I took a gap year after University and spent 6 months in Canada, where I temped for the securities division in a major bank.
I asked one of the investment advisers whom I'd got to know for some career advice.
He said to me: "Claire I think you could do anything."
It’s all too easy to let ourselves get into a headspin. When we want the life that we desire, that we dream about, when we want to make changes but it’s just overwhelming, it’s easy to choose the negative thoughts, the ones that say ‘It’ll never work’ and, 'I’ll never get there.’
Read MoreWhen we want to make changes in our lives, be they big or small, one practice has made that has got me noticing is that so much depends on what you say. Not just what you say to other people, but also to yourself.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I wrote about meditation and how if I could only have one thing to take into 2014, that would be it.
You might say: 'Claire, what do you mean? Don’t you want to take what you’d learnt from this year, the changes you’ve made, the lessons you don’t want to repeat?' Well, yes. And mediation is something I can use to put me in touch with all those things.
Read MoreYou might have heard about your core being. The soul. The inner you. The true you. The authentic you. But you have NO idea how to get in touch with that part. You feel pulled around by other people and you’re constantly seeking peace. You don’t even really like being with yourself.
Read MoreI used to work in a shoe shop and, although, I would only work during holidays, I would occasionally be involved in the stock take. A stock take is a methodical appraisal of what you have at any moment in time compared to what you think you have - identifying discrepancies between your inventory and the physical goods you hold. We use the phrase ‘taking stock’ as an expression to describe the moment where you assess the situation, working out where things are.
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