25 Aug 2009 12:16 Lightbulb moment - Doodle the answer
Posted by: nina
I had a 'lightbulb moment' the other day when a friend of mine said that she thought the concept of 'belonging' was key to me and Life Clubs.
Now, why I hadn't thought of that myself I have no idea, but I hadn't - and she was absolutely right.
Belonging is key to so many of us. Whether that feeling of being an outsider starts from being ostracised at school or having divorced parents or just from feeling different, it doesn't matter. It's a feeling that can haunt you forever and maybe even inspire you.
Since I tend to notice co-incidences, the idea of 'belonging' or 'not belonging' is now showing up everywhere. I just worked with a lovely person for a Zest Magazine makeover. An incredibly high achiever, she too was looking to 'belong'.
As I love working with metaphor (and it's the Visual Solutions workshop this week at Life Clubs), I asked her if she could imagine her feelings as a landscape.
She saw herself alone in an open, sparse, lonely desert with only a sole cactus plant for company. There were forests around, symbolising gatherings of people, but she couldn't reach them. The atmosphere felt cold and unfriendly. I suggested she lay down and look at the sky for a few moments.
Almost instantly her mood changed. She relaxed and found that the cool earth felt refreshing and enjoyable. She saw how being still, rather than constantly chasing after happiness - those groups of trees - was enabling her to take stock and realise that it was OK to sometimes be alone and maybe 'belong' to yourself. The metaphor was working.
What landscape are you in right now and what can you learn from it?
Come to this week's Life Club to see how to use metaphor to solve your problems. You'll never look back.
Now, why I hadn't thought of that myself I have no idea, but I hadn't - and she was absolutely right.
Belonging is key to so many of us. Whether that feeling of being an outsider starts from being ostracised at school or having divorced parents or just from feeling different, it doesn't matter. It's a feeling that can haunt you forever and maybe even inspire you.
Since I tend to notice co-incidences, the idea of 'belonging' or 'not belonging' is now showing up everywhere. I just worked with a lovely person for a Zest Magazine makeover. An incredibly high achiever, she too was looking to 'belong'.
As I love working with metaphor (and it's the Visual Solutions workshop this week at Life Clubs), I asked her if she could imagine her feelings as a landscape.
She saw herself alone in an open, sparse, lonely desert with only a sole cactus plant for company. There were forests around, symbolising gatherings of people, but she couldn't reach them. The atmosphere felt cold and unfriendly. I suggested she lay down and look at the sky for a few moments.
Almost instantly her mood changed. She relaxed and found that the cool earth felt refreshing and enjoyable. She saw how being still, rather than constantly chasing after happiness - those groups of trees - was enabling her to take stock and realise that it was OK to sometimes be alone and maybe 'belong' to yourself. The metaphor was working.
What landscape are you in right now and what can you learn from it?
Come to this week's Life Club to see how to use metaphor to solve your problems. You'll never look back.
06 Jul 2009 10:23 Lightbulb moment - Is it really what you want?
Posted by: nina
The week of Monday 22nd June is our Is It Really What You Want? workshop in which we think about what we're overdoing and how to cope with it.
I promised to write two books this year and am feeling that I'm really doing too much work. In an ideal world I could stop work at the end of the day, but I'm now bashing away at the keys in order to meet deadlines. I have to say that I love writing, so in many ways it's ideal, but the deadlines make me worry, so I'm doing too much of that too.
Overdoing things is easy. We can focus too much on money (especially at the moment), too much on alcohol and too much on food. We can get our Balance Chart all topsy-turvy on any one of a number of subjects - and that's not the way to live.
On the Life Clubs blog you can read more about my food overdoing and how, as I'm eating, I'm always reminded of Russell Hoban's wonderful children's book, Bread and Jam for Frances. It does not help me stop!
Watford news : Last night was Watford Life Club's second birthday party. There were 27 people there and it was a blast. Juliette knows how to throw a good party. The photos are on the blog too.
Where is the excess in your life?
We've been trialling Life Clubs for the NHS for young people and I wanted to tell you about a romance in one of the West London clubs. A lovely 19-year old girl had been talking in the club about a male friend of hers who clearly (we all thought) liked her, but as she wasn't sure if she liked him, the relationship had stayed platonic. She brought him along to a few Life Clubs and that was the turning point. Thinking about themselves and life together made them realise they were both in love and have been dating ever since.
