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If you have told me after 30+ years of struggle with my weight and being caught in the yo-yo-yo loss/gain cycle, that I would be finally able to change my body without any real struggle, diet or exercise programme, I would have laughed out loud…

I love the philosophy of the ‘Butterfly Effect’ which is when a seemingly insignificant thing happens, that causes the next thing to happen and so on, as the flow-on effects literally travel around the world. Sometimes in life we find ourselves in the fortunate position…

A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine had a health scare which led us to have some interesting discussions about perspectives on life, love and legacy. Whilst it may sound like a rather morbid topic of conversation to be having, this discussion will…

Is it really true that we are all just one choice away from a whole different life? In May 2021 I made a choice to publicly share the story of my weight loss journey including some of my childhood experiences which were all connected to…

Hello my name is Heidi and I used to be infamous in the office for saying ‘I’ve just got one more question’. There was of course never just one more question there were always many more questions that would follow. I’ve always loved the quotation…

Hello my name is Heidi and if there was an Olympic sport for Self-Sabotage, I’d definitely be a medal contender in the Procrastination category. There are many different ways we display self-sabotaging behaviour from procrastinating, over-thinking, assuming, avoiding, self-protecting, control-freaking, over-indulging through to self-criticising. Many…

Hello my name is Heidi and I’d always wondered why in the English language we use the term ‘pay attention’ when we are referring to focusing our energy on something or someone.   The Oxford Dictionary definition of the word ‘attention’ is: * notice taken…

Hello my name is Heidi and I love playing around with words. For example, if you wrote EVIL on a piece of paper and hold it up in front of a mirror, what do you see? Add a D so it reads DEVIL and look…

Hello my name is Heidi and one of my favourite things to do in this world is absolutely nothing, just being in the stillness.   I can remember loving this experience ever since I was little girl, just sitting and day dreaming. Some days watching…

Hello my name is Heidi and I’m thriving after surviving my dark night of the soul experience.   Call the experience whatever you like but the dark night of the soul is both an internal and external experience that I believe every one of us…

Hello my name is Heidi and I’m eternally grateful to an Arguer and a Yes Man, who unwittingly saved me from myself. It’s over 4 years ago now but I can remember that day so clearly, the day that I found myself at the end…

Hello my name is Heidi and I am free. I am free from the ghost in my machine and because of this, I’m alcohol free too. What does ‘free’ really mean? The Oxford English Dictionary definition of the word ‘free’ is – ‘able to act…

Hello my name is Heidi and I’m absolutely fascinated by what makes us human. We are all uniquely interesting and the stories that lie behind who we are, how we behave and what makes us happy as individuals are equally fascinating. I’ve recently being musing…

Hello, my name is Heidi and one thing I know from my own experience is that family can be a messy business. I’m sharing this part of my story as a way of providing some hindsight context to how I found myself adopting certain behaviours…

Hello, my name is Heidi and I’m the happiest person I know. I make this statement not as a comparison of my happiness versus others, but rather as an affirmation of my own state. The fact that I’m typing these things today is honestly mind…

As humans we all experience being physically or emotionally shaken from time to time. That’s life because everything around us is always in perpetual motion. However, for many this shaking can seem endless, it is there first thing in the morning and continues well into…

Like many people around the world, I’ve spent a lot of time recently considering what I want my ‘new normal’ experience to be. Much like an exercise in pulling everything out of the cupboards and drawers where things which ‘one day might be useful’ get…

If I asked you to point to your mind, where would you point? If I then asked you why you pointed to where you did, what would you say? 100% of the people I’ve asked these questions of recently have firstly pointed at their head…

Your external world is just a continual stream of waves of energy being transmitted and received by you.  How you interpret what these waves mean and what you do with them next is up to you. Consider this – your manager is talking to you…

The Oxford Dictionary definition of the word Transformation is “A marked change in form, nature, or appearance.” Given this definition and with so much continued investment in Business Transformation programmes, how many initiatives have you either led or been exposed to where you as an…

I was reminded recently of an interesting experience I had at a New Zealand Institute of Directors luncheon last year, where there was 8 tables of 10 people, with 1 woman at each table (10%).  The luncheon event was for individual’s who were interested in…

As we move towards the busy Xmas period of 2018 and 2019 summer holidays in New Zealand, many people will be feeling the pressure of never-ending to do lists at work, the overwhelm of ensuring that products are available on shelves for customers to purchase…

Outside voice – I’m really excited to do the fire walk! Inside voice – You’ll probably wimp out of it like you always do. Outside voice – If thousands of other people can do it, so can I. Inside voice – But you’re a wuss,…

If you can humour me for just a minute and curl both your hands into fists and squeeze them really tight. Keep squeezing and reading….. With your fists squeezed tightly, you have full control over your fingers and thumbs. If you squeeze hard enough you…

How do you personally release built up energy from your physical body i.e. what is your energy vent(s)? Everybody has their own unique approach to the expressing of internal energy which is created as a result of food, drink, thoughts, hormones, emotions etc. Some people…

Have you ever taken a moment to pause and reflect on how you got connected to the people who are in your life today or those who have been part of your life journey thus far? Can you imagine if we automatically scanned the unique…

In the early evening of Sunday 5th August 2018 I found myself standing, bent forward from the waist with my arms dangling like a rag doll, leaning so far over to the right that under normal circumstances I would lose my balance. But I don’t,…