the only way to learn to do it is to do it and then it is a matter of how we go about it.
What can a crouton tell us about purpose?
A crouton is often not the intended outcome for a loaf of bread. Like a crouton what are the things that come to be in our life and still fulfil a purpose even if how we intended them to isn’t how it transpires? This blog explores how purpose can shift, the different shapes purpose can take and how we can choose to see purpose.
What do we miss when we’re seeking the summit over the rightness of the attempt?
This blog, inspired by Wade Davis’ work on Mallory’s attempts to summit Everest, explores what can be lost if we focus only on an outcome and what it means to balance ambition with a right attempt at achieving the summits we seek in life.
What is on our maps? Navigating life, uncertainty and finding our way.
What do we need to help us navigate our lives and get us to where we want? The world is full of navigation metaphors and analogies, but how clear our we on our own maps for navigating our world and our life. What is on our map, where is still to explore? This blog reflects on what we need to help us more consciously navigate our world and our lives.
How does how we see leading shape when, where and even if we lead? What if leading isn’t just a role but a way of being in any context?
What if we are always leading and it is more a question of how, when and where we want to lead? This blog explores all the assumptions we make about leading and asks what does it mean to lead in all contexts rather than seeing leading as determined by the roles we have or don’t have in life.
What would you most worry about deleting and what would be a release to have deleted?
This blog asks what the impact of finding something to be deleted would be for us. What would we miss? What would we be grateful for? What would we be inspired to finish knowing it could be deleted? In exploring this it asks what do we want to choose to let go of, what do we want to appreciate more and what do we want to finish rather than see deleted?