Kaleidoscope Life Coaching

14/11/2020

13/11/2020

We are excited to share this day with you! Make your move, and book today by emailing me at kaleidoscopelifecoaching@ gmail.com!

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The 5th of December will bring with it an opportunity to heal the wounds of 2020 and to spend a day in this garden

17/06/2020

I believe that we can trust ourselves.

The other day I was in a shop, paging a magazine. As soon as I put it down, I realised I don't know where my glasses (which I cannot use for reading) are. I had a brief moment of confusion - what have I done with them, have I lost them? And naturally, my hand went to my heart. That calmed me, and also found the glasses! I had hung them from my shirt's neckband..

I find it so interesting that often our instinctual reaction to anxiety is touch our hearts. We know it will help. And it has been shown we are right. We can trust that instinct.

The CV-17 acupressure point is in the middle of your chest. It is also called The Sea of Tranquility. Lightly rubbing the point relieves stress and anxiety.

Learn two calming stress relief Acupressure points, their location and their benefits of relieving stress, anxiety, depression, and for self-healing.

26/05/2020

It's important that we question polar thinking. If your only choices are either one extreme or another, you get stretched into tension. Consider a middle position. Find evidence for that. And then decide.

Here's an example. Say you are chastising yourself for not being productive enough during lockdown. Then you are moving away from the extreme of doing nothing and being 'lazy ' and seeing the other end of the spectrum as ideal. This end of the spectrum may include completing normal work tasks if you are able to work from home, as well as being an excellent mentor to your online learning kids and, say, reorganising the kitchen or garage because you are supposed to have more time now.

The stress of achieving all those goals may be getting the better of you.

A mid-position may look like this: consider all elements you want to work on. Make daily priority choices. And allow into the mix of priorities the unjudged doing of nothing at all. In this way you will probably achieve some goals in all spheres, which you can celebrate. But you will also breathe a little easier.

Life is nuanced. Don't force yourself to only see black or white. There's plenty of grey and that's OK. That's human.

21/05/2020

'as journalist Hamish McRae wrote as he
watched Americans rise phoenix-like from the
ashes and rubble of Ground Zero, ‘the future starts
here’ (McRae, 2010)'.

This moment is our ground zero. We can only start from here.

20/05/2020

Some days are just bleh.

During lockdown I've noticed that when I have them, I am like a parent wanting to get me out of the funk. And rebellious me just wants to be left alone in misery, thank you.

Sometimes we just need to be. Sometimes we don't need to be fixed.

Don't get me wrong, there have been times in my life where I would never have gotten out of the black pit without help. Real depression and anxiety that continue on after a day or two of just being, definitely need intervention. Preferably from a professional.

But we can also experiment with not being the parent with ourselves, but instead the compassionate friend.

Once again it comes down to delving into yourself: what do YOU need today? You are wise enough to know. You can trust yourself . And you are allowed to act in accordance.

19/05/2020

I think it's time for another circle.. Next week?

I'm also contemplating some form of group coaching which will make it affordable for everyone to get some relief and be in community while we are in isolation.

Let me know here or privately if that's something you'd like to explore.

19/05/2020

A great reminder from one of my mentors.

18/05/2020

"It is not at all easy to imagine ourselves to be in the midst of time rather than at its climax", said David Henige.

This gives me hope. We feel like it's the end, there is nothing beyond our current experience. It's hard to imagine the future, if indeed we can conceive of a future.

But here's this thought: what if we are just in the middle of experiencing something? Just like generations of humans have done before?

From our vantage point it's easy to see how life continued on after, say, Pompei, or the 1929 stock exchange crash.

It's when we are so close that we can't see the wood for the trees.

"Everything will be OK in the end. If it's not OK, it's not the end."