5 proven lessons for Olympic and worldly success
I recently attended a talk by the Head Coach of the US Boxing Team and Wexford legend, Mr. Billy Walsh. He shared his five proven lessons for Olympic success. While he was talking about boxing,…
Solutions to STRESS as we learn to live with COVID
A doctor friend of mine recently texted me saying: “It is the best of times and it is the worst of times”, drawing from Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities written in 1859. Mr. Dickens…
My former career working in disaster zones has prepared me well for situations of challenge and uncertainty
Published in MarketWatch on March 30, 2020 ‘As a society, we are social distancing, but strangely we are also more connected, and it’s all because of this harrowing public-health crisis’ The physical restrictions of living in…
The art of finishing
What has wellbeing got to do with completing things you may wonder? They are perfectly related and here’s why. When people have a lot of things going on and pending, their minds tend to be…
Are you too busy? Think again
In the same way that entrepreneurs are encouraged to reflect and act on the concept of working on the business versus working in the business, we can all benefit from giving quality time to ‘working on ourselves’ rather…
Just do it
For the most part, we know what is good for us and what to do to improve ourselves and our situation. If you want to lose weight, eat less. If you want to get fit, exercise…
Invisible barriers to personal productivity
Modern life can be busy. There is a lot to fit in and get done. We have a work, home, and social life, and an internal world with different responsibilities to fulfil, lessons to learn…
How to slow the chattering mind
One question I often get asked and it came up again at a workshop last weekend is: ‘how to stop the constant busyness and chatter of the mind’. Busy minds create stress in the mind, body and our breathing system and adversely affect…
Stress, and how it affects us
I recently asked a group of 40 people at work if they were surprised by a poll that says 22% of people in Ireland are stressed ‘all or most of the time at work’? Interestingly,…
Finding inner peace
If you look in the online power thesaurus, it has 579 antonyms or words that are the ‘opposite of peace’ in it. This covers everything from war to conflict, hatred, unrest, agitation, pain, agony and…