Earlier this week I gave a talk to the Moray Women @ Work branch of the WEA.
It was all about how thinking rich could give you a good experience in your daily working life. At least, that was what it was supposed to be about!
Within the first ten minutes I realised I had made some assumptions about this group of women which were not being borne out. What’s more, the talk I had prepared wasn’t going to address their needs!
Thank goodness for my years of experience with presenting workshops and talks; and thank goodness for my more recent years of experience at Toastmasters, where you are often picked on to talk about a topic off the cuff. All this enabled me to change tack almost (more...)
Stopping meditation from Neale Donald Walsch
posted in Jane's Blog
If you’re on my Spirit of RichThinking mailing list, you’ll have seen the article about How stopping instead of starting saves you time (read it here).
In repsonse to this, a colleague sent me a ‘stopping’ meditation from Neale Donald Walsch, author of the Conversation with God series.
Here it is — and I recommend it, it works really well:
Stop whatever you are doing for the moment and pay full attention to something about it. Focus closely on this aspect. Peer into it deeply. Eg while doing the dishes, look closely at the at the water, count the drops on your hand etc, walking down the street, fully observe a dog, a garden etc.. Get inside your consciousness and deeply experience this moment (more...)