That 4-letter F word
It’s a word we use all the time without thinking. It’s so common now that we think it’s just part of the standard, accepted vocabulary used in any social, professional and personal situation. F. I. N. E. How are you? …
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Tag Archive: VerityHearts
Dealing with guilt when you want to say no
It’s OK to say no. We all know that. There are so many articles around telling us to free ourselves from obligations that others have placed on us, or about saying no in order to save our sanity when we…
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There is a season for everything
It’s winter here in Australia. In Melbourne, where I am right now, it’s particularly cold. And now is the perfect time of year to do some major pruning in the garden and to plant any new trees that I want…
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YOU need to take action if you want to experience different results
I remember a friend of mine saying that nobody does anything voluntarily unless they get something out of it. That even people who appear to give their time, their money or their services selflessly, even they are motivated by getting…
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What are your triggers?
We all have triggers that can send us off into thinking or behaving negatively, don’t we? I’m fairly certain that if I asked you what yours were, you might take a moment to think about it, but you’d probably be…
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Put on your own mask before helping others with theirs
If you’ve done enough air travel, you’d have heard this instruction on every trip. You know that if you don’t look after yourself first, you won’t be in any position to help anyone else. That’s all well and good on…
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Do you love yourself?
You are special. Do you know that? I mean, really know that? So many of us have been brought up to reject such statements about ourselves. We are taught that it’s wrong to love ourselves or to see ourselves as…
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What are you filling your mind with?
If I want to get somewhere by car I need to make sure it is sufficiently fueled with petrol. I’m not going to get far if I fill the tank up with vinegar. If I want to have enough energy…
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To assume: – ass-u-me. It makes an ‘ass’ of ‘u’ and ‘me’
My sister and brother-in-law are in the process of building a house which happens to be a few doors down from me. It’s been taking a while as they’ve been building it themselves. And by a while, I mean a…
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e-motion: energy in motion
In my corporate coaching and facilitation work, I’ve helped leaders of organisations bring their people along the journey of change – whatever that may be. One of the first steps that needs to take place is to create a picture…
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