by Carla | Jan 25, 2023 | Comparison to Others, Food for Thought, Interactions & Communication
THAT PERSON WHO MUST TELL US ALL ABOUT A TOPIC THAT WE ALSO KNOW ABOUT, or how they excel at an activity or task that we also do – how fast or effective they are – it’s possible our first reaction might be that it is a reflection on us. We might take it to mean they...
by Carla | Jan 17, 2023 | Food for Thought, Self-Worth & Self-Esteem
A RIVER LOOKS MUCH THE SAME AT ANY MOMENT from a distance, a little like how we might view our days, or even ourselves: much the same from one day to the next. But even though the river appears nearly identical on the surface from moment to moment, in truth it is in...
by Carla | Jan 15, 2023 | Food for Thought, Interactions & Communication
OVER THE YEARS I’VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME WINCING AS I’VE THOUGHT BACK TO EXPERIENCES – particularly conversations and interactions – contemplating just how much better or differently I would handle them ‘now.’ ‘Now’ is really any point after it happened...
by Carla | Jan 11, 2023 | Food for Thought, Inspiration
INTUITION IS THE GATEWAY TO EVERYWHERE ELSE AND NOWHERE ELSE AT THE SAME TIME. The gut feelings, ideas, even images and messages that arise – we tend to think they’re coming FROM elsewhere TO us because we’re just discovering them, so it’s difficult...
by Carla | Jan 8, 2023 | Food for Thought
‘THE EGO NARROWS WHAT WE REMEMBER.’ ~Edward Norton, on Smartless podcast. These words struck me, as I’d never quite thought about it in this way, but I do think it’s very true. Maybe over new year’s and this first part of January we’ve been thinking back...
by Carla | Jan 4, 2023 | Food for Thought, Shifting Perspective
A simple reminder as we head into 2023: WE CANNOT CONTROL OTHERS – their behaviour or words. WE CANNOT CHANGE OTHERS. ~ We can offer up ideas of ways things could be done differently. ~ We can ask – even demand – that someone do things another way,...
