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19/12/2023

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06/12/2023

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13/04/2018

On facebook holiday for revamp and reflection. Lots of exciting things happening over the next two months. Cant wait to get back and see you all..

01/04/2018

I want you to become ...... inspirational.... Can you not?
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I was blown away by the amazing designs at the Fife Contemporary exhibition at Kirkcaldy Galleries. Organised by my talented friend Dr Liz Goring, the exhibtion looks at some of the ways in which 21st-century artists and makers, around the UK, are changing preconceptions about their art forms.

What particularly struck me was the transitions that some of these artists had made from traditional careers in architecture and engineering to creating fabulous artforms and following their passion.

It reminded me about the work of Robert Dilts and neuro-logical levels in NLP (our internal representation of our environment, our behaviours, our skills and capabilities, our vales and beliefs, our identity and our purpose).

When we are truly aligned to what we care passionately about and we integrate our passion wholeheartedly in our lifes, we can achieve so much more.

Maria x

25/03/2018

A fab place to be this week; skiing, catching the rays, eating and chilling out in the port du soleil area in France. I do love the wooden mountain chalets with the snow piled up over 2m deep on their roofs in some areas 🏠. The toddlers are barely out of nappies and bombing down the slopes, so cute ☃️The best bit is traversing through the trees, the snow sparkling on the pine needles - peaceful -bliss.

14/03/2018

💕 Values and how they affect my decisions 💕

Well it’s been an interesting week with lots of reflection.😚

I made my merry way up to Planet Thornbank (Courtesy of Bright Light NLP) to be the 'client' for an NLP Master Practitioner training session last saturday. I was to to explore my values and beliefs around a couple of contexts of my life and identify how they affected my decisions and behaviour.

Built up over a lifetime as a result of our experiences and how we perceive the world, these beliefs play a huge part in our lives. Sometimes to our benefit and other times to our detriment. ⚠️

It was rather disappointing as I didn’t come away with my usual enlightenment. However, by Saturday evening the brain was ticking away and it was difficult to switch off.
Then Sunday morning came and the tears swelled up as thoughts started to sift and make sense.😢

How often do we reflect on our actions and review our beliefs ?

We often are overtaken by the BUSYNESS of our lives, we operate on autopilot. We get frustrated or don’t get the results we want and cannot understand why that is?

I have shared some of my values and beliefs here from my session.

What beliefs/values are important to you and have served you well in your life? Pop these in a post - whats important to you.🖋

Lots of Love

Maria x

09/03/2018

Looking forward to doing some self nurturing tomorrow with a group of lovely Master NLP Practitioners 'in training' at Madeleine Allen. They will be helping me to look at my values across the different contexts of my life.

Its always an interesting experience to be in a 'client' situation and I gain so much from it for my own practice. I have my box of hankies to hand, as is normal for me at these sessions (no - this is good!!!).

Will tell you more later in the week. Have a great weekend and make the most of the sunshine if you are in and around Edinburgh. Mx

08/03/2018

So pleased to see blue skies today and the garden coming to life. Rejuvenating my Mediterranean genes with some vitamin D. 6.45 am intensive (well it was for me!) spin class complete and mind/body connected. Now at my desk for some creative thinking and reflection this morning.

Just noticing my lovely wee border Jock does his own mind body connection thing when he gets out of his bed each morning. He has this lovely way of stretching out his front paws and then his hind back legs. Like a downward dog movement in yoga.

Is this a common thing?

04/03/2018