One of the key skills that we need in our ‘tool box’ for life, is courage. This is a little story about how I rediscovered mine and how I can help you to tap into yours.
Life Skills
Maintaining Optimism
This week I am speaking in a few different places about the need to maintain optimism in any situation.I have found that optimism is the one factor that has enabled me to overcome most of the hardships in my life and that being an Optimist has made it possible for me to get back up … Continue reading Maintaining Optimism
How To Have A Good Mindset During Lockdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kApeXBoHr0s&t=39s Are you feeling stuck and finding the lockdown experience tedious? Are you feeling blessed to be in “lockdown”? Would it help to know that the way we think about our circumstances can be a major influencer of our outcomes and results? This is an early morning message that I recorded on Sunday 3 May … Continue reading How To Have A Good Mindset During Lockdown
Thoughts And Words And Deeds
"What are you thinking?" "What was that you said?" What you speak into the ether is a seed. Repeat it and it starts to take root. Feed it and it starts to shoot. Water it and it starts to expand. Keep on repeating it and it really gets growing. Repeat the same … Continue reading Thoughts And Words And Deeds
Forgiveness Is Key To Flow
Have you found yourself in the midst of a situation that is taking everything in you to manage or to survive within? Are you wondering whether there is light at the end of the tunnel and whether you will ever find the way out of the angst and pain that you have found yourself … Continue reading Forgiveness Is Key To Flow
We Lead By Example
Leadership is leadership. Parenting is leadership. Whether we are leading teams, family big or small, classrooms full of children, organisations, churches, businesses, society, clubs ... the group that we are leading is simply a group that we are leading. No matter the situation: We lead by example. When we become aware and mindful of … Continue reading We Lead By Example
May Catching Up With April ~ A Newsletter
Dear Readers, A Catch Up It has been a while since I wrote one of my 'chatty' posts and so I thought it was time to have a catch up ~ this time, a newsletter of sorts. With Spring, in the northern hemisphere, came a sudden rush of visible activity outdoors - leaves popping … Continue reading May Catching Up With April ~ A Newsletter
Welcome The Challenges
It is in life's toughest times that we have the opportunities to grow the most. If we don't accept those lessons, recognise them for what they are, learn from them, and expand as human beings within those labour pains, we give birth to nothing new. It is always our choice in the testing times: learn … Continue reading Welcome The Challenges
The Holly Tree Tales 