You can’t do everything but you can do something
This post is all about the expectations we set for what we can achieve in the finite time that we have – often unrealistically high and regularly resulting in feelings of frustration and ‘not good enough’. It’s been inspired by various...
Full throttle or take it easy? Where do you sit on the push-pull scale of effort?
I wouldn’t describe myself as a particularly driven person. Others might look at some of the things I’ve done and disagree. But I know on the inside that my natural tendency is to sit back, tick along and hope for the best. Sometimes I get great results, sometimes I...
Can I be ok with things just being ‘good enough’?
I don’t consider myself to be a perfectionist. Probably because that would surely infer that much of what I do ends up perfect. And it definitely doesn’t. However, I’ve recently come to realise that I DO have a real problem with just allowing things...
Why do we all seem to love a good struggle?
“I feel I should have more of a struggle.” This is what one client said to me a few weeks ago. I was a little taken aback by this and expected that, when she heard herself saying it out loud, she’d try to retract or rephrase what she’d said....
Mini post: Find yourself some space in the tiny moments
“I wish I had a button which I could press to switch off my thoughts.” That’s what me, 10 years ago, was hoping for. Just a few moments of peace and quiet, PLEASE! And these days I hear plenty of clients saying “Oh no, I can’t do...
Alternatives to the new year’s resolution which you might actually stick to – Part Deux
So in Part One of this post, I fessed up to my dislike of New Year’s Resolutions and talked about how I feel they can lead us up the proverbial garden path. Big bug bear #1 being that they often seem to come from a place of not being good enough as we are and...
Alternatives to the new year’s resolution which you might actually stick to – Part One
We’re a week and a half into January so there’s a good chance that you’re experiencing one of the following: Disappointment – you set some resolutions and they’ve already gone to pot Anxiety – you set some resolutions and through sheer bloody mindedness you’re...
My very best of 2016
I thought it would be nice to round off the year with some highlights from my musings over the last 12 months. I’ve extracted, what I think are, the most interesting, useful and/or amusing words that I’ve put down on virtual paper. The title of each...
Your year in review
2016 has been a strange year. Crazy stuff going on in the wider world and plenty of unexpected events closer to home too. All the more reason to make some peace with this funny old year before it comes to a close and we start afresh with 2017. With six simple...
Hey I'm Hana. The lovely stranger that wants to help you with your thinking. I find writing cathartic. I hope you enjoy reading the musings that I post here as much as I've enjoyed writing them. If you do, then please share my meandering wisdoms with others or let me know, I'd love to hear from you.