Tag: culture

A Story About…Perception

A Story About…Perception

How do you prevent other people’s perceptions stop you from doing what you’d like and enjoy doing? This is a subject that I hear and see all the time – our perception of ourselves and the perception of what others think about us. I’m too […]

A Story About…Fun (and the gym and our favourite hobbies)

A Story About…Fun (and the gym and our favourite hobbies)

A Story About … fun (and the gym and our favourite hobbies) To be quite honest with you, there are things I like doing more than going to the gym to train. This, I think, is quite a common feeling. I get it. Training can […]

A Story About…Ripples and Waves

A Story About…Ripples and Waves

I have a purpose that I haven’t been shouting from the roof tops. A mission if you will! One that is ambitious and yet so doable!

My mission is to help the world thrive and live healthier happier lives, one person at a time.

I truly believe that each and every one of us has a magic that needs sharing with others. And that magic is different for everyone. That magic is a true and joyous gift that keeps on giving.

When we share our magic with others it’s like a ripple in the water. The more we share the more ripples are sent out. Others catch those ripples and absorb the energy from them. And their ripples are made stronger because of it. And then their ripples are sent out and help those who are around them.

My magic is to help and support each person I come across to find their best way of thriving. When someone is thriving it is easier to share their magic with others.

My personal purpose is to always leave people happier with their lives than before they met me, whether that is on a personal or professional level.

Most of the time I succeed.
Sometimes people aren’t ready for my ripples. Sometimes the magic needed is somebody else’s. And that’s ok!

I will keep going, spreading my magic and creating my ripples. Making sure those ripples keep circling outwards helping others make waves!

What is your ripple making magic?

 

……………………

Group, Online or 121 Memberships – what works for you best? You choose. PM me for a chat to find your best solution.

A Story About…Owning our Sh*t!

A Story About…Owning our Sh*t!

I was once told I was arrogant for saying “I’m awesome at what I do” ❓How would you react if someone said this to you? Would you… Get angry or cross? Apologise? Say thank you? Feel hurt? I was grateful for the comment because it […]

A Story About…Eating

A Story About…Eating

How does your past experience shape your approach to eating now? Can we change our future? I think so!   ‘Eyes bigger than…’   I was reminded of this phrase whilst eating my lunch recently.   I was starving. So made a very decent sized […]

A Story About…Old dog, old tricks…and new!

A Story About…Old dog, old tricks…and new!

A Story about …Old dog, old tricks…and new!

After almost 4 years and 5 operations I finally got permission to go back to the sport I love.

Bring it on.

Never too old
Never too broken
Never let life stop you

Always time to do something new
Or old
That brings you joy
Deep down in your soul

What is that for you?

 

……………………

Group, Online or 121 Memberships – what works for you best? You choose. PM me for a chat to find your best solution.

A Story About…Overflowing

A Story About…Overflowing

A Story about …Overflowing …and who’s in your corner? A river, on the whole, is a great example of personal growth and development. It carves its way through the landscape, growing slowly, making small changes in its path to obstacles that it comes up against. […]

A Story About…”You do you hun”

A Story About…”You do you hun”

  A story about “You do you hun” …. what anchors you when the expectation to conform conflicts with your authenticity? I’ve seen this phrase is being used on social media in a derogatory manner. And quite frankly it makes me cross. As someone who […]

A Story About…The Voice In Your Head

A Story About…The Voice In Your Head

A Story About…The Voice In Your Head

What does the voice in your head tell you?

Is it helpful or unhelpful stuff?
The Internal Voice can be very convincing!

No, don’t be stupid
You are rubbish at
You can’t do
You’re not good enough to
You’re not worth that
Nobody will listen to you saying that
You’ll never be able to…
You’re too (insert derogatory words) to

OR

Don’t rock the boat
People won’t like it/you if
It will be too disruptive to

OR

I won’t try that because I might fail
I won’t do that as it will go wrong
There’s no point because

I’m sure you could add some more!

We can beat ourselves up without even trying. That Internal Voice can be pretty vocal in its opinions.
Those opinions can easily influence the actions we take (or don’t take).

That internal voice is loud and shouty for a reason.

Our brain is hardwired to keep us safe i.e. alive!
After all, what we have always done and the way we have always done it hasn’t killed us yet so it must be the right thing to do.

That Internal Voice gets loud and shouty as soon as that safety feels threatened.

Safe does not mean we are achieving our dreams and purpose.

So what can we do to quieten that shouty Internal Voice, we can crack on with the stuff we want/need to do?

Here’s a few suggestions that I’ve found useful.

  • Be Kind – Treat The Voice like you would a close friend. Give it a name if you want to.
  • Opinion – Let The Voice shout. Let it have it’s opinion. By listening rather than ignoring, The Voice will feel heard. And by listening it can give you a clue to the way through to achieve what you want.
  • Plan – When we organise, process and break it up into small chunks it is easier for the Internal Voice to handle.
  • Reason – Having a powerful reason for the challenging action can help persuade The Voice that it’s an essential action to take to feel safe and worth the risk.
  • Counter argue – Providing The Voice with a worse case scenario if the action doesn’t happen can help sway it in your favour.
  • Reassure – Providing evidence that the new situation is going to be beneficial and positive will calm that pesky voice.
  • Rephrase – Rephrase the objections from The Voice using language that has positive focus. Replacing words like Can’t/Don’t/Shouldn’t with Can/Will/Shall.
  • Breathe then Jump – Feel the fear and do it anyway. And then celebrate doing it. The brain will hunt for more of what we tell it. So by Doing and Celebrating it’s showing The Voice that we are ok, still alive and can do that again!

And finally,

Practice – The more we practise the process of moving through the doubting shouty Internal Voice obstacle, the easier it gets. And the more fun stuff we get to do. So keep practising!

What does your Voice shout? And how do you move through it?

……………………

Group, Online or 121 Memberships – what works for you best? You choose. PM me for a chat to find your best solution.

line or
A Story About…Health

A Story About…Health

A story about…..Health is for life not just for January ???? January is a time when lots of people make decisions to change many aspects in their lives. Gyms see the impact of this as their membership number goes up.???? ????????But being healthy is so […]