Unearthed
Blog by Alison Braithwaite
What’s your story?
Stories are powerful “There is no greater power on this earth than story.” ~ Libba Bray Stories are powerful things. Stories can engage us, celebrate us, set a direction, open our eyes to possibility, connect us to our personal power and can shift the culture of our...
You know that voice
You know the voice I was about to write something entirely different this morning and then I got a phone call. It was my husband. He was calling from the car and he had that voice, you likely know the one. The voice that signals to you something serious has just...
A great human strategy
Self-observation Years ago I lived at a yoga centre for a few months. I received room, board and yoga lessons for cleaning bathrooms and changing sheets. One of the takeaways from that experience for me was a quote I heard there: "Self-observation without...
Taken by surprise
Yesterday I was taken by surprise. I had hand surgery. I knew I was going to the hospital for 1:00 pm. I knew I was going for a procedure to release my carpal tunnel. I even read about it. It seemed simple enough, in and out in a few minutes. My impression was I would...
Five life lessons from the breath
I have been reflecting on the breath recently. The breath is what accompanies us through life from the moment we enter this world to the moment we leave it. Yet we take it for granted and it has so many lessons to share with us. As I reflected, I realized that it is a...
How vulnerable are you willing to be?
My strength was striving In my recovery from burnout, I have been faced with the question: How vulnerable am I willing to be? over and over and over again. Being vulnerable is not something that I had ever considered as a strength. In my career, vulnerability did not...
The gift of time
I have been privileged I have been privileged to be able to take time for self-reflection and not just a moment but an investment of three years. I gifted myself something that is rare in our western world, time to just be. The time I have taken is well beyond what I...
Are you pretending?
All the resistance just dropped away Two weeks ago I was dancing with fear, delaying the sign-off on my book and then I did it. I signed it off. All that resistance, all the anxiety just dropped away after I pressed send on my email to the publisher. I started to...
Dancing with Fear
Playing games with myself This weekend I was about to sign-off for the printing of my book. I was checking over the changes to make sure they had all been made. I was feeling anxious and then I found a change that had not been made and the anxiety eased. The book...
Are you doing to be?
There is constant pressure to do. We live in an incredibly busy world where there is constant pressure to do. Do more. Do better. Do faster. We can end up being critical of ourselves when we are not doing "enough". Doing is what we learned in school, doing is what we...
Now that was unexpected
The unexpected shatters us into awareness of what is. Recently I walked into a meeting I attend regularly. When I walk in I know just what to expect, a quiet room, with a circle of chairs and people that I know. This time was different. There were two guys I did not...
What are you in love with?
We live in a world full of expectation Expectations of who we are supposed to be, what we are supposed to accomplish and how we are supposed to express ourselves; a world where we can feel pressured to achieve, to reach the next goal, and to meet the next deadline. As...