For one more night this evening I will experience the feeling of being in the presence of greatness. I finish up a meditation course with Sister Stan this evening. Sister Stan set up one of the leading organisations tackling homelessness in Ireland, Focus Ireland. She has also established a centre of mindfulness and meditation in […]
Your Vision for 2020 (A Million Dreams – The Greatest Showman Soundtrack): To have a vision in 2020 is to give yourself something personal and meaningful to work towards. A personal vision is associated with greater levels of motivation, productivity and inspiration. Resilience (Outnumbered – Dermot Kennedy): 2020, like any other year, will bring you […]
Inspo is about inspiring people. Last week’s post was about inspiring you to create your own ‘20/20 Vision’. At this time of year, there is a lot of inspiration being offered to you. You’re probably reading words and phrases like ‘new you’, ‘transformation’, ‘big change’ etc. with regularity. Today’s post is an attempt to inspire […]
It amazed me when he said it. The power of it. The simplicity. My biopsychology lecturer in closing off our final lecture said to us: The working of the human brain is dependant on communication. In essence, his message is; communicate well to the human brain and that brain will process the information well. Communicate […]
On given day, you can: Say thanks to a colleague, friend, family member, significant other or stranger for something they did for you; Offer to make someone a cup of tea or coffee; Ask someone ‘how are you?’ and listen to their answer; Let someone know that you love them; Help a visitor to your […]
It was a bit mad – a fancy-dress costume theme to a concert. Not many artists would have had the audacity to try pull it off. And yet that’s exactly what Florence and the Machine did in 2012. The fancy dress theme created a carefree, let’s have fun vibe on the night. It was a […]
A question has come up a couple of times in conversation recently, what makes a good motivational speaker? There’s two parts to my answer to the question. One is a major factor and one is minor. Let’s deal with the minor factor first. It being the ability to speak in public. I remember seeing a […]
2018 has the potential to be a great year. Two statements must be addressed to allow 2018 to be as great as possible. They are statements that Inspo encountered frequently in 2017. “I’d love to do something different. But I’m too long doing what I’m doing”. “Work has me exhausted and my sense of work/life […]
It feels like there are four certainties in modern life. Whatsapp messages, taxes, e-mails and death. Everything else is up for grabs. We’re not great with uncertainty. Why? Because from an early age, the world paints us a ‘picture’. It looks a little like this: Work. Career. Money. Steady. Marriage. House. Kids. Secure. Black. White. […]
“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.” George Eliot I believe that learning to thrive is learning to explore; both by ourselves and with others. I like to look at thriving through three lenses: the lens of you, the lens of others and the context lens. I believe that we can […]