Beware of the dangerous vision board

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You might get what you don’t want.

There was a time when I thought I couldn’t achieve anything unless I had a vision board with a fully mapped out life. Things have changed, I no longer use vision boards in this way and I think you shouldn’t either, at least in the way they have been promoted in some of the self-help guru scene. Here’s why:

Why do you want that stuff on the board?

It took a long, long time but eventually I realised I wanted the things I put on the vision board because I thought by the having of these things I’d feel better. In the having of the nice big house I’d feel more secure and grounded, not to mention accomplished.Continue Reading

What’s your best shot of the mother city?

I’m working on a wonderful little side project to which I need your help. It’s about a 10 min music video I’m creating to which I need the visuals. I’ve decided on the theme of “Cape Town as the mothercity shining her beautiful light on all of us, near and far“. The music is a [...]

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See it like it is. But not worse.

“See it like it is. But not worse.” Anthony Robbins Means, if it’s bad it’s bad, no point “positive thinking” it away, that’s not working. But it’s not bad forever, bad always me, bad only me, bad everybody else, etc. THAT would be making it worse. The well meaning “don’t worry, all will be fine” [...]

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In order to receive you have to feel worthy of the gift

You cannot receive if you’re not open to receiving. A tough lesson I refused to learn for such a long time but finally got. When I sat down to write this post I pondered the headline – in fact I did for the last couple of days as I was plotting and planning this post. [...]

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What is #feelgood all about?

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If you’re following me on Twitter or Facebook you will have noticed that as of late I’ve been talking about topics that include the hashtag #feelgood. In other words I’m promoting to feel good! Perhaps you’re asking yourself what is this all about and what do I mean by it, so here’s my introduction to [...]

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