We had one of our Life Design evenings in Guildford last night - in conjunction with Ecademy - and what a turnout! Over 30 people in a room created quite a buzz I can tell you!
The topic this quarter was confidence, so we looked at the meaning of confidence, how it affects us and what we can do to help ourselves! The group were fantastic and came up with some great stuff and really threw themselves into the various exercises.
As always, once the session was finished, many stayed on to continue chatting to each other, and we finally finished by 10pm! Phew!
We were lucky to have the whole event filmed by Pete Hansford of Brevity Productions and we are now waiting for the edited version so that we can put it on our website - so if you have ever wondered what goes on at these evenings, check out online!
Thursday 26 July 2007
Tuesday 24 July 2007
What a week that was!
Well things are ramping up here at Relish HQ!
I have been very busy with our PR & marketing, publishing articles on various websites, following up with press releases on activities that we have gotten involved with and I believe we are starting to see the results!
We have been asked back by the team at Ladies First on County Sound 1566mw and our next appearance is on the 6th August - listen out for us then!
We were called by the Farnham Herald and interviewed about the business and Wendy got her name in the August edition of Psychologies magazine.
In addition to this, we have revamped the Community Events into Life Design Evenings which are going to be bite sized courses on the key life topics that we can cover!
Already our Guildford event is a sell out, and we had fantastic feedback from our Berkshire event - Come on Basingstoke! We have one next week and only 2 people booked on it!
We have a number of other things in the pipeline and it is all very exciting, our real difficulty is making sure that we keep the day to day stuff ticking over!
Of course when faced with all this, the best thing is to ride that wave, and pace yourself - I am learning!
Check our our website to see some of the changes that are taking place!
www.relishpeople.co.uk
I have been very busy with our PR & marketing, publishing articles on various websites, following up with press releases on activities that we have gotten involved with and I believe we are starting to see the results!
We have been asked back by the team at Ladies First on County Sound 1566mw and our next appearance is on the 6th August - listen out for us then!
We were called by the Farnham Herald and interviewed about the business and Wendy got her name in the August edition of Psychologies magazine.
In addition to this, we have revamped the Community Events into Life Design Evenings which are going to be bite sized courses on the key life topics that we can cover!
Already our Guildford event is a sell out, and we had fantastic feedback from our Berkshire event - Come on Basingstoke! We have one next week and only 2 people booked on it!
We have a number of other things in the pipeline and it is all very exciting, our real difficulty is making sure that we keep the day to day stuff ticking over!
Of course when faced with all this, the best thing is to ride that wave, and pace yourself - I am learning!
Check our our website to see some of the changes that are taking place!
www.relishpeople.co.uk
Monday 16 July 2007
LBC & Sparks Charity Event
As some of you know, Wendy does a guest spot on the Jim Davis show at LBC every 6 weeks or so, as their Life Design Expert.
Jim is one of the committee members for Sparks, The children's Medical Research Charity and asked whether we would be interested in going along - it was held at the Guildhall in London, a fantastic place, although for us non city dwellers, a bit of a challenge to get to!
We set out in good time, and yet the map let us down somewhere around Bloomsbury Square, so we abandoned the car in favour of a taxi, as we were running late, and had already missed the champagne and canapes!
We arrived at the same time as Bobby Davro and friend, and found ourselves right near the front, on the table with other committee members Natalie Pinkham (Channel 4's Adrenalin Rush presenter) and Giles Vickers-Jones (presenter of ITV at the Movies for ITV1 and ITV 2) with Robert Powell (the actor)the charity's President on the next table - so we did really well!
There was a fashion show and live auction, at which one of the prizes was to appear on This Morning. Fortunately for the Relish bank balance, not only was my bid exceeded, but Wendy wasn't paying any attention! The amount raised that evening was in excess of £50,000, which was fab!
It was all over by 10.30pm, and Wendy and I then set off in search of the car, and to make our way home. However, by this time, I was hungry again (always the same when I have a late night!) and I think we stopped at every Macdonald's on the way home in search of something quick and easy to eat - and no joy! We ended up outside Fleet Station buying a kebab to have once we got to Wendy's...and boy was it great!
I finally got home at 3am, exhausted, but having had a really good evening!
Jim is one of the committee members for Sparks, The children's Medical Research Charity and asked whether we would be interested in going along - it was held at the Guildhall in London, a fantastic place, although for us non city dwellers, a bit of a challenge to get to!
