Patience! A skill lost to more than one generation that we somehow left behind. Now is the time to stop judging the generations that have come since and go back to get them. As true leaders, our job is not to take charge of the leaders of tomorrow. In reality, it is to take responsibility for raising up those in our charge, to enable them to become the best versions of themselves. We do this by taking ownership of our mistakes, and effectively becoming their greatest ever s

In life, we often feel like we get stuck in situations and places because we feel like we have no choice. You always have a choice, so don’t ever let anyone convince you that you don’t. Even staying in a situation that is no longer serving you is a choice. What are you choosing for yourself today? There are no so-called bad choices in life, just experiences. If you change your focus, you can change your experience completely. So-called bad choices often lead to better choice

I woke to an unusually warm and sunny autumn day in Melbourne, Australia. I was enthusiastically building my new Yoga and Mindfulness business when in one fell swoop, it seemed like life had changed forever. Welcome to COVID19! The most significant disruption I had seen in my lifetime was beginning to unfold across the world. There was no way that we could possibly have realised the toll it was about to take on us all. In Australia, where I live, it seemed to be at first a p

We all know that people follow people, not businesses, in the modern world of social media influence. The future's most powerful generations of influencers are buying everything based on how they feel, and we know that feelings come from the heart. So why are the vast majority of us leading our businesses with our heads instead of our hearts? To lead your business with your heart requires vulnerability, transparency and absolute authenticity. Are you prepared to step into you

The concept of retirement is so often just like the rest of our lives, filled with the overwhelming social and cultural conditioning of fear. We are gripped by the fears of having nothing to do in retirement, and not having enough money to live comfortably. These fears seem to begin early, and as the cost of living continues to rise, so does the fear. When we focus on retirement mindfully, it allows us to be fully present in our present-day life, to create the future retirem

In our modern society, with us all living on what seems like hyperdrive, it would appear that patience has become a dying art. As a mindfulness coach, the skill of patience is frequently the most common skill I have fostered in people, from children to grandparents. So why are we fast losing from our society, one of the most underrated skills of the modern world? As a society, this isn’t the only skill fast disappearing. It is one of many skills that is slipping away as a res

Some of us have experienced a beautiful and loving relationship with our father. However, for others, their relationship with their fathers have been marred with difficulty, ultimately causing the relationship to break down completely. If you are a daughter, what is your relationship with your father? If you are a father, what is your relationship with your daughter? As a daughter myself and a mindfulness coach, I have learned of the difficulties one can face, within the co

Do you yearn for that sense of calm that you see in others, yet it feels as though it has alluded you for what seems like forever? Connecting to this sense of calm can be incredibly beneficial to all areas of your life. When you feel calm, you can relax more, make better decisions, and are less likely to be triggered by negative interactions with others. Who doesn't want this in their life right now? We all have a natural yearning for happiness. The answer to your longing fo

I recently read another story of a human being failing another human being in an allegation of sexual assault. In processing this, I felt compelled to open a dialogue between gender equality and collective humanity. I am sure that I am not the only person wondering how we went so very wrong. I’ve spent my entire career working in male-dominated environments where I discovered some truths about gender equality that I found particularly alarming. Interestingly many will be t

The word enemies itself is steeped in social & cultural conditioning and often long-held suffering in our lives. Yet we all know that the greatest enemy is the enemy within because we habitually get in our own way of success. Who are your enemies? Are you focused on them right now? Is your focus on them holding you back in life? What you focus on, you feed right! So by focusing on any relationship in this negative way, we simply attract more of the same. So potentially thi

No relationship in life is more important than the one you have with yourself. This internal relationship is that of philautia, as described in Ancient Greece. The beautiful art of self-love. Self-love quite literally underpins every relationship you have had in your past, are having right now and will have in the future. The problem as with almost every word in the English language, this one too has been bastardised. Never the less, it is essential here to not diminish the i

Workplaces have changed a lot in the last year. With more people working remotely than ever before, it is important to be aware of the pitfalls and possibilities that can be created in a dynamic workforce. Not all remote workplaces are created equal Understanding that not all remote workplaces are created equal, is fundamental to the overall performance of any team working remotely. Some homes have distractions, and some have circumstances that cause discomfort and therefore

In the world today, you basically have two choices. Have you chosen to lead or to follow? I have chosen to lead, or quite possibly it has chosen me. Some would say I am a natural-born leader. I have chosen, time and time again, from a very young age to step outside the norm and pioneer a new way forward. Throughout my life, this has been called weird, annoying, inspiring and even a little crazy. But as the saying goes only those crazy enough to believe it is possible are the

Recently I was asked why I have chosen not to dye over my grey hairs anymore. It was an interesting question. However, when I delved into what was behind the question, I found something rather interesting. I was faced head-on at an intersection point of equality and social conditioning. As a mindfulness coach, I love how conversations like these uncover things like conditioning and inequality. They are frequently so subtle, that it becomes easy to brush over them, without

Whether you are a professional or amateur athlete, Yoga has the potential to lift your athletic game in ways you may not have imagined. That's right, I mentioned athlete and Yoga in the same sentence because Yoga is literally for everyone, as the title of the next instalment of this blog suggests. So let's start at the beginning. Whether you are a serious professional athlete or an amateur working your way to professional, a solid Yoga practise has the potential to be a tot

During COVID19 I began to write a blog called 'the art of mindful disruption'. It was poignant to be writing about disruption during what has likely been the most disruptive time the modern world has faced to date. I don't know about you, but this last year I saw suffering, hardship and acceleration all at once. 2020 was an epic year for everything, everyone and in every place, nothing, no one and nowhere was left untouched by the disruptive force of COVID19. So you might b