See you next week - I can never get too much of that,
Nina
Founder Life Clubs
Author of The Big Book of Me and The Big Book of Us
I promised to write two books this year and am feeling that I'm really doing too much work. In an ideal world I could stop work at the end of the day, but I'm now bashing away at the keys in order to meet deadlines. I have to say that I love writing, so in many ways it's ideal, but the deadlines make me worry, so I'm doing too much of that too.
Overdoing things is easy. We can focus too much on money (especially at the moment), too much on alcohol and too much on food. We can get our Balance Chart all topsy-turvy on any one of a number of subjects - and that's not the way to live.
On the Life Clubs blog you can read more about my food overdoing and how, as I'm eating, I'm always reminded of Russell Hoban's wonderful children's book, Bread and Jam for Frances. It does not help me stop!
Watford news : Last night was Watford Life Club's second birthday party. There were 27 people there and it was a blast. Juliette knows how to throw a good party. The photos are on the blog too.
Where is the excess in your life?
We've been trialling Life Clubs for the NHS for young people and I wanted to tell you about a romance in one of the West London clubs. A lovely 19-year old girl had been talking in the club about a male friend of hers who clearly (we all thought) liked her, but as she wasn't sure if she liked him, the relationship had stayed platonic. She brought him along to a few Life Clubs and that was the turning point. Thinking about themselves and life together made them realise they were both in love and have been dating ever since.
See you next week - I can never get too much of that,
Nina
Founder Life Clubs
Author of The Big Book of Me and The Big Book of Us
06 Jul 2009 10:23 Lightbulb moment - You look great today ... giving feedback
Posted by: nina
Imagine a blank sheet of paper, on which you can write anything and everything you want to say to anyone - you choose.
Do you want to say 'thank you' to that person who was so kind to you? Or 'I know you're a brilliant driver, but please pay more attention to zebra crossings' to that person who almost ran you over the other day? Or 'I'm sorry' to your mum? And on and on.
We so rarely say what we want to say to other people because we're afraid to. We might get over-emotional and start crying. We might get angry or we might get embarrassed. For whatever reason, we hide away from saying lovely things to people and we hide away from giving constructive feedback.
Last time we ran this club, the following week everyone returned with a smile on their face. During the week they'd opened up and actually said some really nice things they'd been wanting to say to others for ages. A few had had some difficult situations resolved too.
Go on, say it... I know you want to... You LOVE Life Clubs!
I love you too.
What feedback do you shy away from giving - positive or negative?
Publicity
This week, Brighton Life Clubs was in the brilliant Wave Magazine.
Our feedback workshop runs every day of the week from Monday 6th July.
See you next week - it's great to have you at Life Clubs,
Nina
Founder Life Clubs
Author of The Big Book of Me and The Big Book of Us
Do you want to say 'thank you' to that person who was so kind to you? Or 'I know you're a brilliant driver, but please pay more attention to zebra crossings' to that person who almost ran you over the other day? Or 'I'm sorry' to your mum? And on and on.
We so rarely say what we want to say to other people because we're afraid to. We might get over-emotional and start crying. We might get angry or we might get embarrassed. For whatever reason, we hide away from saying lovely things to people and we hide away from giving constructive feedback.
Last time we ran this club, the following week everyone returned with a smile on their face. During the week they'd opened up and actually said some really nice things they'd been wanting to say to others for ages. A few had had some difficult situations resolved too.
Go on, say it... I know you want to... You LOVE Life Clubs!
I love you too.
What feedback do you shy away from giving - positive or negative?
Publicity
This week, Brighton Life Clubs was in the brilliant Wave Magazine.
Our feedback workshop runs every day of the week from Monday 6th July.
See you next week - it's great to have you at Life Clubs,
Nina
Founder Life Clubs
Author of The Big Book of Me and The Big Book of Us
06 Jul 2009 10:22 Lightbulb moment - Sometimes it's easier to work backwards
Posted by: nina
Sometimes it feels a little in your face when people ask you 'What's your goal for the future?' Put like that I often haven't a clue what to say. I'm the rabbit frozen in the headlights. But if they were to ask me 'What don't you want to do again?' I've got a list as long as my arm and they range from the small(ish) 'I don't want to go food shopping again' to the massive 'I don't want to be jealous ever again'. They may not instantly appear fulfillable, but you can then play with those thoughts a little until you get your positive goals. Like walking up a hill backwards, it can be much easier to find out what you want without thinking about it and that's our workshop for next week, Never Again. I can guarantee you'll leave feeling focused - maybe even walking up the hill forwards.
