A year of coaching with Trav Bell, The Bucket List Guy
I’ve recently reached a significant milestone in my journey – a year of coaching with Trav Bell, The Bucket List Guy. I believe it’s useful to share this experience with you. First and foremost, I can’t speak highly enough of Trav as a coach. If you’re in the coaching, speaking, or writing world and seeking […]
Wisdom Wednesday: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria
AFGHANISTAN کوم کار چې په عقل کېږی په زور نهٔ کېږی A task done by wisdom can’t be done by force. Pashto proverb © 2022 Sampson, Robert ALBANIA Bravery after the war and wisdom after the assembly are not even good enough for dogs to eat. ALGERIA Since we didn’t say anything, they thought they […]
Got Wisdom?
Wisdom has often lingered on the periphery of my thoughts, occasionally surfacing through the verses of Proverbs we learnt as children. My comfort zone rests in the realm of knowledge acquisition, a realm where I derive immense pleasure, driven by the strengths of Input and Learner (Gallup CliftonStrengths) that reside within me. However, when pondering […]
Emotions and what they mean for you.
Congratulations to me! I’m now the proud co-owner of a tween. My happy, well-adjusted child has begun to be a little stormy around the edges of late, a little more “up and down.” This surprised me, even though I knew it shouldn’t have. The emotions, the tears. My instant response to tears is, “Don’t cry”, […]
The Shoes of a Champion
This is the story of one of my favourite young women. Joy is her name. Joy by name, Joy by nature. She is my niece, we are all better for having her in our family. Joy is strong, and she does everything with joyous abandon. She recently started Olympic weightlifting again after a few years […]
Communication
200 times! 200 x 20 minutes = nearly 67 hours. This is the amount of time that Dr Jill Bolte-Taylor practiced her TED Talk, My Stroke of Insight, where she tells the story of her experience with having a stroke. I recommend it, Dr Jill is compelling. Was she a natural speaker? I have spent […]
I miss my walking Moai!
No, it’s not one of THOSE Moai! Let’s leave the Moai of Easter Island in peace and travel west because I’m talking about the Moai of the Okinawans. The Okinawans are one of the “Blue Zone” peoples, those who have high levels of people living quality lives into their 80s, 90s and even 100s. One […]
Caught in Character
I eagerly watched the screen for my daughter’s photo to discover why she had been “Caught in Character”. All week the teachers observe the children’s behaviour and if they see a child behaving in a way consistent with the ARISE values the school promotes, the child is photographed and celebrated for their good behaviour in […]
Eyes to see
Seeing the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis are bucket list items for me. The magical dancing lights in the sky have captivated me all my life. Pure wonder. Imagine my extreme disappointment when I discovered, while talking to a friend who’d been multiple times to see the lights, that they can mostly be shades of […]
Guess what Mum?
My oldest daughter came bounding into the house, bursting with excitement. “Guess what, Mum?” she said. “What?” I asked. I have Caring as my top strength, and I have Achiever and Future-thinking. “Wow,” I said, smiling. Then I said, “Whoaaa, wait a minute. Did you say ‘Strengths’?” “Yes, Mum”, and with a quick hug, she […]