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Multi-tasking is something I used to do so well. But sometimes that activity can have a negative consequence. Well, I was taking off my watch when it slipped out of my hands and dropped to the floor face down. I picked it up expecting the glass to be shattered. What I saw was a big surprise. All the numbers had fallen off the face! I started to cry as the watch had sentimental value. I bought it for myself on the way to a holiday to mark my retirement from formal teaching. It wasn’t expensive but it was valuable. I thought it was the ideal gift to remind myself that firstly it was time to leave and secondly it was time to begin a new adventure and have more fun, living my best life. Time is precious and every moment counts. However, here it was the little watch with all the numbers missing. Val my husband was trying to console me telling me the numbers could probably be glued back on, but somehow that didn’t help! Fix it, I didn’t want it fixed, I just wanted it not to be broken. Val was a watchmaker a very well-respected trade back in the day, before we entered the common market as it was then called, watches could not be imported into the country fully assembled. The apprenticeship for this trade was seven years. It involved attention to detail, patience, and precision. Horology is the correct title, so watchmakers were called horologists! There you are now the next time you are at a table quiz, you know that answer anyway! When I met Val, he was seventeen and two years into serving his time. He would talk about watches and their names, and I would listen fascinated about how it all worked. Not sure now if it was the watches I was interested in or just him! We started to talk about Salvador Dali’s painting ‘The Persistence of Memory’ where the watch looks like it's melting, and we began to reminisce about Val's work and how the trade diminished when we joined the EU. Watches could then be imported fully assembled and it also heralded the beginning of the digital age, and the traditional watchmakers’ services were no longer required. We spent lots of weekends working together, he assembled watch movements, and I would wind them up! Blisters on my fingers from winders, but that’s how we saved to buy our house, teamwork. He was paid ‘piece work’ for his homework and the following Friday when he got his wages, we would work out what was to be deposited into our account and Saturday I would go with it to The First National Building Society. Then Monday morning he would head into work with a case full of ticking watches on the bus! The other anxious passengers looking around to see where the sound was coming from! In the same building where he worked there were jewellers who made bespoke pieces of jewellery so every item I have is unique and made to order. One of the perks of being the girlfriend of a watchmaker! He bought me a watch for Christmas when I was sixteen and when I showed it to the family my aunt said, you know that when a guy buys you a watch it is the sign of a secret engagement! Red from my toes up I was mortified and just laughed it off and turned away. Was it? That was news to me! Nothing like the good old days for the little innuendos. Val reminded me that it was not the first watch I had without numbers. He made me a beautiful gold one with a diamond at the top representing the number twelve. I was twenty-one and we were two years married. That was forty-seven years ago. The parts for the watch have since become obsolete, so I can no longer wear it in working order. Isn’t it interesting how an accident can bring up happy memories and generate a conversation that went on for most of the evening? Time passes by so quickly, and time is precious, but memories are more precious. Why not give yourself the gift of time with my new meditation series - Meditate With Me! You can view the first in the series here https://youtu.be/ISx8o59PAbA If you are ready to learn more about meditation or take your practice to the next lvel you can join my Zen-ology online self led meditation course here Holistic Life Coach | Reflexologist | QTT Practitioner | Anxiety Specialist | Reflexology Training | Regina Curley | Tallaght Dublin 24 Ireland (reginacurleylifecoaching.ie) It comes with lifetime access so not only are you gifting yourself time but endless opportunities to make use of it for many, many, many years to come!

I met Marty a number of years ago when his Dad asked if he could join the Special Olympics swim club I had just set up at the time. It was great to have a new member and one that could swim and a nice little style he had too. At the time the swim club was at the baby steps stage, and it was wonderful to meet all these super lads and ladies well able to swim a length or two. Thankfully the area we live in, there are a few Special Olympics clubs to choose from. There’s a bowling club and a sports club offering three sports and Marty was part of those clubs too. So, from relay teams in the swim club to bowling teams and athletics Marty and Geoff my sons' paths met regularly. As with all sports, Special Olympics is no different, World Games runs in four-year cycles. Geoff and Marty were on the athletics team. They got through to Regional Games and I chaperoned them while in residence for the weekend competitions at UCD. It was a very exciting experience. An opening ceremony and back to the accommodation where they shared with other athletes, with their chaperones. They were collected each morning by bus and brought to the sports venue. Lunch was delivered to the venue and then a nice dinner when we got back to the accommodation. The last evening was the best of all because it was disco time. Marty loved the music and the disco along with the other athletes, we had to nearly prize them off the floor so that we could all have a night's sleep! The first night we were all just settled in bed when the fire alarm went off. My guy is terrified of alarms and was out of bed like a shot. We could hear voices outside telling us to evacuate and gather at the meeting point outside. I went in to call Marty and he said he wasn’t getting up he was too tired! I pleaded with him and eventually, he got up. We were back in bed for ten minutes when it went off again! So, we all decided in the building, we were not getting up this time we were going to do a ‘Marty’! We often talk about that, it was so funny, the way our guys just do what everyone else is thinking about! Marty was great at voice messages and would send them regularly from his smartphone! But at this time, we are marking his month's mind. He passed away on the 22nd of April after an illness and will be sadly missed by all who knew him, especially my Geoff. The little joy makers that come into our lives, to bring our families together, to show us there are different ways to do things, and most of all to live mindfully, are the most precious of all. I so enjoyed minding Marty he was one beautiful little person.

