Christmas

Surviving Christmas – Week 4

by Averil Leimon | 24th Dec 2009 | Blog, Coaching, Great reads & links, Opinions

22 Dec A lot of people seem to have watched Love Actually on TV the other night – a growing Christmas tradition. At the start, there are scenes of people meeting and the voice over talks of the fact that many phone messages were sent just before the Twin Towers fell...

Surviving Christmas Week – 3

by Averil Leimon | 21st Dec 2009 | Blog, Coaching, Great reads & links, Opinions

15 Dec ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ (1946) is a traditional Christmas film for many families and may have particular resonance now with a banking crisis, a loss of personal confidence and a questioning of what makes a successful life at the heart of the story. It’s a good...

Surviving Christmas – Week 2

by Averil Leimon | 8th Dec 2009 | Blog, Coaching, Great reads & links, Opinions

8th Dec In the past I have been critical of the tree in Trafalgar Square, outside
 our office window. It was nothing compared to e.g. the Rockefeller Center in 
NY. This year I went to the lighting ceremony and returned moved and humbled. This 2009 tree grew for 80...

Surviving Christmas – Week 1

by Averil Leimon | 1st Dec 2009 | Blog, Coaching, Great reads & links, Opinions

1st Dec Start by changing your thinking about
 Christmas right now. Notice what you are feeling negative about. Change what
you can and decide on a survival strategy for the rest. The latter should not 
solely focus on alcohol, overeating and fighting with the...