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The Father

Why is ‘Father’ Christmas a ‘father’? I mean she could be a woman, right? But he’s not. So why the ‘father’ archetype? I’ve been pondering this over the festive season and have a few ideas. Firstly, anybody who has been in a lineup approaching Santa’s regal chair recently with kids in-tow (and elf-dressed photographers bounding […]

If this were your last…..

What if you only had one more week in this body. This body you are currently inhabiting. How would you treat it? What would you allow it? What secrets would you share with it? What would you feed it? How would you want to feel? How would you want your body to feel? What memories […]

Purposeful paths

When you need to summon faith and courage you know you are on your purpose-path. For some of us that feeling comes from the pit of our stomach, for others it is in their lungs. Or wings space. Or big toe on their right foot. The point is check in when you are feeling the […]

Fresh is best

Freezers come with ‘suggestion guides’. Yup, apparently there is a swag of research that has been done on when is too long to have something in your freezer. And it’s slightly different for each food group depending on how the item lived pre-freezing, the water content at the time of being frozen and other stuff […]

Who or What is your career Great Aunt Martha?

A story from an amazing coach, Brian Tracy, is the inspiration for today’s blog, which runs along these lines: An American couple in their early 30’s, with a young family and a large mortgage had a Great Aunt called Martha. Now, G.Auntie was fond of receiving mail from their kids, joining the family for family […]

Perceived future threats vs. actual reality

Perceived future threats vs. actual reality

I had a really interesting conversation with my partner last week, which revolved around the topic of perceived future threats vs. actual reality. He just started back at Uni doing a post-grad course in Math (a fact that interests me – in Australia you can receive ‘free funding’ for almost any course up to the […]