I wasn’t even dressed for the occasion. (Reading Time: 2 Minutes) Sunday night. 10 pm. I was immersed. Soaking away the rigors of a brisk country walk in the warm womb-like waters of the hot tub. Kids in bed. The crisp winter’s evening delivered a deep, clear black sky. Here in the Peak District…
(And why are they important?) (Reading Time: 3 Minutes) Personal core values are the fundamental beliefs of an individual. These deep-seated, elementary principles guide and shape our behaviour and form the structure of our moral and philosophical existence. Our core values enable us to understand the difference between right and wrong. They are the…
(Reading Time: 3 Minutes) Most of us have a rope. A limiting belief that we’ve held on to for years, that holds us back and stops us doing things.
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) Everyone demonstrates passive-aggressive behaviour from time to time. This doesn’t make you one of the bad guys. It makes you human. It often happens when we believe something passionately but, for whatever reason, we don’t feel able to say it out loud. Instead, we feel pent up and frustrated. What happens…
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) A Daily Exercise to Manage Your Internal Narrator We all have an internal narrator: a voice that provides a constant running commentary to our lives. Many people have never given this much thought because they’ve never known a life without The Voice. Just like the sound of our beating heart in…
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) Be honest, totally honest. Are you living the life of your dreams? If you were to shuffle off this mortal coil tomorrow, would you be happy and content if you looked back down the years of your life? Would you feel that you’ve achieved everything that you wanted to? Do you…
(Reading Time: 8 Minutes) We all experience crisis and trauma in our lives at some point. Unfortunately, it’s part of the human experience. It may be a smaller crisis on a personal level – a crisis of faith or an emotional crisis. It may be something that affects your nuclear family, such as the loss…
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) What do you do when you feel that you are not living life fully in line with your values? We know that this is important; that we cannot be wholly happy and satisfied with our lives if we do not live according to our values. Sure, there will be…
(Reading Time: 10 Minutes + exercises) Now that we have taken the time to understand the meaning and importance of our values in life, we can begin to identify what our core values are to see how much they resonate in the way we live our lives at present. Let’s not be fooled. This is…
All of us need to be connected with and aware of our values. They are the touchstone of our existence.