Articles & Activities
1 : Going Beyond the Edge. Edges are the place where things change, areas of transition, places where you cross the line into new territory. Get your body involved in this process, not just your mind. Click for more...
2 : Teeth, Meet Edge. Edge, Meet Teeth. Dealing with the unexpected and unwanted. Taking control of the meaning you give to events, and the way you deal with them, even when you can't control the events themselves. Dealing with the 'internal saboteur' (Gremlin). Click for more...
3 : Getting off Your ***! When you 'get off your ***', are you being efficient or effective (or preferably both?). Click for more...
4 : Leap Before You Look? The advice to "Look before you leap" is not always the best advice. Are your risk-taking 'muscles' flabby? What is your usual relationship to risk-taking? Click for more...
5 : …… Or Just 'On Edge'? Taking control of your life and your mind and your body in order to decrease stress and increase well-being. Breathing. Click for more...
6 : A Breath at a Time. Introduction to 'Mindfulness of Breathing' meditation technique. Click for more...
7 : Following Your Bliss. Does your work fulfil, energise and excite you. Does it honour your deeply-held values and allow you to be your 'real self'? Identifying your values. Click for more...
8 : The Intuitive Leap. What is Intuition? And how can you access it? Click for more...
9 : Between One Year and the Next. A New Year Ritual instead of New Year resolutions? Click for more...
10 : A Simple (?) Question. A question based on a Mary Oliver poem : What do you plan to do with your "one wild and precious life"? Click for more...
11 & 12 : It Depends How You Look At It. A 7 step process for exploring different ways of looking at an issue so that you don't get 'stuck' in a single perspective. Click for more...
13 : It's the Little Things that Count. What really makes you happy as opposed to what you believe will make you happy. Click for more...
14 : Work/Life Balance. The symptoms of work/life imbalance. How to improve the situation. Creating the motivation to change. Click for more...
15 : "You Got to Have a Dream". Turning good intentions and/or lack of clarity and/or dreams into real results. The power of intention. Creating the vision. Click for more...
16 : Divers & Dabblers. Which are you? Do you like to be a 'specialist' who 'dives deep' or are there just so many things you're interested in you don't know how to fit them all in? Click for more...
17 : 'Til Death Do Us Part? Relationships. The 'myths'. The Seven Principles of successful relationships. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Click for more...
18 : Putting Things Off. How to make sure those Important but Not Urgent activites don't always keep slipping down the To Do list. Click for more...
19 : Being Kind to Yourself. If 'getting more motivated' means beating yourself up harder, then maybe you need to find what will 'pull' you rather than assuming you need your Gremlin to 'push' you. Click for more...
20: Being Free. What would it mean to "Follow everything except orders and habits". Click for more...
21: How Easily Do You Give Up? "Brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how badly we want things" Randy Pausch Click for more...
22: What is Security. "Security is not having things but handling things" Click for more...
23: New Beginnings. Happiness in this moment - and this moment - and this moment - .................. Click for more...
24: Mice, Mazes & Mindfulness. 1) Update on 19 - Being Kind to Yourself 2) Update on 6 - A Breath at a Time 3) And finally - Silent Retreats : Heaven or Hell? Click for more...
25: Constructive Conflict - Part 1. Understanding conflict - practical and emotional causes and the development of the 'Conflict Loop'. Click for more...
26: Constructive Conflict - Part 2. Managing Yourself in Conflict. Questionnaire to help you identify your 'default' conflict style?. Click for more...
27: Constructive Conflict - Part 3: Communication Skills & New Directions. Click for more...
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