Bouncing back: Choose your response to adversity

Getting a little bit of perspective on your situation is one of the best ways to help you bounce back in hard times. But what else can help you become more resilient? I was speaking with a friend yesterday who was telling me how she’d recently started having mild panic attacks over really small things. [...]

The silly season begins …

I don’t know if it’s the same the world over, but yesterday I noticed a certain buzz in the air as I made my way home from Brisbane. It’s a little bit holiday and a little bit tension, as the xmas / new year break quickly approaches. For me, December is the busiest month of [...]

Can you write a novel in 30 days? Go NaNoWriMo!

NaNoWriMo is on again… … and I haven’t written one word yet. Yes, that’s right. National Novel Writing Month began on Saturday (1st November) and besides giving a cursory “Hmm. What shall I write about this year?” to it, I have yet to meet my 1667 daily word count. So, for those of you who haven’t heard me [...]

Beyond Chicken Little: Carrots, positive people and a flourishing future

We learnt a long time ago that The Stick doesn’t work when you’re looking for motivation for change. It’s just not sustainable, and, it causes suffering in the process. No desirable means. No desirable end.

It’s time to start talking Carrots. This is what’s going to make the difference between us not just surviving, or having a sustainable life, but moving us into a realm where we, and all life on the planet, flourish.

On Weston Culture

I’ve talked about doing a personal blog for years; something to bring together the 101 aspects of my life and work in one place. I tried putting it all in a website, and just had too much stuff that didn’t fit. Then, I started a couple of newsletters, one personal and one business focused, but [...]