Jul 14, 2021 | Mission, Motivation
“How heavy is that?” We were down in our basement showing a friend my husband’s weight-lighting gym. He looked at the weights loaded on the weight-lifting bar and asked how heavy it was. It was 75kg. He was impressed. My husband didn’t start out lifting 75kg weights....
Jul 13, 2021 | Beliefs, Motivation
I knew that the right to vote for women had come late in Switzerland in 1971 but I didn’t know much more than that. Last week I attended an exhibition on Women’s Rights with a friend at the Landesmuseum, Zurich. The exhibition started with a video of a woman walking...
Jul 6, 2021 | Experience, Motivation
“Stop trying to do everything” I was thinking about Tuesday night. I had my Kung Fu lined up and a mastermind call. I sat there working out the logistics of getting to my class and wondering whether I should leave early or just dial into my call in the car on the way...
Jun 24, 2021 | Motivation, Procrastination
How do you handle big tasks in your life? There are some things in life that we are not necessarily keen on. One of those things for me is gathering stuff for my tax return. It’s not hard, I just need to get various papers together but still it’s often a task that...
Jun 8, 2021 | Experience, Motivation
Can something that happened more than 30 or 40 years ago still affect you? Absolutely. I find it very sad to see people negatively affected by situations in their childhood. One such situation that often crops up is bullying. It comes up again and again and even if we...
May 20, 2021 | Beliefs, Motivation
“How can I avoid making the same mistake with my kids?” At our recent Stop Emotional Eating webinar, we talked about how events and situations in childhood affect our eating habits now. Food is often used as a reward in many families, especially sugary things as a...