We set out in good time, and yet the map let us down somewhere around Bloomsbury Square, so we abandoned the car in favour of a taxi, as we were running late, and had already missed the champagne and canapes!
We arrived at the same time as Bobby Davro and friend, and found ourselves right near the front, on the table with other committee members Natalie Pinkham (Channel 4's Adrenalin Rush presenter) and Giles Vickers-Jones (presenter of ITV at the Movies for ITV1 and ITV 2) with Robert Powell (the actor)the charity's President on the next table - so we did really well!
There was a fashion show and live auction, at which one of the prizes was to appear on This Morning. Fortunately for the Relish bank balance, not only was my bid exceeded, but Wendy wasn't paying any attention! The amount raised that evening was in excess of £50,000, which was fab!
It was all over by 10.30pm, and Wendy and I then set off in search of the car, and to make our way home. However, by this time, I was hungry again (always the same when I have a late night!) and I think we stopped at every Macdonald's on the way home in search of something quick and easy to eat - and no joy! We ended up outside Fleet Station buying a kebab to have once we got to Wendy's...and boy was it great!
I finally got home at 3am, exhausted, but having had a really good evening!
Tuesday 3 July 2007
Wound up and ready to go!!
As you may have by now gathered, I have recently had my plaster removed - Woohoo!!
How fantastic is that? I am now free to go out and get in my car and drive!
And yet, my time spent at home has been quite an interesting one!
I only moved into my current home last October, and even before the contracts were signed, I already knew that my longer term plans meant I would not be there for very long, just until youngest daughter has finished her schooling, so all being well, within the next couple of years.
It made me think about how many times I have moved over the years. Always for some seemingly valid reason - a bigger home, an older place, a place in the country, one in the town etc etc. And actually when I really thought about it, underpining all these moves is a restlessness that I was, until recently, completely unaware of - I was unhappy where I was and was always striving to the future, where everything would be alright.
Wow! I knew that I have always had great plans for the future, where I was going, what I wanted and how I was going to do it (roughly), what I hadn't realised though was I was not living in the 'now'. I was not appreciating what I had at this very moment, as what I had planned was always better! And of course until it happens it is not real, is it?
Of course, living 'now', is much easier said than done, when you have spent a lifetime (or so it feels) looking to the future, but by just bringing your awareness onto what we are doing now....right now, apparantly is a really good start!
What if you don't like where you are? Then at least you are now more aware of what 'it' is doing to you, and if the 'pain' is enough, guess what? You will do something! And if it is just uncomfortable, then you are not ready - your choice, your responsibility.
For me, moving was a way to feel like I was progressing, moving towards to the future I believed would be happier and yet, what I was doing was ignoring the fact I was unhappy.
So watch out! If you are constantly changing jobs, relationships or homes like me, you maybe avoiding something! Call us to arrange a one:one session to see what might be your issue!
How fantastic is that? I am now free to go out and get in my car and drive!
And yet, my time spent at home has been quite an interesting one!
I only moved into my current home last October, and even before the contracts were signed, I already knew that my longer term plans meant I would not be there for very long, just until youngest daughter has finished her schooling, so all being well, within the next couple of years.
It made me think about how many times I have moved over the years. Always for some seemingly valid reason - a bigger home, an older place, a place in the country, one in the town etc etc. And actually when I really thought about it, underpining all these moves is a restlessness that I was, until recently, completely unaware of - I was unhappy where I was and was always striving to the future, where everything would be alright.
Wow! I knew that I have always had great plans for the future, where I was going, what I wanted and how I was going to do it (roughly), what I hadn't realised though was I was not living in the 'now'. I was not appreciating what I had at this very moment, as what I had planned was always better! And of course until it happens it is not real, is it?
Of course, living 'now', is much easier said than done, when you have spent a lifetime (or so it feels) looking to the future, but by just bringing your awareness onto what we are doing now....right now, apparantly is a really good start!
What if you don't like where you are? Then at least you are now more aware of what 'it' is doing to you, and if the 'pain' is enough, guess what? You will do something! And if it is just uncomfortable, then you are not ready - your choice, your responsibility.
For me, moving was a way to feel like I was progressing, moving towards to the future I believed would be happier and yet, what I was doing was ignoring the fact I was unhappy.
So watch out! If you are constantly changing jobs, relationships or homes like me, you maybe avoiding something! Call us to arrange a one:one session to see what might be your issue!
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