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What is Journaling and How to do it?
Journaling Tip’s for beginners and more seasoned writers. Don’t underestimate the life-changing benefits of journaling. Learn how to start this pleasurable activity as a beginner or improve your scope as a more seasoned ‘journal every day kind of gal/guy.’ Make...
The Wrong Way To Plan
I’m surprised to see how much negativity gets thrown around about planning and 'the wrong way to plan.' Some are saying you’re using the ‘wrong’ method. Some are saying it’s best to just go with the flow. Others are saying you must plan now to get the most out of the...
Do other people think this? Not fitting in and a trick to deal with it.
I often find myself thinking "Do other people think this way?" It's generally not a helpful or good feeling thought for me. Louis Theroux and Steven Bartlett facilitated a MASSIVE mindset shift! Perhaps they can for you too? Do other humans think this? There was a...
How To Plan My Week So That I’m Calm, Organised and In Control
There are a million different ways to plan your week so that you feel organised and in control, and get stuff done. Different ways will work at different times. The key is to try different methods and stick with the ones that work until they don’t work anymore. My...
Giving Support and Receiving
Despite many people thinking I’m super organised, all the time, it's not true. I’m only as organized as I am, because left to my own devices, without strategies and a lot of self-care in place, my thinking can become quite chaotic and my world then reflects this. I...
Decisions Decisions
Making decisions enables us to move forward in business and life. Some decisions are much easier to make than others. There are never-ending decisions to be made on a daily basis. Sometimes the sheer number of decisions we need to make can lead...
When Art Imitates Life
The parallels between drawing and planning deliciously revealed themselves to me at the weekend. Do your hobbies inspire your work? I’m a member of a recently formed Watercolour Club where we make art or paint Plein air, (that is outdoors for the...
Spider Wisdom And Planning
I was standing in the shower, the warm water cascading over my head. Then, I saw a spider at the other end of the shower. It was just below head height on the brown tile on the left-hand wall, opposite the glass door. It was a big spider, about 5 cm across, and it...
Ideal Working Week
There are infinite ways to plan your working week. What works for you won’t work for someone else and vice-versa. Don’t be afraid to test different ways of working to achieve your optimal working practices. I am often working with the ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’...
Planning As A Meta Skill For Getting Stuff Done
Once you learn a planning technique for the next 90 days in your business and implement it, you can use the same process again and again. The extra bonus is you can use it not only in planning every future 90 days in your business, but for anything else...
Scheduling IS Sexy!
A creative mind can find the idea of sitting and writing down a bunch of dates on a calendar BORING as hell. The reality of scheduling is something very different. Having a ton of ideas and plenty of days where things must happen and then a bunch of days where you’d...
So What Exactly Is Planning And Implementation Coaching? And Why Would You Want It? Prioritize your strategies with me!
Planning and implementation. The 'and' in that sentence is key! There's no point creating a beautiful good feeling plan if it doesn't get implemented. The Plan - You need to prioritize your strategies. It all starts with thorough planning...
Quarterly Planning and Resourcefulness
You are resourceful. When creating your Q3 plan, make the most of the current and future resources you have available to you. If you are alive, you have resources. At different times in business and life, you have access to more or fewer resources. Planning...
Low Energy – When It Hits
Sometimes we just don’t have the energy to do the things we’d planned to do. If you’re someone who’s always had a ton of energy, it can come as a shock that you’re not able to do as much as you used to. And if you’re someone who habitually has low energy,...
Beating the Back to Work Blues
Even when you love having your own business, & you're passionate about serving your clients, coming back to work after a break can be tricky. I’m fortunate to work with people who love their work, and who are passionate about helping their clients achieve their...
How To Stop Comparisonitis In Its Tracks
When I first started my business, I was very fortunate to go straight into a high-level Mastermind. I was with amazing women who were way ahead of me in business. I’d hear them talk about comparisonitis and thought I didn’t have that affliction. I never...
