New Start
A new start after 60: At 70 I went camping for the first time – and stopped cocooning myself from life Read here Like what you read and want to learn more. We should talk. It costs nothing to chat with me, and I’m always happy to answer your questions about coaching. Contact me Follow […]
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THERE IS NO PRESENT LIKE THE TIME
THERE IS NO PRESENT LIKE THE TIME Share the word The past has been. We only have the present. But we can shape our future. Have you ever put off something that you wanted to do in the past? I mean, really, really, wanted to do? Because you didn’t have the time. I have. […]
WARNING: 17 Things That Life Coaches Do That Make You Angry
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Beware the anti-climax. How to handle the unexpected downside of achieving your goals.
Beware the anti-climax. How to handle the unexpected downside of achieving your goals. This was the title of a fascinating article I read in the Readers Digest by Victoria Stokes Picture the scene: you’ve spent years working towards a very specific goal. You’ve put in countless hours of work and made many sacrifices along […]
I don’t buy into the sixty is the new 50. Or 40. Sixty is the new 60, and I’m happy and proud to be part of the tribe.
I took myself off dancing Saturday night. The woman I had a dance with asked me how old I was? When I told her I would be 68 in August, she nearly collapsed on the floor. Luckily “Death on the dance floor” wasn’t playing… What is it with age? Why do we associate and label […]
This is Roger Lemons (apparently, he is the only one in the phone book!)
This Roger Lemons I was out on my morning walk this morning (a beautiful day). And I met this chap. His name is Roger Lemons (apparently, he is the only one in the phone book!) Roger decided three and a half years ago to lock up the house he owns in South Yorkshire, leave his […]
Now that you are in your late 40s. Is your life going to be a game of snakes and ladders?
Now that you are in your late 40s. Is your life going to be a game of snakes and ladders? Some of you will be on your way up to new and exciting heights, and others will be on a downward cycle. By the time you reach your mid-to-late 40s, both men and women simultaneously […]
I do the same thing every time I hear of someone dying over my age?
I heard the sad news this morning that Meat Loaf passed away at the age of 74 Now that I’m in my 60s, I do the same thing every time I hear of someone dying over my age. I count backwards (usually on my fingers!), subtracting their age from mine. By then, I’m in […]
Three days before Christmas. Panic was starting to set in.
I was rummaging through my cupboard yesterday and came across this. It brought back memories. Two weeks before Christmas and not a hob in sight? It was two weeks before Christmas, and we were finishing off a clients kitchen. All that was left to do was fit the appliances. The only problem was they were […]
