by Alison Braithwaite | Oct 22, 2018 | General
Words powerfully manifest our lives Words are powerful. The words we choose to use influence what we manifest in our lives and how we feel in our bodies. This week, I was speaking to someone who is very special to me. She was talking about her life and some of the...
by Alison Braithwaite | Sep 24, 2018 | General
With newness comes chaos I have discovered, or perhaps rediscovered, the chaos the newness can bring. My first few weeks of my PhD. have been all about newness – new expectations, new places, new people, new commute, new computer, new software, new challenges...
by Alison Braithwaite | Sep 12, 2018 | General
The newness September brings September has always been a place of renewal for me. There is a feeling of shifting, deep within me. There is a freshness and energy in the air that inspires me. September is a time for a new notebook and a fresh pen. There is a calling to...
by Alison Braithwaite | Aug 28, 2018 | General
In-Between I have found myself in that place of in-between. It is a place I have lived over and over again in the last few years. It is the place between what was and what is becoming. At times it has been such a sweet place, a place of tenderness, of meandering and...
by Alison Braithwaite | Aug 15, 2018 | General
How was your experimenting? In my last post, I invited you to experiment with seeing criticism as an object to get curious about. I asked you to create distance between you and the object that was criticism and notice what opened up for you. I would love to hear what...
by Alison Braithwaite | Jul 31, 2018 | General
How do you react? I was having lunch with friends recently and one of them shared how she got defensive when she was criticized at work. She wondered if that was normal. My answer to her was that our brains are programmed to protect us. If we feel threatened by the...