6 Common Mistakes To Avoid When Planning Your Quarter
Planning is a skill and an art that can be learned, honed, and developed to support you to reach your goals and dreams with more ease and less stress. As with any skill you’re cultivating, planning needs practice practice practice as key. Don’t expect yourself...
The Wonders of a 90-day Plan
When I finished my 90-day plan last week I felt exhilarated! I was on such a high I was literally buzzing. I found this fascinating and tried to work out why. Here’s what I came up with; When I move through the workbook; I get to acknowledge and celebrate...
Mastermind, Plan & Implement Together
It's time to take that birds-eye, CEO view of your business. It's time to get clarity AND take the next right steps; New Quarter Mini-Mastermind at your service! Would you love to have healthy CEO habits? In this Mini-Mastermind (maximum of six participants) you'll...
Self-Care Options for Business Owners – Part 3
Self-Care is optional. You don't have to use your self-care tools, but if you don't, you'll starve yourself of an abundance of opportunities. Why do that to yourself? This is the third in a series of articles that explain why self-care is imperative if we want to call...
Self-Care for Business Owners – Part 2
Never has self-care been so important. It's something you know you should, or need to do, and yet you STILL don't prioritise it. The thing is, you will continue not to prioritize it until you embody or realize the principle, that these self-care activities will...
Self-Care for Business Owners -Part 1
Self-Care is pivotal for the success of us business owners and the success of our businesses. But what exactly is it? And Why is it so important? Read on for a bird's-eye view. Self-Care Fills our Cup. Self-Care is any and all activity (including lack of activity!)...
The School of Self Improvement Podcast with Christina Oman
I was fortunate enough to be featured on the wonderful Christina Oman's podcast. 'The School of Self Improvement.' Christina is a brilliant host. In fact, the flow of our discussion surprised me. Christina Oman Christina Oman is an incredible weight loss and mindset...
Take the Pressure Off Your Business
So many of us, when considering our business, think that 'we SHOULD be further along than we are.' In the midst of our harsh judgment, we can create a toxic relationship with the very thing that we set out to adore. How is your relationship with your...
Create A Plan, Declutter Your Mind
Creating a beautiful plan is akin to decluttering for your mind. When you create an action plan, you gift yourself a beautiful container, that holds together all the parts of your business and life in a manageable and understandable format. Without a good plan, all...
Successful Coaches
I often wonder what’s that special sauce that makes some people successful and others, not so much. Yes, we all have our own definition of success, but here I’m talking about success in terms of running a highly profitable online coaching or healing business. In the...
It’s Not Too Late To Plan Christmas
With Christmas just around the corner, many of us haven’t even started to think about it (guilty as charged!) If you’re feeling the stress levels rising, fear not! You can take the pressure off right now. It’s never too late to get with the programme and create the...
Taking Stock This Thanksgiving
Even for those of us not in the US, there's something in the air about taking stock and noticing the things we appreciate right now. It's a means to create an even better business and life going forward. We can get so focused on the day-to-day activities that it can...
A taste of my Newsletter
Twice a month I send a newsletter. It contains Tips, Tricks and Planning magic, plus my own personal musings from here in France. My newsletter readers get a practical tip, a mindset or energy tip, my latest musings, plus special offers, links to my latest hot off the...
90-day plan – It’s always a good time.
Quarterly planning is fantastic, but any time is a good time to plan. If you don't have a format to follow, read on for some suggestions. In an ideal world, you create a beautiful aligned plan at the beginning of each new quarter. It gives you that back to school...
Transformation By Design
Transformation is inevitable. We learn, grow, experience - we transform. Are you taking the reins and designing your personal transformation? Or are you transforming by default depending on what life flows your way? There's no right or wrong as to whether you decide...
Planning Love It or Hate It?
Whether you love it or hate it, a solid planning process gives you the foundations on which to build the business and life of your dreams. A repeatable planning process provides a container in which you can house your dreams and vision, take stock of where you’re at...
But Their Strategy Isn’t Working For Me!
There are infinite ways to skin a cat. (That’s a well known saying in the UK meaning there’s more than one way to do things - no animals harmed here!) It's the same with strategy and it’s true in business and in life. Very often a business coach or mentor will share a...
