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Gratitude in words and pictures

by Joanna on November 5, 2007

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 the more compelling story [...]

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Sunshine on a rainy day

by Joanna on August 22, 2007

It’s been a long, grey, cool summer in Edinburgh… so thank heavens for songs that make our heart sing.  We need all the inner sunshine that we can get… So it’s a big thanks to Hilda Carroll for her amazing effort to compile the ultimate "feel good" playlist.  With uplifting songs from some great blog [...]

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The time to stand and stare

by Joanna on June 19, 2007

Some amazing things turn up in the comments section of this site – ideas, book recommendations, other places to check out, even a poem.  Emma Bird, one of the most regular and generous contributors to the Coaching Wizardry blog quoted the poem Leisure by William Henry Davies a little while ago. I was reminded of [...]

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Riding the tightrope of life

by Joanna on June 4, 2007

I love it when people tell me their stories.  I never cease to be amazed at the things that ‘ordinary’ people live through, cope with, or indeed manage to transform into a totally different story. I was gifted two such stories last week.  I got talking to a businesswoman and we drifted onto the subject [...]

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Knowing when to pace yourself

by Joanna on May 27, 2007

It was the day of the marathon in Edinburgh today.  Now I’ve never run a marathon (nor, let’s be honest, am I ever likely to) but I do know that one of the main pieces of advice for running the distance is to pace yourself. ‘Pacing yourself’ is a good mantra to hold onto whatever [...]

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