Category: Thought for Today

Thought for today: ‘Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.’ — Jack London #thoughtfortoday #goodcards #poorcards #lifeplan #psychotherapy #coaching #mentoring #entrepreneur Making the most of what we have sounds like something my grandmother used to say. And it probably is. Waiting to get the perfect hand,…

Thought for today: ‘Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.’ — Barack Obama #thoughtfortoday #dchange #psychotherapy #coaching #mentoring #entrepreneur I actually think change will either happen to you, or by your hand.…

Thought for today: ‘Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.’ — Suzy Kassem #thoughtfortoday #doubt #dreams #failure #anxiety #psychotherapy #coaching #mentoring #entrepreneur I think most therapists will tell you that anxiety features in a great deal of the issues they see. And for me, working with entrepreneurs, self-doubt features much more than might be…

Thought for today: ‘To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed.’ — Brian Harris #thoughtfortoday #Wales #Welsh #music #poetry #rugby #StDavidsDay #psychology #coach #coaching This is the day to send greetings to my Welsh…

Thought for today: ‘Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.’ — Thich Nhat Hanh #thoughtfortoday #mindfulness #breathing #psychology #coach #coaching #beingpresent #neuroplasticity It is six years since I first went to the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. I was starting a journey of becoming a mindfulness teacher, one completed…

Thought for today:   ‘It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.’   — Harry S Truman   #thoughtfortoday #management #leadership #psychology #coach #coaching #accomplishment #credit   Have you ever worked for someone who took the credit for your achievements?   I have – many times.  …

Thought for today: ‘Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.’ — Sigmund Freud #thoughtfortoday #vulnerability #strength #psychology #psychoanalysis #SigmundFreud Naturally, we studied Freud as part of my training. When people find out what I do they often say, “Are you going to analyse me?” They don’t want that – and it’s not what I…

Thought for today: ‘Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.’ — Helen Keller #thoughtfortoday #optimism #faith #achievement #hope #confidence #psychotherapist #coach Where can we find optimism? Some people have plenty, whatever the circumstances. Yet others struggle to find any at all. It is not as simple…

Thought for today: ‘It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical.’ — Boris Yeltsin #thoughtfortoday #unorthodox #freethinking #unconventional #heretical #psychotherapist #coach I just don’t get along with rigid or orthodox thinking. Being constrained into the orthodoxy has never suited me. I’ve lived a life that has always tried to break…

Thought for today: ‘The deep roots never doubt spring will come.’ — Marty Rubin #thoughtfortoday #deeproots #hope #spring #awakening #psychotherapist #coach Or as JRR Tolkein said, “For too long you have sat in the shadows”. For the people of England, and probably for the other countries of the union, hope is shining its light on…