Category: Personal Change
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Learning\’s from my Silent Retreat
Just before Christmas I joined a group of c50 other people on retreat at Gaia House, a centre for Buddhist learning in deepest darkest Devon. I had wanted to ‘do a retreat’ for a while and having built up my meditation practice for the last 18 months or so, thought now was a good time. Funny,…
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I bet fear is getting in your way somewhere?
I wonder, as we get sucked into the hugely commercial fiasco that is Halloween this evening, what you are scared of? I am scared of spiders, of upsetting or letting people down that I care about and I am not overly keen on small spaces if I am honest! Apparently we are born with only two…
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Three ways to help people help you
I recently completed the Bury 10k run as a ‘visually impaired guide’ for Paul, a partially sighted chap in his early 50s. Now Paul can see, but only in a hazy fuzzy way out to about 3 metres, further out than that things are not distinguishable at all. Running with Paul was a bit of…
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When was the last time you got out of your comfort zone?
[fusion_text]I have written before and talk a lot (to anyone that will listen) about the fact that life is too short not to be the best you want to be in every facet of your life. Being a better version of you means pushing yourself out of your comfort zone, by definition uncomfortable and not…
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Do you catch \’them\’ doing it well?
This blog was inspired by a couple of events, brought together after listening to the Radio 2 Thought for the Day slot last Friday – this was centred on ‘catch people doing it well’. The presenter asked the question – how often do we ask people “what is right with you?” rather than the usual…
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It\’s tough being an effective role model!
I have just submitted a membership application on behalf of my daughter to join Ramsbottom Running Club and will happily stump up the £20 fee – isn’t it funny what you will willingly pay for and on what things you attempt to impose the ‘take accountability for money’ lessons on your children :-) Anyway –…
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Insights from Aconcagua
It feels a little surreal to be sat back at my desk reflecting on what was, without doubt, the adventure of a lifetime (well so far :-) Only 1 week ago I was relaxing in the 30 degree heat of Mendoza with a long lunch and a book, reflecting on the previous 2 weeks trekking…
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Unexpected Events
Well with exactly a week until I fly I am writing this blog post from hospital, fortunately it is not me that has been admitted, but my daughter Alice, admitted yesterday for suspected glandular fever! Luckily the tests were negative, but she has severe tonsillitis and has spent the night at Fairfield Hospital. Four bouts…
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What to pack?
Under 2 weeks to go :-) OMG!!! It has been a bit of a ‘bitty’ week really – busy, travelling, home to Devon, but got my training done and on-going progress. I have now started to think about how I ‘taper’ – I think that is the technical term – so perhaps the last walk with…
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Having a ‘Team Me’
Another week and another 40 + miles in the bag :-) getting closer! It has been a great week from a training perspective, managed to get 6 sessions done of varying types and feeling really strong as a result. From an emotional perspective it has been a bit of an up and down week. I have…