Posted by: catalystonline on: September 23, 2009
I know that title sounds a bit flip, but I mean itin all seriousness as I came across a truly startling statistic this week. According to the World Health Organisation, around 1 million people die of suicide every year, the tenth largest cause of death globally. Awful enough, but what startled me was that more die by suicide than by any other type of violence, including armed conflict.
Posted by: catalystonline on: September 17, 2009
Have you heard of K.I.S.S? It’s much used in business and particularly in training, and it stands for Keep It Simple Stupid. Now I agree with ke K.I.S.S PROCRASTINATION GOODBYE! Have you heard of K.I.S.S? It’s much used in business and particularly in training, and it stands for Keep It Simple Stupid.
Now I agree with keeping it simple in principle – but calling me stupid isn’t going to help tackle procrastination
Posted by: catalystonline on: August 20, 2009
I was pottering round the kitchen the other day and listening idly to the local radio station when an enthusiastic presenter (aren ‘t they always) introduced a disc with the immortal line ‘This is the music of your life!!’ and yes it felt like it had several exclamation marks behind it. However, Duran Duran has never been the music or even the bum note in my life but it did get me thinking.
Posted by: catalystonline on: July 27, 2009
July has been a month of astrological upheaval and this week saw the spectacular Total Eclipse of the Sun. The movements of the moon each month, rather than the sun, is something I pay real attention to as it can help direct my energies in a particular direction, and save me from wasting them at the wrong time. If you are unfamiliar with the moon’s traditional influences, then each New Moon is a new beginning, and fulfilment comes at the Full Moon when things peak in terms of energy
Posted by: catalystonline on: July 23, 2009
Well, it seems that July has been a month of astrological upheaval and this week saw the spectacular Total Eclipse of the Sun. The movements of the moon each month, rather than the sun, is something I pay real attention to as it can help direct my energies in a particular direction, and save me from wasting them at the wrong time. If you are unfamiliar with the moon’s traditional influences, then each New Moon is a new beginning, and fulfilment comes at the Full Moon when things peak in terms of energy. Or for me get too much to deal with and I head under the bed covers until it’s over, and finally the dark of the moon is the time for inner reflection and rest.
Posted by: catalystonline on: July 9, 2009
Are you powerful enough to create your own reality? You already do so: every time you direct your focus and intention on something you want to happen you are manifesting – unfortunately intention isn’t enough and there are some simple tips that help make it happen more often, and in the way that you want.
Posted by: catalystonline on: July 3, 2009
My good friend the Irish writer, artist and coach Ann McDonald has come up with a wonderful book to inspire your day. She calls it the little book of good news and emotional Sunflower Seeds and has very kindly offered a preview copy to download for my readers. Each page has a seed for your imagination, a thought for your day, or little piece of happiness and she says you can read it back to front, front to back, upside down or in any other way I imagine.
Posted by: catalystonline on: June 17, 2009
You may be confident that you are a creative individual, but do you make the most of the space around you to support that? When I first started writing seriously for a living in the 1980’s I had a desk under the stairs rather like Harry Potter’s bedroom only a lot smaller and with no door on it. It made me focus, but there was literally no room to expand my thinking – or even my legs.
Posted by: catalystonline on: June 7, 2009
As part of my Catalyst Newsletter I offer creative exercises and share resources that will give you pleasure and stimulate your own creative process. I was recently sent a stunning compilation of various artists around the world that gave me such pleasure that I want to pass it on.
Posted by: catalystonline on: May 15, 2009
When you write, do you use a computer or word processor? Most of us do, and yet when it comes to writing poetry we revert to the old fashioned pen and paper. Why? Because poetry comes from the heart and expresses the feelings beyond the rational mind – which is where we are when we [...]
