coach, writer, educator downshifting, sustainable living, sustainable business
On the “Coaching” and “About me” pages of this website, I state that I coach from a psychospiritual perspective. Every so often a prospective coaching client or fellow coach asks me to explain further. Some coaches, particularly business coaches, it would seem, are not familiar with this approach and many clients are unaware of the [...]
“By taking care of the present, we can even transform the past.” Thich Nhat Hahn What is the past? What is history? I would suggest that the past is only what we choose to remember, whether that’s what someone’s recorded in a history text or whether it’s our personal recollection of an event. The memory [...]
What is sustainable change? I believe it’s when we are able to cultivate a new habit, a novel way of being or doing, and maintain that long term. We might find this very easy to do for some habits, for example finding an alternative route to work and sticking to it, or deciding to wake [...]
“When you are competent, you can do your work at high standards. When you are a master, you invent the next level of your work, craft or business, which is a lot more attractive, especially to better clients and customers.” Thomas Leonard. Autonomy: the opportunity to choose for ourselves a form of employment that suits [...]
It has occurred to me that when we are overly stressed, what we are actually encountering is a misuse of our personal energy. In the same way that we are collectively misusing the sources of fuel that the earth has to offer and causing global stress, on a personal level we can sometimes find ourselves [...]
The mind can go in a thousand directions But on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, a gentle wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms. Thich Nhat Hahn. Simply walking is one of the easiest, cheapest and most effective ways I know of creating peace within myself or within a [...]
“Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.” James Allen How often do you feel guilty for choosing a course of action – [...]
I was prompted to write this blog and my Love Letter to the Future by a campaign that Greenpeace ran during the Copenhagen summit. However, it seems just as pertinent on Valentine’s Day, as a reflection on our love for others, for the earth and for other life forms. It also reminds me of the [...]
This site seeks to explore the heart and soul of downshifting to a more sustainable, ethical and holistic way of living and working, in keeping with the needs of the planet, humanity as a whole and ourselves as individuals. (read more)
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