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February 10, 2025
Overwhelmed? Take It One Punch at a Time

If you're overwhelmed or confused then this insight I got whilst boxing might help. I was so very confused - was I supposed to be doing jab, uppercut, hook or jab, hook, uppercut and however many times my Personal Trainer (PT) told me I'd still pause as I tried to remember what to do - […]

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February 7, 2025
Overwhelmed? Stop Planting More Trees

If your overwhelm feels like you can't see the wood for the trees then one metaphorical solution is very clear: STOP PLANTING MORE TREES Other metaphorical solutions from nature and hints and tips for easing overwhelm can be found in this Landscaping Your Life(LYL) post about when and how to tackle overwhelm. My name is […]

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January 27, 2025
Why Overwhelm Isn't A helpful Description For How You're Feeling

If you're feeling overwhelmed what other words could you use to describe how you're feeling? I’m thinking that using overwhelm as a description is unhelpful because it doesn't help you identify things you can do to ease your overwhelm. Some suggestions to use instead of the word overwhelm might be ⭐️ distracted⭐️ unfocused⭐️ unmotivated⭐️ vision […]

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April 9, 2021
Work's mental - the nature of workplace wellbeing

On 20th May I facilitated a workshop for Headtorch on the subject of “Paths & destinations – how to get from where you are to where you want to be for your wellbeing” using my poem paths and destinations as the basis for the exploration. You can find the recording of that session here. Here's what […]

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January 21, 2021
How to keep afloat

If all you can do is hold on to that which is keeping you afloat - do that.Hold on to what’s keeping your head above water.And if you can ask for help - do that too. Time to talk day is when we remind ourselves that a simple "How are you?" and then listening to […]

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November 15, 2020
What's your prescription for a positive mindset?

One means of getting my head back into a more positive way of thinking is to do plank! What's on your prescription for a positive mindset? Do get in touch if you'd like to develop a prescription for a positive and resilient mindset, or mindset challenge with and for your team.

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August 29, 2020
It's a conspiracy

A post from the 2015 archives. It's about the menopause, and is shared here because the site I shared it on had a clear out of their blogs, and occasionally I do have cause to send it to someone. I've therefore put it here for anyone it might help to see the situation they're in […]

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