I'm running another workshop (Living A Creative Life) for Alternatives on Sunday September 27th (rather a long time ahead, but never mind, book now, it'll be great) and Steve Nobel, who runs Alternatives, has made a podcast out of a chat we had. I felt a little intimidated before talking to him, and, thinking 'never again', decided to prepare a little for our chat so I wouldn't fall flat on my face. I hope you enjoy it and instantly book for the workshop - as well as giving me a high score on the other page of the Alternatives website.
My blog is all about how to make up your mind what you want to eat at a late-night service station (using this week's workshop), so do check it out. And, this week, decide that never again will you put off coming to Life Clubs.
What would your list of things you never wanted to do again have at the top of it?
This week's star clubber is Hayden.
Before going to Life Clubs, Hayden always held himself back waiting to see what others wanted. 'I was always wanting to please everybody else without focusing on my own wants and needs. I always had too many possibilities rushing around in my head and didn't know what to do, so I just used to let things happen to me instead of taking control of and planning my future.' Hayden went to Life Clubs to 'prioritise and realise who I am, to identify and understand what I want and need and to get focused and go after my dreams'.
The first thing Hayden did as a result of going to Life Clubs was to go to Miami (his first time abroad) to 'spread his wings' and take time for himself. He came back re-energised and started to pursue his own business dreams. Using his accounts qualification, he decided to work on a music-based business with some rapper friends of his and has also begun to learn to play the piano - something he's wanted to do for ages. Hayden's new goal is to find a good business studies course.
See you this week - looking forward to you discovering how to think backwards,
Nina
Founder Life Clubs
Author of The Big Book of Me and The Big Book of Us
I'm running another workshop (Living A Creative Life) for Alternatives on Sunday September 27th (rather a long time ahead, but never mind, book now, it'll be great) and Steve Nobel, who runs Alternatives, has made a podcast out of a chat we had. I felt a little intimidated before talking to him, and, thinking 'never again', decided to prepare a little for our chat so I wouldn't fall flat on my face. I hope you enjoy it and instantly book for the workshop - as well as giving me a high score on the other page of the Alternatives website.
My blog is all about how to make up your mind what you want to eat at a late-night service station (using this week's workshop), so do check it out. And, this week, decide that never again will you put off coming to Life Clubs.
What would your list of things you never wanted to do again have at the top of it?
This week's star clubber is Hayden.
Before going to Life Clubs, Hayden always held himself back waiting to see what others wanted. 'I was always wanting to please everybody else without focusing on my own wants and needs. I always had too many possibilities rushing around in my head and didn't know what to do, so I just used to let things happen to me instead of taking control of and planning my future.' Hayden went to Life Clubs to 'prioritise and realise who I am, to identify and understand what I want and need and to get focused and go after my dreams'.
The first thing Hayden did as a result of going to Life Clubs was to go to Miami (his first time abroad) to 'spread his wings' and take time for himself. He came back re-energised and started to pursue his own business dreams. Using his accounts qualification, he decided to work on a music-based business with some rapper friends of his and has also begun to learn to play the piano - something he's wanted to do for ages. Hayden's new goal is to find a good business studies course.
See you this week - looking forward to you discovering how to think backwards,
Nina
Founder Life Clubs
Author of The Big Book of Me and The Big Book of Us
06 Jul 2009 10:21 Lightbulb moment - Do you want to stop feeling scared?
Posted by: nina
I know how scary the idea of coming to a Life Club can feel. Not because I've directly experienced it (though in a way I have when I visit the different clubs), but because so many of you have told me.
All of us who run a club have been putting our thinking hats on and, last weekend, came up with a plan which, hopefully, will make it easier for you. Instead of coming earlier than others, we've decided that at the end of each club anyone whose first week it is can stay afterwards if they want to and have a brief chat. This week six brave people came for the first time to my club and declared that the meeting at the end made it so much less awkward. I enjoyed it too. It was a time for them to ask their questions of me and for me to be able to focus on them.
This week's workshop, I Dare You, is all about overcoming your fears. We're not going to dare you, you're going to dare yourself.
Quite a few of us ran workshops in corporates last week as part of the LAW (Learning At Work) week. You can see a picture of one of the clubs on my blog (and read more about my lack of confidence). It's been great to see how much the workshop impacted. Someone from Addleshaw Goddard turned up in the Hammersmith club and someone else from British Airways came to my club. At Life Clubs we love bravery (especially when we're feeling it) and we love new clubbers.
