Are you willing to do the hard things?

Last month I spent three days being tortured! No not literally, it just felt like it! I had to sit in extremely uncomfortable positions and remain completely still, without moving for hours at a time. I was forced to read from a script. If I didn’t get it right, I had to start again, and […]

How to spot a cult

There are several things that will identify a cult :- • A cult leader will claim they have the truth, the only truth, and that no other version of the truth is correct. • Cult leaders are dogmatic; insisting on blind obedience and belief in their systems with no evidence required. • Challenging a cult […]

Don’t call me talented

“You are so clever! And so talented!” Karen gushed at me. I felt myself become irritated. Which seemed odd. She was complimenting me, wasn’t she? Surely this should create good feelings, not irritation? Later I journaled and contemplated on why this seemingly complimentary statement should result in my irritation and annoyance. I didn’t take long […]

Sharing Our Values

Given the importance of consciously forming, holding and respecting values, I’m taking the opportunity to share our CETfreedom values. Values are what we believe to be true – about the world and ourselves. Beliefs and values direct our lives. They give us permission to do, or justify us not doing things. If we don’t believe […]

Creating Your Vision

I’m so interested in leadership and observing the changes happening around us, particularly as we move through the pandemic. With so many people having their usual working ‘practices’ changed, either temporarily or permanently, many previously hidden strengths and motivations have shown up. ‘Authentic leadership’ has become a commonly used term, and speaks of us ‘just […]

Why Meditate?

Why Meditate? We get asked this question a lot! Milton Erickson said  “All problems are created when the conscious and unconscious mind are no longer in rapport”. Carl Jung believed that the most important objective for any individual was the attainment of harmony between the two halves of the psyche, the conscious and the unconscious. […]

Can you be happy all the time?

Have you noticed a pressure to be ‘happy all the time’.  You know, the thing about it not being OK to show up with a negative emotion?  My point on this, is that if we can’t show a negative emotion, how can we be who we really are?  How can we be present to what’s […]

WE ARE ALL LEADERS IN SOME WAY

I’m always fascinated in how leaders emerge. People say is they are waiting for conscious leaders to show up. Or they talk about how terrible our current leaders are. They’re corrupt, they lie, they stumble, they change their minds, they change their message, they do all the wrong things. I’ve worked with and coached leaders, […]

Dissociation or Transformation?

Is your spiritual practice really healing? Is your healing leading to dissociation or transformation? If you’ve been in the spiritual community for more than a few minutes you’ve probably heard these phrases:- Be in the now Stay positive Focus on the divine Focus on your spiritual nature Focus on their spiritual nature Breath in the […]

The Abusive Empath

I stared at the screen incredulously. Just another internet troll I tell myself. I’m sure you too have experienced being on the receiving end of unkind, offensive or downright rude comments on social media But this isn’t an article about internet trolls this is an article about empaths. The word ‘empathy’ means to have the […]