Finding the Magic Within

With all my travels, I know that people think that I live a jet-set life! This isn’t always true! The majority of my trips are for work, and I don’t get to see that much. If they are not work related, then I am usually away training in something new – so more recently, I went to Spain and Gibraltar with my partner, and this time it was a holiday! Continue reading “Finding the Magic Within” »

No Regrets – Setting Intentions

I live just outside of London, and I am often asked what I like about living in the London area, and for me – it is the rich culture that I have available to me, when I want it. I love the hustle and bustle of London, the way the sky looks at night (and the early hours of the morning!), and I love the theatre too! One of my favourite sounds is that of the orchestra getting ready to play for the musical that I am about to see. Continue reading “No Regrets – Setting Intentions” »

When you know

I am sitting on a plane, and heading to South Africa for a work conference.  I actually enjoy this time, as it means I get to sit and watch some films and take time out – and just relax.

I watched three movies in total during the eleven hour flight, and the first was one I was looking forward to, only to find that I really wanted to turn it off!  The next was a typical romantic comedy, and then the third is one that I classed as a last resort – but turned out to be amazing! Continue reading “When you know” »

Enough!

I am not sure if this New Year has started as I would have expected it to!  In one respect, it was a lot of fun!  Some friends invited me onto a boat on the Thames to watch the fireworks that went off around the London Eye.  There was dancing, and celebration, and also it was fancy dress!  Something to push me out of my comfort zone to start with, the fact that it was a nautical theme was quite hilarious really, and I decided to dress as a sailor!  It was a great night, and yet there is something quite different about this year than what I have previously experienced.  There is a silence.

I have been going to Weight Watchers off and on over the past few years.  What I didn’t realise was that it is over 7 years that I have been going on and off – and not much has changed!  Just before Christmas, I re-joined and there was a lady that had also started around the same time as me.  She started shortly after having her son, who was along for the Christmas celebrations one evening – and that was when it hit me – I have been going round in circles for 7 years!  I have been up and down in my body weight for some time, only feeling real satisfaction last year when I dropped three stone – only to find that I have now put two of that three back on!

That was when the word hit me – Enough!  For so long now, I have been going round in circles, doing things again and again – but not getting anywhere further.  So once the word ‘enough’ hit me, a silence came over me.  What do I do now if I have had enough.  I have always had a rough idea of where I was going in life – but no real difinitive plan… but now is the time for me to do it!  I have decided that I am going to make this New Year my best year ever, and that I am aslo going to take my own advice as well!

2009 for me has been a year of discovery – but also it has been a year when I have constantly put myself under stress and obligations that were unnecessary.  One of my friends said to me, you know this stuff – why are you just doing it!  So this new year is a new chance for me to put into action what I do know into action.

I love teaching and watching people grow and develop into their own wonderous selves, and I am now seeing that change in my own being too.  Today is the first day, where I have sat back and relaxed and done things that have made me happy – but I have also then cleared off items off my todo list – just because they have been sitting there for way too long!

Now is the time to take action for your life too!  I am following my own kick-start program, and invite you along for the ride if you want.  Just sign up here and I look forward to helping you make 2010 your best year yet as well!

Its all different now!

I remember that as a kid, Christmas was a special time. We would be rushing around to get all the Christmas presents, and then making sure we have enough food in the house, and then Christmas day would come and go. My family always got together at my Nan’s house on Boxing Day – the day after Christmas – and we would have a Christmas day all over again!

This year, I am in the office working – but the party does start when I get home tonight – which I am looking forward to. However, I have been out to see what was open in the small village that the office is based in.

I walked into a local Sainsburys, and there wasn’t much fresh produce on the shelves, and I overheard someone complaining that the other supermarket was closed! It made me think how we are living in an age of expectation now, and that this expectation can often lead to us being disappointed.

I was always told that when we make assumptions, we make an ass out of me and you… is the same not for expectations? I can’t think of a little rhyme that will go with expectations – but I am aware that when I expect something – I am often left disappointed in how it turns out. I have slowly stepped back and stopped expecting things to happen, and noticed that life begins to flow much more easier, and I am now able to have more fun too!