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Gifts from your past self
Have you ever felt grateful to yourself for something you did in the past? Yesterday, last week, five years ago? Gifts from your past self arrive in the present. They are a gift made possible by the oh so everyday and yet mysterious function of time. Time passes. This moment is temporary. Vanishing like sand…
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Do you want to make socials fun again and use them to grow your practice without burning out?
How do you feel about social media? Scrap that, complicated question! How do you feel about using social media to make your impact, grow your practice or get your message across? Recently I’ve gone from yuk to yum, which was a complete and welcome surprise! My top tip for avoiding social media burnout is to…
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Find your focus to find your flow (social media done differently)
Are you tired of the hustle but want to up your game with social media? Are you sick of the pressure to produce endless content? Exhausted by the AI hype and the narcissism? What if there was a way to do socials differently? Maybe even enjoy the challenge of doing 30 posts in 30 days?…
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Why do some posts go viral? (How working with edges can you help you get your message across)
How do you catch people’s attention? All the marketing books will tell you: Post about eliminating pain, gaining pleasure, or about something new, and you will catch people’s attention. But what makes some posts go viral? Posts go viral when people share with their friends. We share things with our friends to strengthen our relationships.…
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Dance with the body you have
Encountering the mystery that you are There was a moment when I knew exactly where I would die. It has the luminous quality of a peak experience. I was sitting on my bed, on a late spring afternoon, in my shared, university student house in Melbourne, Australia. The knowing gripped me and held me until…
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How do you start?
How do you start and how do you focus when there are so many components to everything? So many steps! And each step a project in itself. So many pieces that all have to work together! And each one gets more complex the more you zoom into it. Like a fractal. It doesn’t simplify when…
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Facilitate more effectively with phase awareness (how to get unstuck)
Ever felt stuck when working with an individual, facilitating a group, or trying to get a project moving? Like you were missing something? Wishing that someone would turn the light on? What if it was your own agenda that was keeping you in the dark? What if you could use the light of your own…
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Do the rules apply to you?
Rules are everywhere. Cross at the crosswalk. Use a full stop to end your sentences. Don’t drive drunk. Don’t steal. Keep your promises, pay your debts. Fill in form 158 A and sign subsection 456 (c) and get it certified by the right authorities and include your documentation and submit it by the deadline and…
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Tricks for finding your focus in chaotic times
Giving up can sometimes be step one Ever wonder if you are built for an emergency? Turns out, we all are. Hardwired for emergencies, that’s us. Our nervous systems are trained for quick response to danger … even if that quick response is to freeze! But we are in a time of overwhelm. And actually…
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Are you saying ‘No,’ enough?
I was looking for a knife sharpening place recently, and I came across a good looking website. But NO, they are not open on weekends. And NO, they do not sell online. And NO, their knives are NOT dishwasher safe. (No knives are really dishwasher safe, they cheerfully explain). Saying No, builds authority, builds credibility,…