One of the wonderful things about the world of coaching, especially when you are the coachee, is the guilt-free, unashamedly self-indulgent time spent focusing on yourself.  It’s kind of  like a mental and emotional Thai massage.  Just like Thai massage, it hurts at times, feels divine at others, but always leaves you with a deep sense of well being.
In the process of this non-physical massage, the internal lights get gradually turned on and reveal your inner keyboard.  You discover the chords that bring on unbridled joy, the notes that you …

The first pediatrician I consulted explained to me what a newborn’s only language is crying.  “Don’t assume something is wrong”, he said comfortingly. “She may just be trying to communicate with you, but hasn’t got any words yet”.  Right.  No words, I thought to myself, but the tone is crystal clear – and it is not the kind of tone I would dare impose on fellow diners anywhere.
This is main reason we didn’t quite brave  public eateries with the little ones in the early years.  Then one day, inspired by  …

I was having one of those ping-pong afternoons, running into one wall after another trying to complete a project.  It really wasn’t feeling much like the start of a weekend.  I just wasn’t getting anywhere close to that feeling of finishing the work-week on a high.
Enter DoFruit_UAE, a fellow twitterer.  He shared this really happy, contagious, ready-for-the-weekend picture, and it just made me break into this huge grin.  I haven’t stopped feeling good since.  Yup, there’s that smile creeping up again …!
It brought me back to a conversation I had …