
When Something Trivial Defines You....
It was a beautiful blue sky day and the temperatures were around 29 degrees. The pool was looking cool, blue and refreshing and the kids...
How Playing Football Can Teach English
Learning styles are different for individual people and one style does not fit everybody. Remember those days at school, when you were...
Optimism - Achieve Better Health At No Cost
A long time a go I was given a book to read. 'Pollyanna' by Eleanor H. Porter. Pollyanna is a young orphan and believes life's most...
Forgiveness - The Missing Piece
I was enjoying my day not so long ago and a short non-threatening text message from a particular person utterly crushed it. I could feel...
We Create Our Reality By What We Agree To Believe
I have a friend who really wants to travel. She pours over magazines and travel blogs. She slows down when walking past travel agencies....
Feeling Amazing Or Not So Great On Demand - Triggering An Anchor
Every Friday morning I would go to the assembly held at the primary school my children attended. It was a small school and I knew every...
Learning Styles
Learning styles are different for so many people and one style does not fit everybody. I'm talking about sitting at a desk, listening to...
5 Tips To Sail Through Mi-Life
Have you ever noticed some people who seem to sail through those mid-life years? They seem to blossom and be full of joy and...
The Final Straw
Mum came home from a rare weekend away and she had a present for us. Imagine our delight as we discovered a crazy curly straw! Nobody,...
Do We Realise When We Are Not Doing Self-Compassion?
I wasn't coping very well with an issue that had been 'creeping' around me for a few weeks. It seemed that all I could do was ruminate on...
Learning Stages - From Shoelaces To Driving
I remember teaching my children to tie their shoelaces. I had to slow right down and think back to how I did it. It surprised me how...
Holidays
We had our fresh summer clothes on, haircuts, summer smiles and the four of us arrived at Auckland International Airport ready and...
Where Did Your Playful Go? Let's Get It Back!
It doesn’t snow in Dublin very often, but in March we got heaps as the ‘Beast from the East’ visited! It was beautiful – so clean,...
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Just like Elton sang all those years ago, sorry seems to be the hardest word. So why does that little word seem to be so difficult to...
Invite the Lions In With Self-Criticism
I was with a friend the other day and she was putting her lipstick on using the rear view mirror of the car. She did a fine job of it –...
A Musing For The Fairer Sex
There is tremendous (and not always pleasant) debate in Ireland at the moment about abortion rights and repealing the 8th amendment. It...
Are We Human Or Are We Dancer?
Last week I flew from Auckland, New Zealand, to Manchester, UK. It involved a looooong trip, first landing in Melbourne, Australia (a 3...
Smiles - More Than a Face Enhancer!
I was in a hurry at the supermarket, having parked in a carpark that I probably shouldn't have. As I was quickly scanning the aisles for...
Teaching - A Step To Mastery
I was thrilled to participate in the latest MBIT Coach Certification Training with Stephen Moore and Gayle Young in Kendal, UK. We have...


















