Relationships

Ideas and reflections on developing strong, fulfilling relationships.

Stress Management, Motivation & Resilience: Free workbook!

April 24, 2012
Front Cover: Feel Better & Keep Moving Forward! (Workbook) - Strategies and ideas on stress management, motivation and resilience by Tracy Dempsey

You may have seen over on the Soul Ambition events page that I’ve been doing some free public workshops via Health in Mind over the last while, on stress management, motivation and resilience. I’ve also done free webinars for www.learningpool.com on the same topics; I know

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Shorter snippets: Soul Ambition elsewhere on the web

March 10, 2012
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Most of my posts on here are pretty lengthy – detailed ‘how-to’ posts, descriptive travel stories and so on. But since you don’t always have time to read long posts, and I don’t have loads of time between clients and workshops to write lots of

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Can you read minds?

February 21, 2012
Derren Brown in classic

Think of a number, any number… I bet I know what it is! What’s that? You don’t believe in ‘mind reading’? I thought not; most people probably don’t. So why is it, then, that many of us assume we can do it? In our private

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Valentine’s Day: How to Survive It

February 9, 2012
Photo of calendar with red heart

February 14th. There are surely few dates in the calendar to cause such consternation amongst the general populace. Teenage angst can raise its floppy-fringed head to dent the confidence of the most secure single person and the day can be a minefield for new and

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If You Need Something – Ask!

September 14, 2011
Help point on the platform at Kings Cross station London

If you need something – ASK. Don’t wait for someone to notice that you need help. Remember that others can choose to respond or not – so don’t get hung up on one particular person being the one you need to help you. Sometimes you’re

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Head v. Heart: A Cautionary Valentine’s Tale

February 14, 2011
XKCD Cartoon: "Valentine's Day. Because love isn't quite complicated enough as it is."

With this blog I aim to share what I’ve learned through my ongoing study, work with clients and my own ongoing journey of self-development. Many of my posts are quite theoretical or ‘how-to’ in nature, and I was originally going to post an update of this Soul Ambition article for Valentine’s day (I’m still working on my ‘article v. blog post’ strategy). But since I’ve just recently had a bit of a sharp life lesson, I thought I’d share a more personal story with you.

Today is the first Valentine’s day in seven years where I’ve not been single. And it’s not being marked in any particular way – neither of us is a fan of proscribed celebration (pay-three-times-the-fare-for-queuing-three-times-as-long New Year’s Eve being another bugbear) or of over-commercialisation of the human experience. But more to the point, we nearly weren’t a couple today due to a less-than-wise decision of mine. D’oh.

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