In my line of work, it’s a folly, To not have a toolbox on my trolly, For clients with stress, and a lot on their chest, Sure, in no time they recover their jolly! It’s full to the brim with intrigue, For clients with Adrenal Fatigue, With tips and techniques, I’m a therapy geek, The best holistic coach in my league. It’s wise to hold a good stock, Cos I’m ready when there comes a knock, I keep up to date, with the well-being debate, And my business is built on a rock. When clients come in full of strife, And their outlook of fear is so rife, We do a release, and bring back their peace, I inspire them to live their best life. More information on the services I offer - including holisitic life coaching, Reiki Healing, QTT /quantum thinking transformation, reflexology, aromatherapy and more click here Holistic Life Coach | Reflexologist | QTT Practitioner | Anxiety Specialist | Reflexology Training | Regina Curley | Tallaght Dublin 24 Ireland (reginacurleylifecoaching.ie)

On this day 24 years ago my beautiful Mam passed away after an illness. While I can remember every detail about that day as if it were yesterday, I can’t remember what I did five minutes ago some days! I miss her every day, and no I haven't gotten over it, but I am still making my way around it. She left behind a wonderful legacy to live up to, that of kindness and love. I still quote some of her one-liners, they were great, and with her sense of humour, she could find a way through the most difficult of times with a smile on her face. Her three important things to make it in life still stand, they are good teeth, good diction, and good posture! She corrected us all the time about how we spoke and reminded us that just because we came from Dublin didn't mean we could leave out the last letter of certain words! Like hat and coat, we were made to repeat those words fully and correctly! The posture she was right about, as it is the basis of good health, according to Eastern philosophy a strong spine leads to good health. Good teeth, also are a measure of good health, so she wasn't too far wrong with her estimation of the important things in life. I still miss calling in and telling her the latest news. She loved special occasions, especially those that required an outfit, she loved to sew and had a great eye for fashion. Whatever outfit you bought, my Mam had the exact colour pair of shoes and probably the bag to match as well! Somehow I never thought that she would die. Even though in my conscious mind I know that we all will eventually! I thought she would live forever with her wit, her kindness and her love for helping people. My Mam loved flowers with a passion, so every time I buy a bunch of flowers for the house I salute her. I remember her all the time, the pain of her loss never goes away but it has faded to a manageable state. She loved to be called Mam, disliked the term ‘Ma’, and said it sounded like a sheep looking for its young! She was so funny her dry humour was so uplifting. I have heard it said, when the grief of losing a loved one, is not the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning, you are finally starting to heal. So maybe healing is happening after all and remembering the good times is in itself healing.

