Coffee with Colm

Ever wonder what is The Speed of Life? I worked it out! Have a listen

Miracles Take Time - Hang In There And Trust

We all struggle. This past few weeks have been challenging for me and I have had to dig deep just to stand still - have you ever felt like that?

The good news is, I managed to stand still and here I am on the far side of a fallow period, brought on by contracting COVID and then struggling to pace myself as I re-emerged into a world that appears to demand we go from zero to 100MPH in 4.3 seconds!

As I contemplated this episode, I thought I'd simply share some of the tools I use to cope.

As ever, I invite you to stick on the kettle, grab a coffee, and think with me for a few (6) minutes in your preferred way...

If Your Phone Was At 3% Charge, You'd Plug It In. What About YOU? Do You Recharge Regularly? POYOOMF

No Decision is a Decision. But Sometimes No Decision is the best Decision; here's why.

Yeah, it was one of those weeks where I found myself a bit bent out of shape by life so when I sat down to record the "Coffee with Colm" vlog, I found (very unusually) myself scrapping it four times and restarting. By the fifth take, and after 45 minutes of recorded material, I felt I had worked out my angst and it finally distilled into six minutes worth sharing.

I found myself 'thinking out loud' in those six minutes and drawing parallels between Russia invading Ukraine (seeking to impose their view of the world as being the only correct view of the world,  on another sovereign nation) and Social Media types who come on and tell me and you that we are losers, if we are not willing to bust our gut 24/7 in the pursuit of some dream (usually represented by vast sums of wealth).

Anyway, I worked through it over a cup of coffee and was definitely less grumpy by the end. Thank you for allowing me this platform on which to ruminate.

As ever, I invite you to stick on the kettle, grab a coffee, find out why I was grumpy, and think with me for a few (6) minutes in your preferred way...

Yep, you read that right. I was plummeting to earth for my second tandem parachute jump - at terminal velocity (almost 120 MPH) - when something went wrong.

Clearly, since I'm hear to tell the tale, I survived, but there were a handful of lessons I took from the experience, which I'd like to share.

In this week's "Coffee with Colm" episode, I recount the experience of both jumps, the first one being so exhilarating, it brought me back for a second, and the second where things went awry, the differences between both, and most importantly, the lessons I took on board.

As ever, I invite you to stick on the kettle, grab a coffee and think with me for a few (10) minutes in your preferred way...

Welcome back! Here's to 2022.

Admiral Jim Stockdale, was the highest-ranking US Officer to be imprisoned in the Vietnam War. He survived seven years of the most grueling treatment, including torture to within a hair's breadth of death on more than one occasion. He survived  because he adopted this philosophy, "Never Lose Faith That You Will Prevail In The End, Whilst Simultaneously Confronting The Most Brutal Facts Of Your Current Reality".

I don't know what The Most Brutal Facts Of Your Current Reality are; I only know my own. Regardlesss, whatever they are, they can be overcome; 'this, too, will pass'.

As we emerge a bit battered and bruised from COVID and face into 2022, let's learn from Admiral Stockdale and have Faith That [we} Will Prevail In The End.

Oh. And he warns us about optimists! Intrigued? You should be.

I invite you to stick on the kettle, grab a coffee and think with me for a few minutes in your preferred way...

In this, the final episode of the Autumn Series of "Coffee with Colm", Yours Truly invites you to score yourself in each of the four areas, gratitude, peacefulness, groundedness and hopefulness as we catch our breath between the years. Enjoy.

How is your Relationship with a Significant Other? Your Kids, Your wider Family? Your Friends and Work Colleagues?

Great? Grand? Okay? Could be better? Different for all mentioned above? That's often the way.

Time is a-marching. If one or more needs attention, then better get to it; as Buddha responded when asked what is the biggest mistake people make in life? he said, "The biggest mistake is people think they have time."

In this week's "Coffee with Colm" I explore some ways for you to reevaluate your key relationships so you can begin to improve any that may require some work.

As always, there are no right or wrong answers, just right or wrong for you, and there is certainly no judgement in the "Coffee with Colm" series or in WIG-WAM, my hope is to simply inspire you to Think, and A.C.T. where appropriate.

Therefore, I invite you to stick on the kettle, grab a coffee and Think and A.C.T. around Relationships with me for a few minutes in your preferred way...