After spending 5 awesome weeks travelling with my sister and then immediately after arriving back to have an "old" friend from South Africa out here to visit, made me appreciate the significant (and happy) role that shared history with people plays in our lives.

Who you are now is based on 3 things: Your past, your present & your envisioned future.

If your life were a tapestry, I suggest that the thread that the tapestry is woven from is your history. For example, the threads representing my sister and "old" friend have enriched the entire picture of my life with both texture and colour.

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We had breakfast at Sydney Harbour this morning with a glorious view of the bridge. The bridge being impressive and large we had to focus to see the little groups of people climbing over the arches. From our distance they looked like upright ants.

The individuals climbing the bridge were each possibly terrified, focused on their own safety but tied with the necessary safety ropes. I'd guess each climber's particular experience was all important and all consuming in those moments.

But to us, they merely looked like ants.

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I had a client at our Creative workshop this past week whose one canvas was of a river. She'd realised she preferred to go with the flow of life rather than make things continually hard for herself.

It was beautiful to watch her relax into an easier frame of mind instead of the constant battle she'd obviously been creating for herself in her life.

Are you perhaps doing the same?

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I love seeing the lights go on in clients' eyes.

Yesterday during our Creative Coaching workshop, a client exclaimed excitedly "PING".   She'd seen a pattern in her life that she'd been unaware of.

That ‘Ping' or ‘AHA' moment happens when all your understanding faculties are aligned.

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