Living authentically – Operation Bloom

Authenticity, a slippery old fish.

March 12, 2017March 12, 2017Michaela Murphy9 Comments

Tickling-trout-etching-with-relief-30x30-cm.1 — Tickling Trout – Frans Wesselman

“Authenticity, I think, is simply trying to find the kindest way to speak the whole truth.” Erin Loechner – Chasing Slow

I read this line a couple of nights ago and it leapt right off the page. I am always on the hunt for just the right language to articulate the wildly wonderful search for authenticity I find myself on. For the past few months I’ve been working with a treasured friend on ‘Operation Bloom’ and we’ve spent much of our time trying to distill into words our exhilarating, white knuckle ride experiences of tuning in to our authentic selves. Continue reading →

J.F.D.I

March 6, 2017March 12, 2017Michaela Murphy2 Comments

cycle-change-thumb — Stages of Change diagram courtesy of socialworktech.com

This morning a friend of mine who’d just read my ‘Creating Daily Rituals’ post messaged me to say I’d inspired her to take action. She’d already been thinking about changing her evening routine, had even written a plan but was yet to get going on it, whereas I was ‘doing the doing’.

As I replied to her message to reassure her that her self-awareness to even have written the plan was a big part of the battle, it got me thinking about why it can be tricky to make that transition from thought to action. Continue reading →