by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | Jul 21, 2022 | growth, Habits, Lessons, Motivation, Perspective, Wellbeing
I have never been known for my patience. I pride myself on being productive and making things happen, and so it’s not unusual for me to feel a creeping discontent when things don’t go to plan. Do you ever feel like this? “Nature does not hurry, yet...
by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | May 26, 2022 | anxiety, Lessons, Wellbeing
It sucks to be misunderstood. This week I had coffee with a friend who shared a story about a work situation that went horribly wrong. Her colleague had worked for weeks on an article. It was well researched and well written, listing “Ten Insights for Greater...
by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | Apr 13, 2022 | growth, Habits, Lessons, Motivation, Personal Development, Wellbeing
“There’s nobody here, everyone’s gone,” she said. Karina’s 91 year old grandmother was stuck in her apartment in a now abandoned building in the Ukraine, which had been her home for the past 62 years. She’d lived through WW1, Stalin’s famine where her whole family...
by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | Mar 31, 2022 | Habits, Lessons, Motivation, Perspective, stress, Wellbeing
Green never looks good on anyone.I remember years ago being green with envy. A guy I knew had just started developing property. Every time we met, his face lit up with joy and delight when he spoke of his work. And I’m ashamed to admit, I found myself envying him. It...
by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | Jan 20, 2022 | growth, Motivation, Personal Development, Wellbeing
Mid way through January, how are you tracking with your 2022 intentions? Are you poised with new stationary in hand, ready to get started, or ……are you still in holiday mode? Having just returned from a long awaited, once postponed boating holiday with the...
by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | Dec 22, 2021 | Motivation, Perspective, Wellbeing
It seems to me this year is even more frantic than usual. Not just the typical Christmas hurry to prepare for guests, buy presents, make festive food and manage sometimes tricky family tensions. Now we have the overlay of masks and mandatory Covid...
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