Self Confidence for Women

Sometimes I get caught up in the urgent and leave the important.

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I would like to share a favourite poem: This Is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

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Do you feel responsible for another adult’s health or wellbeing? Do you want to see them change?

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Those of you reading this in the UK know that we have had more rain this summer than the last 150 years. Or is it since records began? A long time anyway! Friends have talked of frustration or even anger at the ‘bad’ weather. They haven’t been able to plan outdoor activities and go for [...]

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I am someone who plans. I like to know what my social arrangements are for the next week or three. I like to book up to see plays at the theatre months in advance. I like to have lunch plans, brunch plans, going to see friends plans. I even like to plan when I am [...]

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I am writing this slightly under the influence of too much red wine in a local pub which looks a little like a Parisian boudoir…a boudoir with a specialty in Belgian beers and an abundance of sausage and mash. Can there be too many varieties of sausage and mash offered? And the obligatory very expensive [...]

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My coach has challenged me to set goals and publish here big goals for the next six months. Not just write them in my diary. Or, to rephrase – who do I want to be in six months time. How I wanted to develop as a person by Christmas. Who I wanted to grow into [...]

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On Friday night, a friend and I shared a bottle of champagne (Veuve Clicquot – my favourite) and a picnic from Marks and Spencer and Aldi (also favourites). We were celebrating the fact that she was about to book a very exciting holiday and some good things that have happened in my business life. The [...]

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I am very excited about the fact that in life we can choose who we become. I feel that as I am challenged by setting up my own business I am stretched, I am moving out of comfort zones, fearful and there is much that is difficult. I am waking up at 5 in the [...]

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Today’s subject has been particularly relevant to me recently. I have been involved in a couple of situations with people who are in conflict. Not comfortable. I have found myself getting dragged down by the conflict, but also ‘stuck’ in a way of thinking which is limiting. For example, if my perspective on someone, lets [...]

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Well, I’ve been diligently thanking God for three things a day… and it’s good. I’m noticing extra moments, what I might call ‘yellow shiny happy moments’, in my life. Apparently there is science behind all of this. The Guardian Weekend magazine this week (3-3-07) had an article by Oliver Burkeman decrying ‘the hedonic treadmill’. And [...]

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Yesterday saw the start of Lent, the 40 day countdown to Easter. Traditionally, it’s a time of penance and sacrifice. However, it’s also enough time to get a new habit embedded strongly in your life. Last year, I decided to stop watching television for Lent. It was a time of relaxing with books and time [...]

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