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Retiring into … Passion!

I have never seen myself as a particularly passionate person. (That, it emerges, is absolutely false, a mis-understanding of myself caused by attitudes to emotions learned in childhood, and all the resulting choices made on the foundations of…
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Resilience and Determination

For the month of January, we’ve been exploring approaches to growth and self-improvement. On this final Monday in the month, I decided to pull a card and see what the Tarot had to say about this theme. We want to be fuller, richer, happier…
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Moving from ‘Should’ to ‘Could’

Some while back I read an article which suggested that, when we are setting goals for ourselves, we move from thinking “I should” to “I could”. I tried it out. My ‘should’ was easy to find: “I should get more exercise.” It’s…
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Aspirations + Resolutions

All those of you who made resolutions: have you already broken them? All of them? Some? I’m betting a lot of you have. New Year’s Resolutions. Last week we considered approaching the new year with the attitude of the Fool rather than…
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All that you are

  The Hierophant and The Fool are good role models for two very different approaches to a journey. The Hierophant is the planner. This one makes list, has goals, itineraries, agendas. He/she is very clear on when they have achieved…
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New Year, New Plans, New Ideas

Happy (almost) New Year! It’s a mild day here (-5C), and there’s not a lot of snow, but it’s certainly winter. Isn’t it weird how our new year starts in the dead of winter? Here in the northern hemisphere, at any rate; in the southern…