There's more to life than increasing its speed
Posted in More to..., Relaxing on Jun 1st, 2012
One of the arsey things about worrying is that you can feel too panicked to think straight: You’re imagining an unpleasant result in the future, and thinking about that sends you into a spin in the present. Coming up with a solution feels unreasonably hard, that feeds your worry too and – urgh. Here’s a [...]
Posted in Balance, More to..., Relaxing on Jan 27th, 2012
Have you ever had a day where everything feels like it’s urgent? Maybe a whole load of days? You’re not sure where to focus next, it’s full on, maybe you’re stressed and your brain has about as much clarity as a bowl of custard. Too many of those kind of days can knock your balance [...]
Posted in Balance, More to..., Relaxing on Jan 22nd, 2012
The other morning I popped outside for a walk, went 20 paces to the top of my road and promptly sprinted back home. Why? I legged it back for the camera, to enjoy this: Those moments were brief, but ooooh so brilliant! It was totally, stunningly beautiful – the light was [...]
Posted in Balance, More to..., Relaxing on Jan 21st, 2012
Mountain or mole hill? Your work life balance could be just a tiny step away – or it could feel like you’ve got a bit of a mountain to climb. Today is about imagining what it might be like as you find your steps towards work-life balance. We’ll go with the mountain metaphor… And if [...]
Posted in Balance, More to..., Relaxing on Jan 20th, 2012
Today we explore one the most potent fuels for Work-Life Balance: Knowing what’s most important to you. At any point in time, we each have our own particular recipe for life, made up of the things that matter most to us, our values. Our values help us make choices about what we commit to and define [...]
Posted in Balance, More to..., Relaxing on Jan 19th, 2012
Hello and welcome to Part 4 of our series on Work-Life Balance. We’ve looked at work… and life , explored how to achieve balance, and highlighted some ways to handle stuff that scares the wotsits off you. Today it’s time to think about what will inspire you as you create and maintain your particular balance. [...]
Posted in Balance, More to..., Relaxing on Jan 17th, 2012
Hello and welcome to Part 2 of our series on Work-Life Balance. Yesterday we explored work… and life and the way that every aspect of life is involved in creating balance. Today we’re taking a look at the nature of balance itself. What might be significant about the fact that work-life is a balance? When [...]
Posted in The Black Mountains on Dec 21st, 2010
BBC2 Wales has a wonderful Secret Wales programme, one episode of which has a 10 minute segment about Capel-y-ffin. Recommended viewing if you ever get a chance to watch it! Part 1 described the route up from lovely Hay-on-Wye. introduced the valley, and part 2 told the story of some of the characters of Capel-y-ffin. [...]
Posted in The Black Mountains on Dec 21st, 2010
BBC2 Wales has a wonderful Secret Wales programme, one episode of which has a 10 minute segment about Capel-y-ffin, just 1 mile from Castle Farm. Recommended viewing if you ever get a chance to watch it! In the meantime, you can see a transcription of the segment here. Part 1 decribed the stunning route up [...]
Posted in The Black Mountains on Jun 10th, 2010
BBC2 Wales has a wonderful Secret Wales programme at 7pm on Thursdays. They recently featured Capel-y-ffin which is where Castle Farm and our lovely Welsh mountain holidays run (see http://www.more-to.org). I first started working in the Capel-y-ffin valley nearly 10 years ago and it’s always felt magic to me. But there’s a much broader picture [...]
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