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I had an interesting perspective on the work I did the other day and talked about in my earlier blog.  We were talking today and they said “I think the reason that it worked was it finally gave me somewhere to put my feelings.”  They had tried to let these feelings go for a long […][...] read more » The missing puzzle piece

Regular readers will remember that I have spoken quite often about how the truth is much less clear than people commonly think.  We all experience things differently, and to some extent we all inhabit our own individual universes, which we are naturally the centre of.  This is one reason why people have arguments, and why […][...] read more » Points of View…. or… The Camera Doesn’t Lie?

I was talking to someone over the weekend who was feeling rather depressed.  They found that their mind was constantly looking to the past and it was interfering with their ability to enjoy the present.  I said that maybe I could do something to help;  I was thinking of using some NLP techniques.  However, they […][...] read more » The Universe will provide

This evening we went to see “Julie & Julia” Meryl Streep’s latest tour de force, a charming film about a cook, two couples and a blogger.  Julia Child’s was the lady who introduced Americans to French cooking.  Julie was someone who decided to write a blog about her exploration of the Child’s cook book “Mastering […][...] read more » Life at one remove

We have lived around here for 16 years, so know the area pretty well, but sometimes you just want to find somewhere new.  We headed out today with nothing more than a general direction in mind, and ended up in Chawton and Alton.  I’m sure that I have visited Alton before and certainly didn’t never […][...] read more » “No particular place to go” v. “Start with the end in mind”

The other night I was lying there, half awake, half asleep, having one of those drifting conversations with myself, and the answer to every question seemed to be “I don’t know..”  I wasn’t totally surprised but it didn’t leave me feeling very good about myself.  After all I’m meant to be something of an expert, […][...] read more » “I don’t know”… Time to listen to your inner expert?

This weekend clan Cooke gathered at a farm at St. Radigunds Abbey, near Dover.  As you can see there were some fabulous ruins of an old medieval monastery that was destroyed by Henry VIII.  I always find ruins rather romantic and poignant, and somehow more interesting than whole buildings. This pile of bricks is the […][...] read more » Reading the Ruins

As regular readers will know, I’ve been taking some time out over the last few weeks  doing a few pet projects and just shifting my focus, pace and rhythm.  The summer is often a quiet time in my line of work (and thought that hasn’t really been the case this year) I usually use this […][...] read more » Rhythm and Doing what comes naturally

Running your own business is a mixed blessing, but one thing is that you don’t need anyone else’s permission to take time off.  However, it is remarkably hard to allow yourself to stop working when it is your business.  It is ever so easy to say “I’ll just do this then I’ll stop…”  and yet […][...] read more » Catching up with yourself

I can think of few things more emotionally gratifying than to sit with a purring kitten on your lap.  First you have to win their trust, enable them to feel safe around you; you have to entice them to you when they are a sleepy enough to just sit still rather than careen around the […][...] read more » Purrfect Feedback… another lesson from the kittens