What colour matches your mood today? Colours mean different things to people across cultures and traditions: some people associate red with love, others see it as a signal for danger or passion. Blue might be an indicator of calm or for sadness. The latter is one reason today has been labelled “Blue” Monday, when someContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Pick Your Colour”
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Why we need more quiet spaces (and what to do if you can’t find one)
This article was written before the coronavirus outbreak but has been updated to reflect some ideas which might help. An article specific to COVID and anxiety is here. A newer (shorter) version of this article can also be found here. Is it just me, or has the world got more noisy lately? I don’t meanContinueContinue reading “Why we need more quiet spaces (and what to do if you can’t find one)”
Monday Mojo – Let It Out
Have you been holding things in lately? Sometimes we stay quiet because it feels like the right thing to do.It might also be better, now and then, not to rock the boat.And occasionally, because life is just easier that way, you might decide to keep shtum. I totally get it. There’s even some science behindContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Let It Out”
Monday Mojo – Risk Forward
How do you cope with not knowing? In a digital age where we can have answers at our finger tips, there’s something unsettling about situations where we just. don’t. know. 21st century living has been described as VUCA:• Volatile• Uncertain• Complex• Ambiguous. One of the reasons, Margriet Sitskoorn explains, may be that on a daily basis, weContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Risk Forward”
Monday Mojo – Drop the Rock
Have you been beating yourself up lately? It’s easy to fall into the trap of perfectionism:• Questioning your decision-making• Saying yes when you mean no• Setting your sights on getting it right, all the time And when we feel we’ve fallen short, lost our way, or slipped up somewhere along the line, we throw rocksContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Drop the Rock”
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