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Book Recommendation: Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson, PH.D with Richard Mendius, MD

You can see from the picture of the book that there’s a bunch of ‘flags’ popping out of the pages which means there’s lots of key things in here for me.  Big thanks to Rosh who mentioned this book at a presentation back in 2018.  Yes – it’s taken me a while; and I was…
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Do you have an inner cricket?

What is an inner cricket I hear you ask?  Well … this is the description I came up with in a session with my coach earlier this week.  Firstly, let’s rewind a bit … Each month I invest in coaching to help me sharpen my sword to support me in my journey of being the…
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Serendipitious Reminders & Moving one ‘nth’

No matter how hard we exert ourselves to live our best lives, there’s often something that trips us up.  I’m always in awe when the message comes, exactly at the time, after, I needed it!  lessons in hindsight right? Yesterday at my local BNI meeting our speaker was sharing her secrets to success and said…
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Garden Therapy

Looking for a sense of calm?    The quote below flowed effortlessly and serendipitously into my email inbox this week.  It connected with me and I thought it might with you too …  The physician and writer, Oliver Sacks, explains the value of gardens:“As a writer, I find gardens essential to the creative process; as a physician, I…
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Zoom Etiquette for Hosts, Trainers & Participants

Have you been Zooming?  Many of us who are working from home have relied heavily on the Zoom platform for face-to-face meetings with friends, family, colleagues and clients during the last few weeks of this rahui.  (I’ve a preference for using rahui rather than lockdown because rahui is about prohibiting an activity or area temporarily…
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The Gap Between Stimulus and Response is About a Foot!

Viktor Frankyl’s quote states: “Between stimulus and response there is a space.  In that space is our power to choose our response.  In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” In that gap, which is usually tiny, there is enough room for one’s foot as well!  Has that ever happened to you?  You’ve heard something…
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Strategies for Working from Home – Part 1

Wow!  What the hell just happened?  There we were and now here we all are – like this!  There have been plenty of times over the last 12 years of self-employment that I’ve said “I wish the world would stop and allow me to catch up..”, however I never thought it would happen!  Heck!!  Thank you universe…
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Do you ‘know’ or do you ‘do’?

When I talk to people about how we relate to one another through talking and listening, I often see their eyes glaze over.  I’ve yet to figure out what the ‘glaze-over’ is about though … whether they’ve heard it before?  They know it already?  They think it’s not important?  Or if they’re okay and everyone…
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BJ Projects has an Office in Whangarei!

We’re excited to have a permanent office space based inside Colab at 17 Hannah Street, Whangarei.  Yes – it’s finally happened!  After 12 years of working from home, we’ve made the move into town.  Colab is a relatively new collaborative working space which includes two large training rooms and a small meeting room as well as a…
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New Year New Decade! BIG things! Small steps

The year of the metal Rat starts on the 25th of January 2020 and depending on what sign you fit under, the year of the Rat will bring different fortunes. BJ Projects has a BIG announcement this month … 2020 has started with a move into dedicated premises in Hannah Street, Whangarei.  Woohoo!  Last week was…
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