Monthly Checklist For Business Growth
Being clear about what needs to happen regularly in your business, reduces decision fatigue and frees up energy. Having weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual checklists in your business is a simple way to not only cultivate consistency and momentum, but to bring...
Celebrate Your Accomplishments
We all know that it’s good to celebrate our Accomplishments right? Accomplishments, wins, successes, achievements, manifestations or transformations it doesn't matter what we call them, they're all worth celebrating. Often when I ask a client, business buddy,...
The To-Do List Dichotomy
To-do lists often get a bad rap. It’s easy to visualise an unruly never-ending list which makes us feel totally overwhelmed. We can put way too much on, making it completely unachievable in the time we've given ourselves. We set ourselves up for...
Burnout – Are You Flirting With It?
You don't have to experience burnout in order to live a relaxed, spacious, abundant life. You deserve a lovely life without first flogging yourself half to death. Have you ever experienced burnout? "Words don't teach, only experience does." Abraham-Hicks. I was blown...
Momentum In Business
Once our business momentum gets going, that snowball effect happens. Yes, there'll be new challenges, but things which used to be difficult, happen with less effort. So how do we get that momentum going? Being mindful of momentum can help us to move forward quicker in...
Fresh Start
There's something exciting about a fresh start. We can let go of what has gone before, and focus on the unlimited potential of all the new things which await us. Today I'm delving into the idea of what a mindful fresh start is, and how they can jettison us into our...
Are things outside your control affecting your business?
When things outside your control threaten to take your focus from your business, there's lots you can do. So many things can happen either inside or outside of business which can hold our focus more than we'd like. Things which are outside our control can throw us a...
Self-Inclusivity For Business & Life
Beating yourself up about ANYTHING is a sure-fire way to keep you stuck and procrastinating. Self-Inclusivity is about learning to be inclusive of ALL aspects of yourself. Even the parts you find more challenging to accept. It's a quick and simple way, (if sometimes a...
Connected Conversations
Sometimes listening in on other people's conversations gives you a really good idea about whether you'd like to hang out with them. Here are some conversations I've had with other wonderful entrepreneurs. They'll give you a window into what I'm all about, AND...
Are You Having A Business Disaster?
Things didn't go to plan? Feel like you're having a business disaster? You can plan your way out of things not going to plan! Here's how. When business disaster strikes, all hell can break loose. Both practically and in our minds. A business disaster can mean totally...
It’s OK To Ignore Your Plan
Are you one of those people who makes a plan and never sticks to it? Yes? Don't beat yourself up about it. It's still worth making the plan. We have the best intentions in the world. We create a beautiful plan, and then allow it to gather dust under a pile of papers....
The Joys of 90-Day Planning
Planning for people who don't like planning. 90-day planning - eurh no thanks! If you're resistant to planning, know that it's totally normal. Who wants to be confined and told what to do? Even if we're the ones telling ourselves what to do! Freedom is one of our...
Prepare For A New Quarter With A Previous Quarter Review
7 Savvy Suggestions to cover in your quarterly review process. Prepare for the next quarter with a previous quarter review so that you can hit the ground running and finish the first half of the year on a high. There's no point planning your next ninety days if you...
Lessons From A Duchess
17 Lessons business owners and entrepreneurs can learn from Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex. Just over a year ago, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and her husband announced that "We intend to step back as 'senior' members of...
A Framework Is Not a Prison. Really!
The idea of designing a framework for what we do and when in our business can feel stifling. Especially when we've got this far without one. Deep down though, we all know that we need a framework in place to reach the next levels of success. The trouble is, charisma...
Breathing Space – You Deserve It!
When our to-do list is as long as our arm, and we want it all, and we want it now, it's easy for our days to become overwhelming and inefficient. We need to take the reins and mindfully build in breathing space in order to live a (more) stress-free life. You deserve...
