Archive for 2011

“You’ve got to get yourself together….”

Peter June 10, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

I work with many clients on issues involving their getting to grips with their relationships with food and exercise. In the course of our conversations, many similar instances of self judgement and self dialogue come up and, for me, how to best help them is ...

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Underestimating the Power of Obvious

Peter June 2, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

Many years ago I worked in the tourism industry, in a holiday cottage letting agency. One of the add-ons to the price the customers were asked to pay was cancellation insurance. Now, our CEO had worked in advertising and was very knowledgeable about the power ...

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The Pear Tree

Peter May 24, 2011 2 comments Uncategorised

Every morning my Dad looks out of the kitchen window at a large pear tree adjoining our house and a neighbour. It is a flowering and fruiting pear, and the blossom emerges prior to the leaves, approximately end of March or early April every year. ...

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Dementia Diary #3

Peter May 23, 2011 4 comments Uncategorised

With my Dad’s dementia condition, the “waking centre” is like a centre of reality, where he’s able to recognize everything as it is right now, and which he is able to use as a ‘ground zero’ for proceeding with the activities and the tasks that ...

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Effective Communication

Peter May 15, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

People have often asked me “How do you balance your work as a mind therapist, trainer and presenter, performance coach, carer and technical sports coach – given the scattered and diverse nature of the working disciplines and the ages and types of people you’re dealing ...

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…And how are you drinking YOUR wine?

Peter May 15, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

A lady came to see me with a whole menu of issues around food and drink. I say a whole menu, because this metaphor was not just table d’hote but an extensive a la carte as well. When confronted with such a veritable ‘banquet of ...

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Getting out of our Own Way

Peter May 9, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

Earlier this year (March) I blogged about ‘trusting the unconscious’ when in flow, and how this will help us to remain “Presenting Perfectly”. I’ve since had three instances (a client discussion, a personal discovery, and and observation of a televised event) which has led to ...

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The Currency of Time

Peter April 28, 2011 1 comment Uncategorised

Quite often I find myself pondering on how we perceive time in its various forms, and how we understand the ‘currency of time’. Rather as with money, this fuller understanding of time as a ‘currency’ helps us spend it with more wisdom. The Inner and ...

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Confidence and The Leap of Faith

Peter April 20, 2011 1 comment Uncategorised

In a recent post in this blog I wrote about the Magician’s Mindset, and how taking this single-minded approach to what we do – especially in terms of a contest, a performance, taking an action – is a choice that liberates us from the debilitating ...

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The Session Built on Magic

Peter April 19, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

One particular lad I coach (aged 14) is developing mental perspectives well outside ‘the box’ and part of the weekly challenge recently has been to explore differing mindsets and how the mind-body link with each one, plays out within the confines of his technique. Choosing ...

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