How could you recreate the bravery you feel when someone else dares you?
Another decision all of us made this weekend was that we would 'show off' our star clubbers a little more, so let me introduce you to Penny.
In the nine months Penny came to Life Clubs she gave up smoking, took up jogging regularly and decorated her sitting room (a task she had been putting off for 3 years). But, most importantly, although Penny was already fully qualified as a Feng Shui consultant, at Life Clubs she was inspired to put together a wonderful brochure for her Feng Shui company which got her new business going. Fantastic stuff.
See you this week - looking forward,
Nina
Founder Life Clubs
Author of The Big Book of Me and The Big Book of Us
All of us who run a club have been putting our thinking hats on and, last weekend, came up with a plan which, hopefully, will make it easier for you. Instead of coming earlier than others, we've decided that at the end of each club anyone whose first week it is can stay afterwards if they want to and have a brief chat. This week six brave people came for the first time to my club and declared that the meeting at the end made it so much less awkward. I enjoyed it too. It was a time for them to ask their questions of me and for me to be able to focus on them.
This week's workshop, I Dare You, is all about overcoming your fears. We're not going to dare you, you're going to dare yourself.
Quite a few of us ran workshops in corporates last week as part of the LAW (Learning At Work) week. You can see a picture of one of the clubs on my blog (and read more about my lack of confidence). It's been great to see how much the workshop impacted. Someone from Addleshaw Goddard turned up in the Hammersmith club and someone else from British Airways came to my club. At Life Clubs we love bravery (especially when we're feeling it) and we love new clubbers.
How could you recreate the bravery you feel when someone else dares you?
Another decision all of us made this weekend was that we would 'show off' our star clubbers a little more, so let me introduce you to Penny.
In the nine months Penny came to Life Clubs she gave up smoking, took up jogging regularly and decorated her sitting room (a task she had been putting off for 3 years). But, most importantly, although Penny was already fully qualified as a Feng Shui consultant, at Life Clubs she was inspired to put together a wonderful brochure for her Feng Shui company which got her new business going. Fantastic stuff.
See you this week - looking forward,
Nina
Founder Life Clubs
Author of The Big Book of Me and The Big Book of Us
14 May 2009 20:35 Lightbulb moment - Do you want to stop procrastinating?
Posted by: nina
This is the final week that all clubs are offering free membership. This outburst of generosity is to celebrate the reception that the three new clubs (Bath, Brighton Brighton and Hammersmith) have had, which has been great. It's still £15 for each workshop (£10 concessions), but the £10 membership fee is being waived.
I've been running our How To Make Every Minute Count workshop in lots of wonderful companies this week - from British Airways to Addleshaw Goddard the solicitors. The workshop briefly covers procrastination (next week's topic) and it's always amazing to see just how many of us suffer from procrastination - everything from putting up shelves procrastination to booking holidays procrastination. As usual, there are lots of helpful tips around on the internet as to how to deal with it: do one undesirable job each morning... break tasks down... etc etc. but until you know what the reason for procrastinating is, you'll probably not be able to beat it. So, come along and find out what's stopping you.
If you could look back from the vantage point of having completed that task, what advice would you give yourself?
If you want to read what I'm procrastinating on, have a look at my blog (http://lifeclubs.blogspot.com/) or come along to my club on Wednesday.
I've been running our How To Make Every Minute Count workshop in lots of wonderful companies this week - from British Airways to Addleshaw Goddard the solicitors. The workshop briefly covers procrastination (next week's topic) and it's always amazing to see just how many of us suffer from procrastination - everything from putting up shelves procrastination to booking holidays procrastination. As usual, there are lots of helpful tips around on the internet as to how to deal with it: do one undesirable job each morning... break tasks down... etc etc. but until you know what the reason for procrastinating is, you'll probably not be able to beat it. So, come along and find out what's stopping you.
If you could look back from the vantage point of having completed that task, what advice would you give yourself?
If you want to read what I'm procrastinating on, have a look at my blog (http://lifeclubs.blogspot.com/) or come along to my club on Wednesday.
07 May 2009 11:04 Lightbulb moment - Making your relationships work
Posted by: nina
We've been so thrilled with the reception that the three new clubs (Bath, http://lifeclubs.co.uk/clubs/display_club_content/84 and Hammersmith) have had, that we're offering free membership to all clubs next week (Week of 12th May) and the week after (Week of 19th May). I do hope those of you who've been hesitating about coming will have a peek - and do tell your friends around the country. One of my first time clubbers came back this week and said she had left last week skipping and wanting more. Come and join her. Just print out this bulletin and bring it along to your club.
