Tag: Mindfulness & Wellbeing
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Better holidays
“We often live with a forward momentum. When you suddenly stop, it can feel like musical chairs, and the music has just stopped and your standing there and you don’t have a chair. And that’s really disconcerting, because part of what we do, which I think leads to a lot of burnout and existential struggle,…
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Acting upon ambition
“To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is to turn our backs on ourselves and on the reason for our existence.” Steven Pressfield We feel those stirrings of ambition, but often we quickly shut them down. Who has time…
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The power of music
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Plato “Ah, music,” he said, wiping his eyes. “A magic beyond all we do here!” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Do you ever wake…
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What we focus on makes a difference
“The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.” Sharon Salzberg We often find our minds swept away into negative thought patterns. It doesn’t take long before this spirals out of control, and we are living out every doomsday scenario which has not yet happened. I have been practising trying…
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Create a safe space for magic to happen
“It’s not necessarily down to me to save, rescue and support, but if I can find a safe space to bring in and host, and allow the wisdom in the room to connect and share, and come with a similar spirit of generosity and helping each other, magic happens.” Michael Bungay Stanier It’s amazing what…
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Easy or hard choices
“Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” Jerzy Gregorek This quote made me pause and reflect on the choices I make in my life. Do I make enough hard choices? Should I be making more hard choices? Hard vs easy choices I understand hard choices as being those things which are challenging to get…
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Release the non-essential
It’s not the daily increase, but the decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” BRUCE LEE Western society generally promotes the idea of accumulating more. Advertising and marketing messages bombard us. The common thought seems to be earn more and spend more. It’s all about visual cues of “success” through a bigger house, a nicer car…
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Take a break
“A yawn is a silent scream.” Oscar Wilde You’re siting at your desk but nothing is coming out. You’re tired, lethargic and unproductive. Things aren’t working. You feel guilty and lazy. The self talk is getting worse. HOLD UP. It’s ok. Maybe it’s time to listen to your body. TAKE A BREAK. Do something else,…