I love a new start, a clean slate, a fresh opportunity and New Year is the obvious time. Right now I’m in holiday mode and I want to stay there for a while longer! I’m spending the time: Relaxing – reading, sunshine, leisurely times with friends, and sharing my family’s adventures … [Read more...]
How did 2017 pan out for you? The end of the year is a perfect time to reflect, acknowledge, celebrate and let go of it all, to clear the energy and to make space for what you want to create in 2018. The year for me has seen new challenges, successes and some learnings (ie some things didn’t quite … [Read more...]
While I love traditions & being with family and friends, I dread the preparations. What to buy? For who? What are we doing? Have I done enough? The busyness, the socializing, the hype that goes with it and the expectation around it can paralyze me. Our family continues to grow and this year a … [Read more...]
Taking it all the way to the finish line. A couple of weeks ago I thought I’d gone as far as I could with my outcomes for 2017. With prompting from my mentors and a renewed focused on what I want my life to look like, I took a long overdue action. Asking for what I want has had some unexpected … [Read more...]
This week I’ve been looking at my relationship with stress. The trigger for this state of affairs is that I’m currently living in a beautiful area and it’s caused me some stress. How can that be possible? The continuum of stress is eustress→stress→distress and there is an optimal point where stress … [Read more...]
This year I’ve had busy days and I’ve had the other extreme at the end of the day - doing nothing but mindless screen time. In between these two extreme is another space and I was missing it - a space for creativity. For someone who spent many years sewing and doing other needlework crafts, one … [Read more...]
This week I celebrate 3 years as a full-time housesitter and it got me thinking about home and what it means to me. I am a homebody and I like being at home. When I began the housesitting lifestyle three years ago my housemate remarked: “but you like home!” I do, and the two can exist … [Read more...]
Have you ever noticed how much you can actually get done just before you go on holiday? Why is it that time management is so easy at these times? Here’s what I’ve observed: There’s an immovable deadline (there’s no more stalling). It HAS to be done (there are no more excuses). You want … [Read more...]
This week during a coaching session I saw the soul’s yearning to return to more carefree times, to reconnect with family, for love and laughter, to be looked after and cared for, even if just for a short while. She and her husband had been discussing the options for family visiting or visiting … [Read more...]
This week I realized I’m surrounded by a family of stars! And they’re all really nice people as well! It’s not just that we are related by birth there is real friendship, caring, and support that has grown over the years we have known each other, sharing life’s great moments and its challenges as … [Read more...]