“The Whole News” Blog
Opening our minds to greater awareness and depth
What Is Success TO YOU? The Baker Gets Me Thinking…
I was sitting in a business breakfast yesterday morning listening to the famous Beechworth Baker, Tom O’Toole (who is both very inspiring and very entertaining), when he asked the audience the following question: ‘What is success for you?’ and...
Are You Watering Concrete?
I’ve just started a Qi Gung class and when I was the only one to turn up for one class, the Qi Gung master and I settled into a long conversation about energy and healing. In the midst of it he made a comment about 'watering concrete’. The image was so...
Promoting Realities Instead of Myths
Last week I blogged about the myths of ‘Talent’, ‘Mastery’, ‘Gurus’ and ‘Ideal Partners’ so I figured it would only be fair to blog about the realities this week. Here’s my take… ‘Talent’ Writing...
Busting Myths: ‘Talent’, ‘Mastery’, ‘Gurus’, ‘Ideal Partner/Soul Mate’…
I’m in a myth-busting mood, so here are my thoughts about a few of them… The ‘Talent’ Myth We tend to think that some people are naturally more talented than others, but (as I teach in my Writing Mastery course) talent is a very misunderstood...
Self-Coaching – Listening to our Inner Coach
Have you ever put other people on a pedestal, discounting your own intuition and following their advice rather than your own feelings? Have you ever assumed that others know more than you about your own business, family, health, life? It’s easily...
Harnessing ‘Should’
- Extract the gold from your pesky inner voices! You’ve probably had the ‘should’ thought plenty of times – 'I should be more positive/ call my mum/ eat more vegies/ be more patient/ get more exercise/ be nicer to...