Archive for February 2011

When you’re an 8 year old there’s no “box” to think outside!

Peter February 25, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

I was working at some cricket fielding exercises with a group of six Under 11 cricketers – and in particular I did a competition with them at throwing and hitting the target stumps from about 15m away. After we finished this I asked them what ...

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“That’s a load off my Mind”

Peter February 21, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

I last wrote about the “Cloud Technique” back in April 2010 (see archive) and as to how effective and flexible it is – not just for state change and enhancement, but also for removing elements of unwanted mental (particularly emotional) baggage. The technique is just ...

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Perfectionists – Do NOT read this!

Peter February 21, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

In the wide range of perfectionist habits from people who have fallen off the “Good-for-Me Foods and Drinks Wagon”, to the sportspersons who beat themselves up, even in practice, the reasons are inevitably the same – they are trying to match what they’re doing to ...

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Eradicating food compulsions – more encounters with “The White Plate”!

Peter February 18, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

In April 2010 I blogged about the recurrence of the white plate as the featured receptacle when mapping across ‘Liked’ foods/drinks and ‘Disliked’ foods/drinks. (See blog archive). On all occasions since, when clients have actually wanted to eradicate some particular excess or craving, then the ...

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Working outside the ‘Bubble of Expertise’

Peter February 15, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

Last weekend I coached 3 young district level cricketers for an hour each, and it was my first coaching at this level for the best part of two years. I have to say it was a real pleasure, both in terms of our interaction and ...

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Staying a Maverick – seeing the straight and narrow for what it is!

Peter February 14, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

I was talking to a parent of one of the lads I coach recently, and the conversation eventually came around to how I see things as a coach, the paths I encourage the players to pursue, and how I like to coach from a neurological ...

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Dementia Diary

Peter February 8, 2011 2 comments Uncategorised

Living with and caring for my Dad and his dementia has increasingly, over the last couple of years, become something of a fertile field for me in terms of understanding the shifting states of our realities. It started out conventionally with my world and his ...

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