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Can you tell someone else how to do something if you don't know yourself?

My girls love it when I teach them some ballet. I did ballet for years so I have a fair bit of knowledge. I always did well at it too. So...

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Have you ever noticed what happens if you start the day in a good mood?

Have you ever noticed what happens if you start the day in a good mood?

Have you ever noticed what happens if you start the day in a good mood?

I got up early (yikes) on Tuesday to take my daughter to netball practice before school and we were rewarded with the most beautiful...

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Are you frustrated because you can’t fix it?

I became stressed the other morning. This meant that when my girls had left for school I wasn’t feeling relaxed or ready for the day....

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Do you ever thank people ?

Do you ever thank people ? Do you want to be thanked ? One day I came home and my daughter had tidied up the kitchen. She knows how...

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Should we say “I told you so” ?

My son had a new flat mate for his apartment . It was all set up and arranged. Then suddenly a day or two prior to moving in they told...

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Why are you starting from there?

You are a tourist, driving along and you stop to ask for directions to Dublin. You possibly have a map, but if you don't know where you...

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What does 'woodworm' and your mind have in common?

I bought a new house a few years ago. Apparently there had been some borer/woodworm but it had been treated. That's okay then isn't it?...

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What will you do?

When we were kids we went to school and we were 'given' information. We had to learn it by reading it, by writing it down, by repeating...

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Do you want respect?

The Loving Series© Part Two Do you want respect? I remember repeatedly not feeling respected. I planned my day around meeting my friend,...

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Is your life hard?

It all seems so easy for successful people . They have it all going for them They are so lucky How do you become someone who succeeds?...

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What problem are you wishing away?

When I was a child I suddenly started to get stomach aches. Rather bad ones. I went from never having never missed a day of school to...

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Do You Want To Be Loved? Do You Want To Be Liked?

Do you want be loved? Do you want to be liked ? Who doesn’t! It’s one of our basic human needs. How does it happen? There are two types...

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Emotions are logical!

Give me a minute to explain if you will. When I was 11 - I felt self conscious. My school bus stop was at the end of the village - last...

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Do you have a routine. If so, why?

I have to say - I dislike routines. What's the point anyway? I was listening to a speaker and somebody asked him a question what are the...

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Reacting

I was reacting last week…. (to be fair - we all are, all the time) Last week a friend had misunderstood something I said and decided to...

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Your best is NOT good enough

Stop ‘doing your best’ Your best is NOT good enough : I have a friend - their mother always said : it’s ok, you’ve done your best. They...

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Positive energy

I was lacking in energy this weekend. It has been a full on week. I felt lucky that the sun was shining. I sat outside in my garden and...

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Are you trying to reinvent the wheel?

I tried playing golf for the first time last week. Interesting sport - completely different movements from any other sport I’ve done ....

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Seeing things another way

Seeing things another way

Seeing things another way

Here’s my dilemma and frustration . Dilemma is a mild version of what I feel. Frustration for sure - but let’s not go into that now ! A...

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Emotions and you

What is an emotion An emotion is a physiological state within your body. You experience this feeling in your physical body and react to...

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