A young friend of mine is in the throes of a difficult decision. Should she succumb to the excitement of a brand new relationship or stay with her long-term boyfriend where (up to a point) passion has been replaced with irritation? Next week's workshop, Making Relationships Work, is just about this topic. What happens between meeting someone new and the realisation that they're just not who you thought they were? It's the same for all relationships - platonic, romantic and colleagues. One day you're intrigued and fuzzy around the edges. The next (or maybe several years later) you're critical and disillusioned. What goes wrong? Who changes? You, them or both? Come along and find out how to cope with the fallout.
What one thing annoys you most about others? And can you see that trait in yourself?
On the subject of relationships, proud mum wants to show you the wonderful trailer two of my friends made for my 10-year old and the film he's making. Enjoy listening - I can't wait to see the finished thing and do check out my blog too, for more.
A young friend of mine is in the throes of a difficult decision. Should she succumb to the excitement of a brand new relationship or stay with her long-term boyfriend where (up to a point) passion has been replaced with irritation? Next week's workshop, Making Relationships Work, is just about this topic. What happens between meeting someone new and the realisation that they're just not who you thought they were? It's the same for all relationships - platonic, romantic and colleagues. One day you're intrigued and fuzzy around the edges. The next (or maybe several years later) you're critical and disillusioned. What goes wrong? Who changes? You, them or both? Come along and find out how to cope with the fallout.
What one thing annoys you most about others? And can you see that trait in yourself?
On the subject of relationships, proud mum wants to show you the wonderful trailer two of my friends made for my 10-year old and the film he's making. Enjoy listening - I can't wait to see the finished thing and do check out my blog too, for more.
30 Apr 2009 07:55 Lightbulb moment - You can work it out
Posted by: nina
More exciting news. The Brighton Life Club is opening on Wednesday 6th May and will also be offering free membership. I know a lot of you have been asking for a club in Brighton and we've listened. Do help Nicole break the Hammersmith record of 14 people on the first night. Hammersmith and Bath are still offering free membership too. Important news about Bath - Annie is changing the date of her club from Friday to Tuesday next week. The venue had been full every night except Friday but has wonderfully produced a room for us.
Next week's workshop, Visual Problem Solving, is enormously good fun and incredibly helpful. I used it myself today when I was thinking about what on earth I was going to write for you. I was stuck about what I wanted to say (writer's block???), but instead of focusing on the fact I couldn't write, I asked myself what I would like the situation to be. Just as you'll be doing in the workshop, I imagined my perfect circumstance as a picture and came up with a beautiful old fountain pen writing this bulletin all by itself - a bit Harry Potter style.
As you can imagine, this freed me up enormously and I'm now feeling like a pro again. It may sound complicated, but it's really not. Stickmen are perfect as are mountains and ditches. Visual metaphors are an incredibly important part of Life Clubs toolkit and so helpful - you'll find out just how helpful next week. If you'd like to start understanding them a little better, check out my blog and come along to your local Life Club.
Where are you in a box? And how can you draw your way out of it?
Next week's workshop, Visual Problem Solving, is enormously good fun and incredibly helpful. I used it myself today when I was thinking about what on earth I was going to write for you. I was stuck about what I wanted to say (writer's block???), but instead of focusing on the fact I couldn't write, I asked myself what I would like the situation to be. Just as you'll be doing in the workshop, I imagined my perfect circumstance as a picture and came up with a beautiful old fountain pen writing this bulletin all by itself - a bit Harry Potter style.
As you can imagine, this freed me up enormously and I'm now feeling like a pro again. It may sound complicated, but it's really not. Stickmen are perfect as are mountains and ditches. Visual metaphors are an incredibly important part of Life Clubs toolkit and so helpful - you'll find out just how helpful next week. If you'd like to start understanding them a little better, check out my blog and come along to your local Life Club.
Where are you in a box? And how can you draw your way out of it?
23 Apr 2009 09:20 Lightbulb moment - Rules (?!) of happiness
Posted by: nina
You are all wonderful. My club is fuller than it has ever been and Hammersmith opened on Tuesday breaking all our records with fourteen people. Brigitte had a great evening. I feel a shift happening which is exciting for us and exciting for you because the more buzzy the club is the more people you'll get to know and the more fun you'll have.
