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Peace on Earth and the 100th Monkey
The 100th Monkey A story about social change. By Ken Keyes Jr. The Japanese monkey, Macaca Fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years. In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkey liked the taste of the…
Living in the feeling
Yesterday I wrote a status on Facebook that said: “Life is so simple and so beautiful”. At the time I didn’t feel like elaborating, it just seemed enough. In that moment it was who I was. I woke up this morning thinking to myself that is how I am seeing it, this game of life,…
Is this up your street?
I have recently become involved with an innovative organization called Street Wisdom which is a simple concept that has been created to allow people to access their own wisdom through Mindful walking. It is a powerful and enjoyable way of using the streets to learn something new ; a simple idea, based on the proposition that…
What is your unanswered question?
We all have this conceptualized idea of who we are……or at least, who we think we are, which for the most part, unless we do some personal enquiry, stays pretty fixed throughout our lifetime. We define ourself with our “I am” statements, most of which are outdated and simply not true and we continue to…
3 Principles: From Powerless to Empowered
I remember the time when people used to ask me how I was and I would say “Yeah, fine”… which translated into Fed-up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional. What that really meant was “I’m coping with what life throws at me; I am managing the emotions of not really feeling very important and that I lack…
My Guilty Secret: Things Are Going to Change!
So, this is the blog post where I reveal all of me… where I drop my guilty secret and stand proud in all of who I have been, and how that is going to help me to serve a particular group of clients. My Guilty Secret Begins… About thirteen years ago life looked very different to…
The Inside Out Understanding – The Nature of Human Experience
There are times in our lives when we receive an up-grade in our understanding of how life works that changes everything. I know many of my clients have experienced that moment when the switch was flicked and the light bulb went on. After this I often hear people say ” If only I had known…
The Mindfulness Approach to New Year’s Resolutions
When you are asked the question “any New Year’s resolutions this year?” what will your answer be? The question is usually framed as “What are you giving up” or “What are you doing less of” but rather than asking about the “what”, the better way to ask the question is “How”……”How are you resolving to…
12 Days of Christmas Happiness……..on the twelfth day of Christmas…….
My true love gave to me……. gifts from the wisemen and wise women you are. My wish for you is that you experience and create the happiest and most peaceful Christmas holiday time possible for you. Be your own wise woman/man and give yourself these three gifts- 1. Know that whatever you are telling yourself…
12 Days of Christmas Happiness…….on the eleventh day of Christmas…….
My true love gave to me…………..all the happiness I could ever wish for. If you crept downstairs on Christmas morning and there, under the tree, was a huge beautifully wrapped parcel with your name on it and inside was an enormous box of happiness, what are you going to do with it? As I mentioned…