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Do what you love, not just what you’re good at

March 12, 2012 By Beverley Glick Leave a Comment

My first love was dancing. Any kind of dancing, really - but when I was little, it was mainly ballet. I was pretty good at it - my ballet teacher used to pull my leg up on the barre to show other, older girls how flexible I was - and I performed in a couple of ballet school shows.  I carried on with the lessons until I was around 10 or 11, at which point I realised I didn’t have the desire … [Read more...] about Do what you love, not just what you’re good at

Filed Under: Storytelling Tagged With: doing what you love, fulfilling your potential, passion, Psychology Today, talent

Why not try on a good metaphor for size?

March 6, 2012 By Beverley Glick Leave a Comment

How are you feeling today? Like a coiled spring? A cat on a hot tin roof? Slightly off kilter? A sack of potatoes? Down in the dumps? Whatever it is, you’re feeling it in your body, experiencing it as an emotion and articulating it in the form of a metaphor. Artists and creative thinkers throughout the ages have used metaphor to inspire them. As Michael Michalko says in his recent post for … [Read more...] about Why not try on a good metaphor for size?

Filed Under: Storytelling Tagged With: Einstein, emotions, metaphors, Michael Michalko, Psychology Today, resources

Happy thoughts, happy brain – is it that easy?

February 9, 2012 By Beverley Glick Leave a Comment

I’ve just been reading an article on the Psychology Today website which says if you want to be happy, make sure you keep your brain happy. Because being happy means more to your brain than you might imagine. It seems that the brain is primed to respond to pleasure in a way that reinforces pleasure, therefore it rewards happy thoughts. Every thought you have releases brain chemicals, so … [Read more...] about Happy thoughts, happy brain – is it that easy?

Filed Under: Storytelling Tagged With: happiness, human potential coaching, negative thoughts, neuroscience, positive thoughts, Psychology Today, true self

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