Jo Langhorne - Coach

14/10/2023

Dare to dream.

14/10/2023

I read something yesterday about taking the time to see the wonder in the everyday!
This took my attention this morning.

08/10/2023

What kind of Sunday afternoon feeling do you have right now?
That Sunday afternoon feeling, has always been a great guide for me about the week ahead. If I'm excited about what's coming or I have a clear sense of what's ahead, I generally find my Sunday afternoons are pretty cruisy, and there's not a lot of angst about the weekend drawing to a close. When I've been unhappy with my work life or there is something that I'm anxious about, it's usually around this time on Sunday afternoon that I start to feel it. When the work I'm doing has been completely out of sync with who I am, my family would often report that I start to get into a mood around this time on a Sunday evening.
Part of my way through this has been to fill my week with a variety of work. When I can, I don't work Mondays, and for me this has been a conscious strategy. When I've had to, I am now selective about what that work looks like and it's more a choice for me. When I was working full time, and Mondays were not optional, I was careful about what I planned for a Monday, choosing tasks that were more suitable for a Monday. Maybe that's something more creative, or more solo time rather than straight into meetings. Sometimes we don't have a lot of control over this, but where you can, think about how you set up your Mondays, and see how it impacts your Sundays.
Have a great week.

05/09/2023

Still something I don’t like doing but the benefits are worth the effort.

21/08/2023

Do you have a teenager at home?
This is a poem I was introduced to by Dr Wayne Dyer many years ago. It's a great reminder that our kids are their own people with their own thoughts, personalities, will and soul. My favourite line reminds me that they don't belong to us, they are here to live their own lives.
Something I need to remind myself of daily!! Some days more than others.

"And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.
And he said:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Kahlil Gibran 1883 –1931
From The Prophet (Knopf, 1923).

19/08/2023

Thinking of changing your career. Here's what I've learned about changing careers at 50!

If you’d told me that I’d be about to start my 7th job in three years I would’ve called you insane and described someone that couldn’t hold down a job. Instead, this has been my reality since Covid, and I’ve really struggled to get my head around that. Prior to the pandemic I’d worked in...

07/08/2023

Sometimes even the Coach needs a teacher and like the universal message, “when the student is ready the teacher appears”
Thank you to the teacher that walked back into my life on Saturday and reminded me that sometimes you have to have a chat with your future 75 year old self.
The dumplings weren’t bad either!

17/07/2023

The only thing we have control over is the space and the response.

31/05/2023

Anyone else discovering this the older they get?
It’s all about the balance but practising JOMO feels so good sometimes!

19/05/2023

This is a great reminder for me. Stay present and take one step at a time.

14/03/2023

It’s definitely the little things.

26/02/2023

Are you an observer of your thoughts? I've always been told I over think things, question the situation, replay it over and over. At times that has lead to moments of anxiety, fear, stress and even sadness. But just this morning as I walked with Daisy listening to Deepak Chopra on a podcast, I had what Oprah use to call an A Ha moment.
To keep it brief, Deepak's message was this. There are situations or things going on in your life, and then there are the thoughts we have about those events. I've always known this intellectually, I can preach it, but I'm not sure I've fully mastered it. But today I had a really clear message that this is the work I need to do on myself. Mastery of my thoughts. Learning to separate the situation and my thoughts about the situation, so that I can choose my responses, reactions and manage my peace of mind. Not sure it's a simple lesson, but I have a feeling the universe is throwing me plenty of opportunities to practice. Where to start...I think it's time to up the ante with meditation as step 1. I'll keep you posted.

29/12/2022

Getting in a day early.

14/12/2022

A good reminder this Christmas 🎄

26/11/2022

Puts you in the drivers seat……

07/11/2022

Start with you….