I was at an amazing personal development seminar recently where the coach asked us: “Who’s for you”? He made us list all the people in our lives that were 100% behind us and what matters to us. Now, this exercise
Patience
Maybe it’s the pace of the kitchen or our constant chase for perfection, but do you struggle with patience, chef? Patience with yourself or with others and their abilities? Chefs often struggle to disengage from their kitchen personas outside of work. More often than not,
How are you feeling?
Just asking, because you’re probably too busy to reflect on this: how are you feeling today, chef? Treat yourself to a moment of connection with yourself. We don’t do it often enough, but how can we show up in the world
Swept away
In an intense kitchen, you confront so many things that pull you off-centre or into some kind of reaction. Even if it doesn’t involve you, you can be swept away by the energy of the room or the people around you. The
Love
Love Letters to Chefs won’t distract you today as you celebrate the love of your life, dream of your future Valentine, or simply focus intensely on the busy service ahead. But today is a good day for a reminder that love is also:
Treat yourself to joy
During my morning walk today I experienced pure joy – for no reason. As I let myself experience it fully, I realised that in that moment, I was really happy and I expressed it with a big smile, although only
You are cared for
Chefs, brief message to remind you that you are being cared for, being helped, being supported. Today there is more than one organisation (I’ll be doing a few shoutouts over the next few weeks) that is committed to helping you
Receiving
One of the easiest means of self-care is also the hardest to practice: the simple act of receiving. How comfortable are you with receiving, chef? How gracefully can you accept a compliment for your work, or help on a task? How easily do you welcome suggestions on solving a
What do you want?
Want to try this exercise with me? In this book by teacher and coach Cheryl Richardson, she describes a phase in her life where she wasn’t able to connect with what she really wanted. She was advised to make a list, so she
I’m worthy
I’ve returned from my month-long personal development journey to learn that my app project aimed at helping you in the kitchen has made it to the next round of the funding application. Even though it’s too early to tell if