Author: Kate Vanden Bos

What does the phrase “being selfish” mean to you? What emotions does that bring up in you when somebody infers that something you’re doing or saying is very “selfish”? What judgment do you place on others when they are doing / saying something that you feel is “selfish”?

One of the biggest areas of our life where we ignore our intuition is in our own personal self-care. We are always getting the ‘intuitive nudge’ to make our self-care a priority, and it seems to be the one place above all else that we turn a deaf ear to those nudges!

LIFE LESSONS FROM THE TENNIS COURT
In order to play my best tennis, I have to let the control go and TRUST in my skillset, equipment and my guidance to achieve the outcome. The harder I hold on, the worse I play…

I have a sign above my desk that says ‘Am I in joy today?’ which is there as a reminder, that whatever I’m doing, to ask myself – does it bring me joy? (And depending on the answer, I may have some different decisions to make!) If the answer is no, I can either continue to do what I ‘need’ to do and find the joy in it… or I can go do something else that does bring me joy!

Dreams are illustrations

From the book your soul is writing about you
– Marsha Norman
I love the above quote because it isn’t the usual cliche about dreams – which are usually actually referring to wishes and intentions – this is about the actual function of dreams and how they can play an active part in the conversation that we are having with our Soul…

What does independence mean to you?

I have been staring at this blank screen for what now feels like forever (or approx 5 days!)… frozen into paralysis, as the little goblin voices from the shadows pipe up with ‘Now what do I say….?’, ‘How do I write a blog that doesn’t sound too ‘cold’ or ‘too lofty’?’, ‘What if my sense of humour isn’t funny to everyone?’… and then my all-star goblin chimes in with – ‘What if I get it wrong?’…