Plan To Make Your Dreams Come True
Our dreams become our desires, our desires become our reality. A plan can help us expedite our desires manifesting into our reality. The story of my Montblanc pen. Our dreams can start in the strangest of places. Planning for our dreams can happen at any time. About...
Planning In Unpredictable Times
When things are globally unpredictable, it's easy to throw the baby out with the bathwater and decide there's no point in planning anything. Don't rob yourself of some self-gifted stability. It's still well worth planning even in these unpredictable times. Change is...
Working On Your Birthday
Have you considered bringing more Birthday Vibes to your work every day? Working on your Birthday or not, is a personal decision to make. Do you treat yourself to some dedicated 'you time?' Or do you Love your work so much that you wouldn't dream of taking the day...
Review-ing Rocks!
Review-ing is a key part of the planning process. If you don't review regularly you'll miss opportunities for growth, in business and in life. (Every time I wrote reviewing, all I could see is 'revie' 'wing'! Review-ing was also way better for SEO according to my...
Shop Smart – How To Buy With Intention
Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It's the retail therapy, shopping extravaganza of the year. If you're smart about your purchases, you can set yourself up for a beautifully easeful year ahead. At this time of year, we're bombarded with amazing special offers, discounts,...
The US Election 2020 (Yes Really!)
Writing about the US election result is probably asking for trouble. Sometimes we do that. We get steady, then we get thinking and then we go and rock the boat. I, and the majority of people that I know were delighted by the election result. We breathed a collective...
Low Vibe Happens
It's natural that we want to feel good all the time, but sometimes, life happens and the high vibe we're wanting becomes distinctly low vibe. Beating ourselves up about being low vibe just makes things worse. It's our job to take the reins and decide what we're going...
Introducing The Get S**t Done Cycle
There's a creation process around getting s**t done. Identify where you are in that process to move forward with more ease in business and life. We start with a plan that lights us up. An aligned plan is congruent with us, our business and our dreams. Without that in...
Plan ‘Wriggle Room’ to Get More Done
Are you a plan crammer? Do you fill your plan with SO many tasks that even if you get it all done, you have no space left to relax? Creating Space allows us to get more done. When we fill every hour of every working day with clients, projects, tasks and things to do,...
Prioritise and Focus the Easy Way
Do you prioritise from the perspective of an eagle or a mouse? If you don’t know your priorities for any given time period, it’s really very easy to lose your focus. You can end up doing things which aren’t driving your business forward. Scrolling anyone?...
Your Creative Business Plan Isn’t Working? What to do.
Being appropriately flexible in our business planning, and implementation, allows us to keep moving forward, if (and when!) the s**t, hits the fan! We make a vision to action business plan which sounds and works beautifully at the time we create it. The thing...
Cut and Stick Your Way Out of Overwhelm
Introducing the Whelm Wheel - Ok so I’ve misled you slightly, you don’t need to cut! Just print, fold, stick and fill. You’ll feel that overwhelm gradually leave your mind and body. We don’t want to feel overwhelmed, but we don’t want to feel underwhelmed...
How to Bring Fun to Your Creative Business Planning
Now there’s three words you don’t often see in the same sentence - fun, and business planning! The people I work with know the importance of both having fun AND business planning. The problem is, they often put having fun even lower on their priority list...
How to Get More Done by Harnessing the Law of Attraction
Get more done with less effort and more ease. Who doesn’t want that right?!?!? 99.9% of women (that’s not a scientific study, just a number I made up from my experience of the women I work with,) have not been encouraged to acknowledge, let alone speak about, or...
Brain Dumping as an Overwhelm Shifting Tool
Life and business can be overwhelming. We have so much to do, so many choices to make and a finite amount of time available to us. Brain Dumping is a quick and easy tool to shift us from overwhelmed to in control, so that we can get rid of the mental clutter, reduce...
Incorporating Your Lifestyle Goals Into Your Business Plan Can Decrease Overwhelm.
Decrease overwhelm by considering these three things when formulating your beautiful business plan. Trying to plan your biz without incorporating your lifestyle outside your biz is a recipe for overwhelm. Feelings of failure anybody? Life is holistic and your plan...