Author Archive for Peter

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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Learning with nothing on our mind…

Peter April 14, 2011 Post Comment Uncategorised

The new routine At rugby training last evening I was prompted to use a drill I have not used for some time, and in fact this is a drill I have used perhaps only 20 times in all the time I have been a coach. ...

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