Browsing articles tagged with " personal power"

'Look up!' and other useful tips!

Feb 4, 2011   //   by Steve Wooding   //   A Slice of Lemon, Articles  //  No Comments

IN SHORT: NEED is not enough, you have to WANT it. GOALs are not enough, you need some “If… Then…”. And Look UP!

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”
[Helen Keller, 19th/20th-century deaf-blind author & activist]

(1208 words, approx 7-12 mins to read)

December and January have, for me at least, felt very ‘stop-start’ in terms of effort and rest, rather than a more sedate ‘slow down, speed up’ progress, hence the later-than usual timing of this ‘slice’.

What I thought I’d share with you, instead of one central theme, are three related pointers: Read More »

Join the Dots

Oct 12, 2010   //   by Steve Wooding   //   A Slice of Lemon, Articles  //  No Comments

IN SHORT: Life is a game of join-the-dots. Although you can’t change the facts of your past, you CAN change what you do with it, how you let it make  you feel, and where you go forwards from it – you get to choose which dots you use!

“From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.”

[Bill Waterson, US author of the ‘Calvin & Hobbes’ comic strip]

(792 words, approx 5-8 mins to read)

(This month’s ‘slice’ sort of follows on from last month’s ‘Making Meaning’ article, and here we’re focusing more on what we do with strings of experiences rather than just individual ones.)

Do you remember doing join-the-dots pictures when you were young (or maybe even when you were older too)..?

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Making Meaning

Sep 11, 2010   //   by Steve Wooding   //   A Slice of Lemon, Articles  //  No Comments

IN SHORT: We are the authors and editors of our own ‘life dictionary’ and, just as language evolves and the meanings and usage of words changes over time, there’s no reason at all that the meanings and usage of our daily experiences can’t be changed for the better over time too.

“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is,
but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.”
[Viktor Frankl, 20th-centrury neurologist, holocaust survivor, author & therapist]

“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way
we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.”
[Hermann Hesse, 19/20th-century novelist & Nobel prize-winner]

(1288 words, approx 7-10 mins to read)

“They’d left the place in a total mess. Read More »

Let’s Play a Game

Jul 12, 2010   //   by Steve Wooding   //   A Slice of Lemon, Articles  //  1 Comment

IN SHORT: People say life’s all about give and take. It’s not – givers and takers are game-players. Life is all about SHARING…

“Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.”

[Eric Berne, 20th-century Canadian psychiatrist & author, creator of Transactional Analysis]

(1315 words – approx 7-12 minutes to read. It’s a long one this time!)

Last time we talked about the perils of running on empty and how important it is to take responsibility for refuelling before we hit the ‘red zone’ on our personal fuel gauge.

I promised this time we’d talk about the games people play – that’s not just other people though, it includes you – in order to try to get other people to meet their needs instead of taking responsibility for themselves and sorting out how to meet their own. Read More »

The Potential of Forty-Five Euros

Jun 1, 2010   //   by Steve Wooding   //   Articles, Food For Thought  //  No Comments

This morning I’m sitting in Starbucks finishing off a few articles that I’ve so far not managed to finish. However, I remembered that I had no cash in my wallet when I left home this morning… Read More »

"A Taste of Hypnosis" – next event

Apr 27, 2010   //   by Steve Wooding   //   Articles, Events  //  No Comments

Reserve space in your diaries for 12:30 – 1:30pm on Tuesday 11th May – we have the second of our “Taste of Hypnosis” events!

This time we’re being hosted by Merseyside Play Action Council at their offices in Bridport Street, Liverpool (click here for a map). It’s within a hundred yards or so of Lime Street station, 1/2-mile from Queen’s Square and there’s parking nearby too.

All we’re asking is a £5 donation to our hosts, in return for what I’ve promised everyone who attends in our flyer here – A Taste of Hypnosis – MPAC.

To book your place, you can either email booking@iceandlemon.com, call or text on 07730 651618 or register on Facebook here if you’re definitely coming.

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