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My Blog
Once or twice a week I publish an idea, question, insight or reflection. Topics can be inspired by world events, coaching conversations, random thoughts after a workshop, anything!
The blog also features guest writers too - colleagues, connections and friends who have a point of view to share.
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The Power of a smile
There are so many claims for this or that product and this or that fad, and often what's old is new. So let me (re) introduce you to...
Andrew J Calvert
Apr 31 min read
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Stop, Look, and Listen: The Art of Slowing Down
🖼️ Why You Should Slow Down at Art Galleries 🖼️ Recently, I did something I haven’t done in years: I spent hours in an art gallery....
Andrew J Calvert
Mar 271 min read
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🌱 Life Lessons from Unexpected Teachers
You meet many people in life—some easier, others more challenging to be around. I once lived with a person who was deaf. They taught me...
Andrew J Calvert
Mar 201 min read
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It's an inside job
Many of us desire to have a simple life, to know what to do, when and how to do it. But life often isn't that simple The complexity of...
Andrew J Calvert
Jan 22 min read
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How do you use anger? (or does it use you?)
What a question! Anger, Brene Brown writes is, " A catalyst. It's an emotion that we need to transform into something life giving:...
Andrew J Calvert
Aug 13, 20241 min read
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No one looks back and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep
And yet the science suggests you can't sustain a productive healthy life on too little sleep Try a week of going to bed at the same time...
Andrew J Calvert
Aug 8, 20241 min read
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Playfulness at work...
Sometimes we need to bring playfulness into the workplace. It relieves tension, brings a smile to faces, build relationships. Play has...
Andrew J Calvert
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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Take a break
The benefits of taking a break are well documented and well proven Like me I'm sure you have used and enjoyed breaks in your own life -...
Andrew J Calvert
Jun 4, 20242 min read
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Fancy a cuppa?
For thousands of years people all over the world have enjoyed Tea... On National Tea Day join me for a cuppa? or try the Tea Meditation...
Andrew J Calvert
May 21, 20242 min read
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120 days in and counting
Since the start of this calendar year 120 days have passed - approximately one third of 2024. How are you doing? How are you feeling?...
Andrew J Calvert
Apr 30, 20241 min read
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Get out there and support your local independent bookshop!
Perhaps you enjoy their smell (bibliosmia), possibly you are a hoarder (a bibliotaph) or perhaps you simply read in bed (a...
Andrew J Calvert
Apr 27, 20241 min read
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National Exercise Day
April 18 is celebrated annually as a day to encourage everyone to participate in physical activities And to to join in the fun I wanted...
Andrew J Calvert
Apr 18, 20241 min read
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The Joy of Small Things
is a book I'm reading by Hannah Jane Parkinson. In just 235 pages she takes you from the perfect dressing gown and kissing to private...
Andrew J Calvert
Apr 4, 20241 min read
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Time out
About 50 kilometers north west of Newcastle on Tyne on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, this corner of the world is a place...
Andrew J Calvert
Mar 21, 20241 min read
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Honor your rhythms
What time of day is best to study? Reflect? Answer email? Interact 1:1? What day of the week is best for focus work? for collaboration?...
Andrew J Calvert
Mar 12, 20241 min read
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A Glimmer
Glimmer alert! This post mentions soft spring rains puppy dog noses long walks on warm evenings with a loved one the smell of jasmine on...
Andrew J Calvert
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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If I asked you to tell me what you love, how long would it take for you to say "myself"?
How do you love yourself? I've a few suggestions - what would you add to this list? Allow yourself to make mistakes: Mistakes often teach...
Andrew J Calvert
Feb 14, 20241 min read
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The Gloaming
The time of day just before and after the sun sets And on a recent holiday, about an hour before sunset my family and I would get in the...
Andrew J Calvert
Dec 21, 20231 min read
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How to listen to the whispers of your heart
(Part 3 in an ongoing series) Go to the ocean (or a river or a lake) and get down close to the waters edge - close to water level (if you...
Andrew J Calvert
Dec 12, 20231 min read
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How to listen to the whispers of your heart
(Part two in an ongoing series) I saw a question pop up in one of my feeds recently, "Where have you found beauty lately?" Here are two...
Andrew J Calvert
Nov 21, 20231 min read
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