Next week's workshop is all about The Rules of Happiness (sounds a contradiction in terms, doesn't it - especially if you disliked school as much as I did). As you all know, happiness is our special subject and as we are now scientifically proven* to make you happier (along with music, exercise and possibly ice cream! - I'm making those three up), I'd say this might be a key workshop to come along to. This particular workshop is all about some of the more classic forms of happiness, that we tend to forget about, like helping others (which you do all the time at Life Clubs) and living in the moment. You'll get some good clear thoughts out of the workshop I know.
The Bath Life Club is starting tomorrow and, although Hammersmith (West London) has already started, both have free membership for the first month of opening - worth £10. Annie and Brigitte would love all your support as they start up.
Nicole is also going to be starting in Brighton on Wednesday May 6th. Nicole is great - in her twenties with an astonishing maturity and poise as well as a good sense of humour. It will be free membership for the first month of opening in Brighton too. If you know people in those parts of the world - or anywhere where we have a Life Club, do tell them about us.
If you're interested in hearing about the swimming pools that gave me happiness - not jacuzzi's this time - plus a little bit more on happiness, do check out my blog.
What were you doing (or not doing) the last time you felt really happy?
Next week's workshop is all about The Rules of Happiness (sounds a contradiction in terms, doesn't it - especially if you disliked school as much as I did). As you all know, happiness is our special subject and as we are now scientifically proven* to make you happier (along with music, exercise and possibly ice cream! - I'm making those three up), I'd say this might be a key workshop to come along to. This particular workshop is all about some of the more classic forms of happiness, that we tend to forget about, like helping others (which you do all the time at Life Clubs) and living in the moment. You'll get some good clear thoughts out of the workshop I know.
The Bath Life Club is starting tomorrow and, although Hammersmith (West London) has already started, both have free membership for the first month of opening - worth £10. Annie and Brigitte would love all your support as they start up.
Nicole is also going to be starting in Brighton on Wednesday May 6th. Nicole is great - in her twenties with an astonishing maturity and poise as well as a good sense of humour. It will be free membership for the first month of opening in Brighton too. If you know people in those parts of the world - or anywhere where we have a Life Club, do tell them about us.
If you're interested in hearing about the swimming pools that gave me happiness - not jacuzzi's this time - plus a little bit more on happiness, do check out my blog.
What were you doing (or not doing) the last time you felt really happy?
17 Apr 2009 10:00 Lightbulb moment - Being you
Posted by: nina
Before I do anything else, I want to tell you that we have two clubs starting next week - one in Bath and one in Hammersmith (West London) - and, if you're nearby, I'd love you to go along and support both Annie and Brigitte as they start up (plus membership is free for the first month of opening - worth £10).
The subject of their first workshop (and that of everyone else next week) is values. The value I particularly associate with both Annie and Brigitte, and which is very important to me, is loyalty.
Annie (starting the Bath club) helped me discover my values very many years ago and we have been friends ever since. And Brigitte (although I have only met her recently) showed me her loyalty by coming to my Life Club many, many times before she asked if she could run her own. They are both great women and I know you'll be loyal to them and their clubs.
But, what's so weird about values is the way they contradict each other. Even higher up my list of values is freedom. Life Clubs has been structured around the freedom of the individual to come and go as they please. But how can you be free and loyal? I solve it in my life by being loyal to those who give me freedom, but I love the way that each value brings it's own conundrum with it. That's what makes values so stimulating. So, see you this week and do check out my blog for more on values and everything else.
Which of your values makes you feel the most 'you'?
The subject of their first workshop (and that of everyone else next week) is values. The value I particularly associate with both Annie and Brigitte, and which is very important to me, is loyalty.
Annie (starting the Bath club) helped me discover my values very many years ago and we have been friends ever since. And Brigitte (although I have only met her recently) showed me her loyalty by coming to my Life Club many, many times before she asked if she could run her own. They are both great women and I know you'll be loyal to them and their clubs.
But, what's so weird about values is the way they contradict each other. Even higher up my list of values is freedom. Life Clubs has been structured around the freedom of the individual to come and go as they please. But how can you be free and loyal? I solve it in my life by being loyal to those who give me freedom, but I love the way that each value brings it's own conundrum with it. That's what makes values so stimulating. So, see you this week and do check out my blog for more on values and everything else.
Which of your values makes you feel the most 'you'?
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