Personal Musings

The Importance of Bees

Jan 022013

Are we appreciating bees for all the do on the planet? The Bee Movie is a fun film for all ages. Yes, it is animated and seems like entertainment for children. It also addresses important issues. “Why does his life have less value than yours?” is one of the questions asked as the woman saves the bee from being squashed. Everything is part of the whole, an expression of Source Energy and important in the functioning of the planet. ‘Bee Movie‘ is a cleverly animated film with a message about the importance of bees. The humor woven into the story included some Click here to Continue Reading

Accepting and welcoming all of ourselves

Awareness, Empowerment, Personal Musings

Feb 012012

We have at times different aspects of personality within ourselves. According to Transactional Analysis(TA) we have an adult, child and critical/loving parent. Debbie Ford in the books The Dark Side of the Light Chasers and The Shadow Effect writes about the different parts of ourselves and how to embrace and accept them all. In the last few weeks I have become aware of my feelings of social ‘inaptness’. My tendency is towards being a recluse, choosing solitude over social-get-together. A friend invited me to her birthday party. She knows me, so she probably didn’t really expected me to turn up. On Click here to Continue Reading

Accepting and welcoming all of ourselves

Play Good for Business and Success

Awareness, Empowerment, Health, Personal Musings

Dec 012011

Is the time we play as adults just for fun or waste of time? What happens if we did not get enough play when we were children, did it affect our development? These are the questions Stuart Brown and Christopher Vaughan explore in the book: “Play How it shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul” One of the examples in the book, relating to business, is on page 131 to 132 about how Andrew Grove and Gordon more solved a problem for Intel when Japan came up with a much cheaper memory chip. They realized that if Click here to Continue Reading

Time for Self Reflection

Awareness, Empowerment, Health, Personal Musings

Oct 302011

“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” Peter F. Drucker “By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” Confucius How much time do you get/take to be by yourself to reflect? Maybe we don’t all need the same amount of time to spend alone to tune in, to reconnect? Do we get/take enough time and what do we do with it when we have it? “Women need real moments of solitude and Click here to Continue Reading

Taking time out for Well Being

Awareness, Empowerment, Health, Personal Musings

Oct 012011

In this busy lifestyle of modern civilisation a lot of people don’t seem to find the time to take time out for their well being and to restore positivity. We are always doing the best we can at any given time. We don’t get up in the morning and say “I am going to be deliberately lazy today and sabotage myself.” If we are feeling a lack of energy it is usually a sign that we need to take care of ourselves and re-align. Even if it means doing nothing. Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of “Eat, Pray and Love” found out Click here to Continue Reading

Forgiveness and Feelings

Awareness, Empowerment, Personal Musings

Oct 012011

There are many teachings on forgiveness and possibly many layers. Forgiveness was one of the teachings of Jesus. He recommended to forgive 7 x 70. 26 years ago I wrote “I forgive … completely” 490 times and in regards to my mother I wrote it more than a thousand times. Even though I never told her about it our relationship seemed a bit easier. “Resentment is taking poison and expecting the other person to die.” Unknown Author Gerald Jampolsky (Attitudinal Healing) wrote “Goodbye to Guilt – Realising Fear through Forgiveness” and reading it helped me a lot to let go Click here to Continue Reading

What is the Meaning of Freedom?

Awareness, Empowerment, Personal Musings

Oct 012011

What does Freedom mean to you? A lot of people think money and things will give them Freedom. Viktor Frankl and Nelson Mandela are two men who showed us that freedom has nothing to do with ‘worldly riches‘. They managed to use their minds in a way that helped them survive extreme circumstance and help other people. We all have that power, since we all have the capacity to choose our thoughts, which is probably the ultimate freedom. Here is a List of what Freedom could mean: Choosing our thoughts – consciously (instead of letting them run ‘wild’) Being responsible Click here to Continue Reading

Authentic Marketing

Awareness, Empowerment, Personal Musings

Jul 242011

Authenticity can have many definitions. In the book “Gifts of Imperfection“ by Dr. Brené Brown is one that I feel good about: “Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we are supposed to be and embracing who we are.” Here is some of what it means to me: tuning into me and do what I real want to do to say yes when I want to say yes to say no when I want to say no Just like my own feelings are my responsibility I like to leave other people to be responsible for Click here to Continue Reading