Waiting... Once upon a time, I was a very impatient young person. I couldn’t wait for anything, it all had to be done today or yesterday if possible. I never understood that needing to be that much in control was a huge sign of a really stressful behaviour. Thankfully, I learned later on during my training that my behaviour had to change, if I were to live a long happy life or even any kind of life for that matter. When Geoff was born, my youngest son, with down syndrome, I spent a lot of time learning to be patient. Learning that sometimes you can’t have what you want, at that moment in time anyway. I honestly believe that Geoff came to this earth to teach me to be patient and wait, wait for better things to happen. His young life was spent, with me, waiting in hospital queues for consultants, speech and language therapists, developmental physio, ENT specialists, and everything else in between. The waiting game began thirty-five years ago, and it still goes on today. Only another parent with a person with a learning difference understands the difficulty our young people experience, who find waiting really tough. The anxiety starts to build and between squirts of rescue remedy and breathing techniques, my work has certainly been interesting! Now I notice there is a new waiting game, the one where parents know that there is something not quite right with their child, have attention drawn to it, then have to wait for a final diagnosis. Waiting, waiting, and more waiting. The waste of time is shocking when intervention would be so helpful, for both child and family. One of my passions is swimming, teaching it, to those who are really afraid. But more importantly to those who learn differently. Probably because I was so afraid myself, I was thrown into the deep end at the age of ten and was terrified of under the water for the next thirty years. Last summer I started to teach a little boy to swim, he has a learning difference, and the waiting game began again. Waiting for him to be happy to enter the pool. Waiting for him to realise the water was his friend. Waiting for him to be comfortable with the touch of the water on his face. Waiting for him to allow the water that just went up his nose, to come down all by itself. Waiting for him to trust me, waiting for him to use the water for relaxation, then trusting the water to provide him with the support and buoyancy that it does. I introduced the idea of putting his face in the water and again I waited. Waited for him to try it and realise the wonder of what goes on beneath the surface! Waiting to see the look on his face when he realises, he is capable of so much more than he thought he was. Then before I had a chance to set the lesson, the waiting ceased. He took off like a light, got into the deep end, then swam off with his face in the water. Ha… ha… that chucked me! The waiting has now become the reward, for him and me. I have always been a great believer in the sky is the limit and that the learner should tell the teacher where the sky is! Many times, while I ran my beloved swim club, assistants would suggest that a swimmer could not do one of the activities. I never entertained it, never. Wait and you will see what they are able to do. That was always my response. All our club members were taught how to dive, regardless of the result they were all taught. They were all taught the four strokes. Maybe some could not be credibly entered in a specific event in the gala, without risk of disqualification, but they were taught. Whatever they wished to do with the lesson, was always up to them. When we went along to the competition, they excelled in everything they entered. Because we waited, gave them space to process, and then waited for them to succeed. The waiting is just the in-between, the space where all the changes happen. If we allow ourselves to wait, sometimes, it can be very productive. So, if you are tired of waiting, thinking things will never change, and thinking of giving up, I can assure you that it is well worth the wait. Trust me, I’m a waiter!

Do you play the game? What game exactly, I hear you say,  the game of life? Maybe! Fair enough then, read on! What kind of game player are you? Do you stand on the sidelines and wait for the ball, pass it to your team member, or do you grasp the ball with both hands and run with it yourself? Being authentic has always been very important to me. Growing up, I was always encouraged to be unique, and not be afraid to do different things. To a certain extent that is! Both my parents were very creative, so I watched and I learned. This has followed through in terms of my work. I don't copy other people's work, but I have been influenced by confident leaders and teachers. Especially by those who lead by example and live what they are teaching to other people. Practising what I advise others to do is one of many unique selling points. I am very good at reading energetic information and then guiding clients with what I pick up. Having more than ‘one string to my bow’ I can organise a tailor-made treatment or session to suit the needs of the client. The most joyful part of my work is empowering women. Especially those who have no idea how powerful they are! Just offering the client or student or class participant the opportunity to voice their opinion, and allow them to be heard, is a huge empowerment, even now in the 21st century! Something so simple can push a person to really look at themselves, and what they can potentially achieve. The realisation then that maybe further education is called for and later employment, independence, and a huge rise in self-esteem.  All that from one simple little thing! Simple and easy have always been my work tools. Keep it simple and you will achieve it easily! That has worked for me for the past almost thirty years working with clients.  Helping clients to change, is easier when the leader shows by example. What does it feel like when you achieve a change you have wanted for a while? Uplifting, exhilarating, joyful, blissful? All of the above! I’m not here to play the game, I am here to change the game! 💗 If you would like to find out more about working with me with Holistic Life Coaching or QTT ~ Quantum Thinking Technologies then do reach out for a zero obligation discovery call. https://www.reginacurleylifecoaching.ie/life-coaching https://www.reginacurleylifecoaching.ie/qtt-quantumthinkingtransformation

I have a girl Friday called Erin, She laughed the first time I was swearin’, When I can’t get it right and I’m just full of fright, The expertise she had no problem sharin’. I love when she says ‘I’m not precious’ What a fabulous way to express it, She’s as straight as a die, I won’t tell a lie, And her heart is so big and ambitious. Well, we started as teacher and student, She’s young educated and prudent, It wasn’t too soon, she started to bloom, Now our lives have become so abundant! So, if you feel like you cannot do it, Girl Friday will talk you through it, Not a bother I’m told, you’ll soon be in control, Or just contact Erin @ ‘Dusting off my soul’! You can follow Erin on Instagram @dustingoffmysoul Her website is www.DustingOffMySoul.ie

