I know these aren’t for everyone, but I enjoy superhero movies. I especially like those, like the Avengers, where the superheroes are somewhat frail, even slightly messed up, individuals, who manage to overcome their brokenness, unite together and defeat evil. I think that says something hopeful to us all. Whatever our background, we can rise …
I posted a little before about shame. One of the effects of shame is that it causes you to want to hide your true self. You believe that if people see you – really see you – they will realise how defective or wicked you are and will reject you. It’s also true though that …
Something I love to do in my coaching is help individuals discover and begin to fulfil their life purpose. One aspect of this is looking at life messages. All of us carry a life ‘message’ (or messages) which have been formed through our unique life experiences. Events in our lives, both good and bad, become …
What is your why? You were created for a purpose and this purpose has been embedded in you since you were born. Your purpose flows from who you are. It is expressed through your core passions, your dreams, your personality, the things you are naturally gifted at and the things that make you feel happy, …
In nature, nothing is ever wasted. Even energy is never lost, it just changes form. This can be true of the things that happen in our lives. When we trust God, good can come out of everything. The Japanese art of Kintsugi illustrates this for me. Kintsugi is the art of restoring the broken pieces …
I expect many of you are familiar with the story by Hans Christian Anderson of the ugly duckling. Although only a fairy tail, this speaks about what shame can be like! Here is a summary of the story, taken from Wikipedia: “When the story begins, a mother duck’s eggs hatch. One of the little birds …
Continuing my posts about identity, here is an extract from some of the teaching notes from my ‘Finding the Freedom to Fully Live’ programme. This is part of a teaching on shame: Few of us would like to admit to carrying shame, yet very many of us do, perhaps without even realising it. Firstly, let …
Whatever we focus on we empower. The way we think and speak about ourselves determines who we become. If you repeatedly remind yourself of your mistakes and failures you will begin to see yourself as a failure and start to live and act accordingly. If, instead, you choose to recognise and be thankful for all …
I heard an illustration about our value some years ago which stayed with me (I can’t remember who gave the illustration, possibly Joyce Meyer?) Here is my version of it: Imagine the highest value note in your currency (£50, $100, 500 euros?) For this illustration let’s go with 500 euros as I think this is …
In a world seemingly governed by media and political correctness, where we are told how we should behave, look, speak and think and where we are expected to conform to others expectations from an early age, we can begin to forget who we really are. Do you know you are unique? No one else has …
