Work, children and shoes

I sent some of my friends an e-mail yesterday forwarded from Schuh about their new season shoes.  I couldn't think of anything better to send them on a Monday morning, with the first of the spring weather. Work doesn't compete with shoes on a Monday morning.

I also listened to two psychologists on radio 4 today, while I was driving home from the school run, telling me how to bring up my children (actually, it was almost sensible, for once) and it got me thinking about the constant juggle of family - the tennis matches, netball, swimming, sleepovers, massive pile of PE kit thrown in front of the washing machine, blocking the cat flap with imminent consequences - and wanting to have a professional life...and more shoes.

I saw a friend at the weekend who had also invested in some new shoes for summer.  She was very keen to explain what they meant.  They weren't necessarily practical, but the pleasure they give her, and how they make her feel about herself when she wears them is much more important than that.  Shoes are a mirror of our soul (!) - and I'm going to add them to my list of NLP non-verbal communication...
.
So why am I telling you all this?  Because these are some of the most important things in my life (there are a few others too, thankfully) and I'm just a typical woman, living a life similar to many others, and I'm still making my introductions in blog world.

I love the ideas of self-fulfilment and self-determination behind coaching and NLP, and I'm constantly striving to achieve that for myself and my family and everyone I work with, but sometimes the juggling goes a bit haywire, until I reset and get back on track by using my NLP and re-focussing (and unblocking the cat flap).

Spring is a good time to re-think things - we've stopped hibernating in our winter inertia, making excuses about why we can't change anything, and now the sunshine is bringing us out of our shells.  I'm happy to work with anyone who is ready to make a change or review where they are in life, but if you're a woman with a life like mine, I think we'd work really well together.  Especially if you want to come and admire my new shoes.