Who Am I?

If someone asked you to describe yourself, what would you say?  It isn’t easy to tell someone else who you are in a short and precise answer. You are much more than anyone can ever see. They see your mannerisms and expressions, hear your words and observe your actions. But your private thoughts, feelings, hopes, …

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Finding Precious Time

The concept of time is somewhat of a double-edged sword. On one hand, time is simply a unit of measure. There are twenty-four hours in a day, no more, no less. And when we look at time in terms of meaningful moments it’s easy to focus on what’s most important and ensure that we live …

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Creating An Inspiring Bucket List

The exercises you’ve done until now have likely highlighted a few areas of your life that need attention. These areas can form part of the goals you add to your bucket list. This week I invite you to think about what you really want in different aspects of your life. Forget what you need. As …

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A Vision of What’s Possible

Congratulations on all the hard work you’ve done so far. I’m honoured that you’ve stayed with me until now and I hope that the exercises you did over the last few weeks have helped you to understand yourself a bit better.  This week I’m going to ask you to really stretch your imagination and think …

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Drawing On Inspiration

We are all inspired by many things, a gorgeous sunrise or sunset, stunning beaches, the beauty in others, a great movie, beautiful music, quotes and roles models. They are important in our lives because they inspire us to be more than we can ever imagine on our own. They give us clues on what we …

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The Roles and Events That Shape Our Lives

On any given day we play several roles at once. We can learn a great deal about ourselves by looking at these roles. The typical roles include relationships with others such as your Mother, Father, Spouse, Daughter, Brother. Professional roles might be Leader, Coach, Technician, Administrator, Nurse, Volunteer or Student. When  the roles you fill …

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Life is a Balancing Act

Balance might best be defined as an intangible feeling or intuition that all is right in our own piece of the world or as a barometer of happiness and contentment. It is elusive perhaps because perfect balance simply does not exist. What feels like a balanced life to one person may feel very chaotic for …

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The Many Layers of Self

The journey towards living a life on purpose begins by uncovering the many layers of your own life. One of these layers is your vocation – the work you do.  Other layers include your relationships, your well-being and your spiritual self. And since life is lived multi-dimensionally, there is an interdependency that connects all of …

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The Heroine’s Journal

If you could take a peek at your heroine’s personal journal, what would you find? I bet you would find an inspiring journal and a package of colourful pens and pencils, tucked away in a special place. It seems right that if we are to start our own heroine’s journey the first thing we need …

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Taking Your Very Own Heroine’s Journey

A wise professor once asked: “How can we know where we’re going if we don’t understand where we’ve been?” Taking a hero’s journey allows us to do just that – to consider where we’ve been and what we’ve accomplished so that we create goals that are inspiring and aligned with where we want to go. …

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Yeah Baby! I’m Living The Dream!

If we’re all “living the dream”, why are we so miserable? We feel more disconnected from our dream life today than we ever did. You can hear it everywhere. “I feel stuck and my life is going nowhere.” “I hate my job.” “I’m overworked and stressed out.” “I’m bored.” “I’m frustrated, angry and scared.” “I’m …

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