Archive for 2011

“….And are you ready to make that change?” ~ Part 1

Peter October 13, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

“I want to, I must, I’ll give it a go, I need to, I’ll run through it and see what happens, I hope to, I’d love to be able to, I have to, I’ll try to, I’m going to give it my best shot because ...

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The Cosmic Faculty – Order or Chaos?

Peter September 16, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

The Way to the venue I’ve recently been away on a 4 day training block and have travelled to the venue via public transport. On the first three of those days I went via route X and because of traffic issues affecting the “bus” part ...

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NLP latest! ~ The Headlines are not The News!

Peter September 7, 2011 2 comments Uncategorised

Many years ago a colleague and I became fascinated in the contents of press billboards and headlines, and what were the promptings for those particularly involved in the usage of this branch of ‘journalese’. We started out by noticing actual ones we’d seen that were ...

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Dementia Diary #3

Peter August 28, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

The Appeal Letter A letter came for my Dad from the church for their annual ‘Gift Day’ appeal. Over the years this was always something my mother had dealt with – so when this year’s letter arrived I explained to my Dad what it was, ...

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The Quality of Pleasure and your Hurt Threshold

Peter August 15, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

In terms of the excesses or compulsions in our lives – those instances when we can’t say “No” to temptation – those instances when we are already into the next drink, the next mouthful, the next light-up, when we haven’t mentally closed the door on ...

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Keeping it “Simples”

Peter July 29, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

It was the eve of the 2nd Cricket Test Match England v India, and I was watching some televised interviews and film footage from the England Camp. I was just soaking up all the pre-match info, comment and banter when something involving Andrew Strauss, England ...

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Get a 3D Life!

Peter July 22, 2011 1 comment Uncategorised

Last weekend I watched my first film in 3D – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. In order to fully enjoy the film – and the 3D experience – I went into the cinema with nothing on my mind, no pre-conceptions, just an ...

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The Clasped Fingers Trick

Peter June 29, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

I was coaching cricket in a Year 4 class the other day and encountered a lad who was unable to hold the bat correctly. Well I say ‘correctly’ – in actual fact he’d got his hands ‘crossed’! His dominant (writing) hand was at the top ...

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The Psychic Screwdriver

Peter June 19, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

In the famous BBC Science fiction TV series Doctor Who, in 1968 there appeared the first scripted reference to “The Sonic Screwdriver”. This is a fascinating multi-functional tool and, along with the TARDIS, has become one of the icons of this long lasting series. In ...

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Are we what we think?

Peter June 14, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

“Broken stones from a rich seam of ore – we can use them to throw at people or render and refine them to extract the precious metal. Precious metal from a rich seam of ore – we can use it to make weapons or bridges ...

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