Archive for 2013

Memory, Music, Degeneration and Learning

Peter June 5, 2013 Post Comment Uncategorised

I have written previously about the role music plays for and with my Dad and his dementia. And here I’d like to just share some of my further observations,  musings, questions and conclusions with how some sufferers with dementia and Alzheimer’s might be handling their degenerating memory and disorientation ...

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Understanding the Sporting Terrain

Peter May 29, 2013 Post Comment Uncategorised

There are two sides to gaining mastery in sport – one is in the technical skills of the game, and the other is gaining mastery of ourselves. Although I do coach the technical side of certain sports, it is in the mastery of the self, ...

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The Silence of the Ticking Clock

Peter May 22, 2013 Post Comment Uncategorised

“Between the lines of our thoughts are vast uncharted territories.  Ask this – can I free my self enough to go there?” I was doing a bit of one-to-one work with a young cricketer which involved my feeding him tennis balls to hit – but ...

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The Injury Loop

Peter May 7, 2013 2 comments Uncategorised

The Freeze Response A few years back I encountered the following video on YouTube where a polar bear is being pursued by a team in a helicopter in order to tranquilize the bear and so be able to tag it. The fascination of this video ...

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The Voice

Peter April 24, 2013 Post Comment Uncategorised

I love the way experiential connections become new inspirations. Back to School Yesterday I started coaching cricket again in a particular school I hadn’t visited for a couple of years. I was working with a Year 4 (8-9 year olds) class, and in part of ...

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My New Project

Peter April 20, 2013 Post Comment Uncategorised

I have been working for some time now on a new book project which is something of a departure from my usual methodology of book construction. The project is, essentially, writing a work of fiction – based upon an inspirational theme.   Guidance   So ...

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Zoning it

Peter April 19, 2013 Post Comment Uncategorised

You don’t have to be in the Zone to win championships … but it helps! This of course is true. With majors in golf or grand slams in tennis in particular, where the pressures on the individual are huge, that 90% in sports that Yogi ...

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I Love You, Big Horse!

Peter April 14, 2013 Post Comment Uncategorised

To everything in life there has to be Reason and Purpose. You might describe yourself as a reasonable and purposeful person – and now the meaning of the first line has entered a development section. I might purposely examine some of the reasoning behind that development just to ...

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Hibbit, Addict, Immoderant, Obliviate

Peter April 11, 2013 Post Comment Uncategorised

Oblivious: Not aware of, or not concerned about what is happening around about; forgetful; unmindful. Oblivion: The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.   The Hibbit There is a dotted line in the sands of our consciousness beyond which we have ...

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The 4 Cartesian Questions revisited

Peter April 4, 2013 Post Comment Uncategorised

One of my most popular articles on this blog is the one called “The 4 Cartesian Questions in NLP”, and which dates back to November 2009. In it I describe how one week I sprung the Cartesian Questions on the team I coach for rugby. This ...

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