http://coachingwizardry.com Living Life On Purpose Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:49:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A selection of inspirational quotes from the archives: "Find out who you are and do it on purpose" ~ Dolly Parton (~ Maya Angelou (Read more here) “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we ... http://coachingwizardry.com/2007/12/inspirational-q/ Here are some snippets from posts inspired by those days, those moments, when you just know that it's time for a change. Resilience or the art of bouncing back What a great set of ingredients for being resilient, for bouncing back.  And don't you love the word - I feel more positive ... http://coachingwizardry.com/2007/12/when-its-time-f/ Here are some of the most powerful metaphors that we use to explore, to learn about, to make sense of life. Dancing as the adventure of being alive "... and the invitation opens up another a new metaphor: of life as a dance. Dancing as the adventure of being alive. ... http://coachingwizardry.com/2007/12/metaphors-to-li/ Songs and music can inspire us to sing a different song ourselves. Here's a selection of posts from the archive that are inspired by some great songs: Sunshine on a rainy day: 'Shine' is a blogging favourite to chase the blues away. Check out the video here - guaranteed ... http://coachingwizardry.com/2007/12/singing-a-diffe/                     As 2007 draws to a close we naturally look back on the year that's gone by and forward to what we want to achieve in the year ahead.  I've been doing some of that too.  I've got bundles of ... http://coachingwizardry.com/2007/12/at-the-close-of/ I love words and writing but as the saying goes, sometimes a picture's worth a thousand of them. I was reminded of this the other day with a challenge from Liz Strauss to test our concepts of being time rich and time poor.  It's the link with the picture that tells ... http://coachingwizardry.com/2007/11/gratitude-in-wo/ People around the world are talking and writing about the environment today.  I'm one of them. One of the things I want to try and say is that paying attention to the world that we live in, not taking things for granted, being mindful - well that's a key shift that ... http://coachingwizardry.com/2007/10/on-mindfulness/ I mentioned the other day that there had been lots of cross-over between some of the themes and ideas that I've been exploring here and the work I've been doing over at Confident Writing - not least the relevance of one of the most popular quotes from Coaching Wizardry: "find ... http://coachingwizardry.com/2007/10/on-coaching-and/ I haven’t been writing much here of late, and for those of you who’ve been regular readers and loyal followers from the start, well I’m sorry that I haven’t found the time, or the stories or the words to start the conversation again before now. Truth is I’ve been writing like ... http://coachingwizardry.com/2007/10/permission-to-n/ I’ve just been paid the loveliest compliment about my writing here.  DazzlinDona has awarded me this Dazzlin Badge of Excellence for my work at Coaching Wizardry.  Now this little old blog has been a bit neglected of late as I’ve been paying more attention to my Confident Writing site – ... http://coachingwizardry.com/2007/09/youll-never-shi/