Tag: self-talk

Day 15 of F.O.O.D. – using CAPERS to build your resilience

Day 14 of my FOOD Advent Calendar is about Resilience and I’d like to share my CAPERS technique, a versatile ingredient for adding distinct flavour to whatever you are doing. I think it’s really important to understand that challenges will happen and the best thing is to plan for them so that we don’t feel…
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Comparisons – why do it?

So how are you doing?  Are you feeling excited about easing out of lockdown or are you a little worried?  My emotions are telling me that I’m probably in the latter category!!  Although I’m being sensible, I’m worried about a second spike in July and I’m finding myself riding that corona-coaster of emotions.  However, I’m…
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I is for Inner dialogue

I’ve decided to focus on the inner voice with a quote from Lou Tice, the founder of The Pacific Institute. If you don’t control your self-talk, it controls you – how right it is. I’ve thought for years that I couldn’t translate the cultural and emotional aspects of my work into a virtual world and…
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Do you talk to yourself in a negative or positive way?

Earlier this year I decided that I was going to start pushing myself out of my comfort zone a bit more often. There are two places that we don’t learn or grow, when we’re in our comfort zone or fire-fighting. That’s because in either place we don’t consciously think about how we can achieve the…
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