Holidays are really important to me, they allow me to rest and relax and while I am doing that, lots of ideas come up for processing. Spending time with family on holidays is precious. It doesn’t matter where I am having holidays, but my favourite place now is Lanzarote. I love the sunshine and you are almost always guaranteed it in the Canary Islands. There’s a lovely breeze there so I don’t feel like I am roasting away! The air is so fresh and so calming, I just love it.  The seaside and the sunshine that’s my healing therapy. More to the point when I am relaxing, lots of ideas come to mind and then I can write them down and start working on them. The very first holiday I remember was when we went to Portmarnock in a caravan. My Mam my sister and one brother. The weather was mixed, some sunny days and some rain.  What I remember most was the earwigs! I was terrified of them! My poor Mam was exhausted chasing after them all! The seaside is a great place to have a holiday. My Nana always said sun sea and fresh air were the best doctors for any child. As a result, she cultivated in me, a love of the sea, the healing energy of the water, and the freshness of the air. Every Sunday during the summer my Dad’s family would meet on the beach in Portmarnock and we would spend the day together.  All the grandchildren playing away in the water and on the sand. My mother would spend the evening on Saturday making the picnic for the following day. The adults had ham sandwiches and the children had eggs. They brought their tea leaves, milk, sugar, and cups, and the vendors selling boiling water provided the rest. If we were good children we got ice cream, and we were delighted with that. But the company of the cousins was the best of all.  One, in particular, chased us with seaweed and roared with laughter as we ran around screaming and he after us. I often think what a pity it is to grow up! Obviously, as we did and my Nana passed away, her legacy was left behind her. It just didn’t seem the same anymore to not have her there. But the memories are so precious and so great to have. Sunshine seaside and fresh air, are all the medicine we need.

I was out in the garden tidying up and looking forward to planting summer bedding plants in the coming weeks. When I noticed how hardy some plants are. The Fuchsia that are coming back time and time again, the evergreens, are always there, and of course the medicinal plants like rosemary, the royal herb. The fragrance, the beautiful flowers it produces, and of course the properties it has to stimulate and encourage the body to heal itself. How simple and ordinary it looks sitting there among all the other plants, but how magical it is too. As an aromatherapist, I have a heightened sense of smell. I think all of us that are trained in that beautiful art, are the same. Fragrances really heal me. They begin to induce a deep state of relaxation or bring back a memory that is really peaceful and happy. Then when the essential oil is applied to my body, the rest is just so euphoric. But rosemary can be picked from the garden to garnish your favourite meat dish or flavour your roasted vegetables. Then I see my ornaments, I love these, especially the fairy castle. When I was a child, I used to imagine being a princess and living in a castle. Looking out on the balcony into the garden with my crown and my beautiful dress. The garden is such a magical place to be. All that grows is a miraculous work of art. Would you have ever thought that the garden could be so ordinary, but yet so magical?

How does it feel when you step away from a long-term friendship that really disappointed you? The shock, the hurt, the sadness, the isolation, and the loneliness are so overwhelming. The constant questioning that follows. What did I do that made this go so wrong? How did I not see this before? It is nothing short of mental torture. But why, why do we behave that way? We are educated people after all, we cannot use the excuse that we know nothing, not in this day and age, when there are so many opportunities to learn and to heal. When we connect with people, especially those on our ‘wavelength’, we never see that the connection may become broken or distorted in the future. But from working with many people who have come to the treatment room in a lot of pain from the disconnection of friendships, I notice that they never see the growth in themselves, ever. I like to remind clients that their growth and evolution sometimes nudge the relationship to disconnect or become less potent. They usually look at me i n surprise! Values are very important in relationships or connections and when values change, sometimes they do not align and that causes a rift. It causes great emotional pain and internal conflict. Using QTT Quantum Thinking Transformation can be a great tool in helping to relieve the emotional pain from a broken friendship. It allows the client to release the pain and receive some relief. Then it can be taken to the next stage i.e. you can then make a decision on what needs to happen next. But when we are overwhelmed stressed and anxious we cannot do anything but revolve around in the swirl of negative emotions, as they snowball out of control. Part of my work is uncovering the cloud that prevents the client from seeing their value. Exposing what they are good at and allowing them to be able to decide what they want to do with their lives. Internal peace and contentment are places that every person longs to find and sustain. That is my experience as a practitioner of many years. I take great pride and humility in assisting clients to find that place. Are you seeking out a more peaceful life? Better still are you living your best life? If not what are you waiting for? There is lots of help out there for you. Reaching out is the most difficult part, after that the rest comes easily. Don’t be afraid to reach out and get back on track, living the life you deserve.

I have been asked many times to describe what QTT is all about.  QTT or Quantum Thinking Transformation is such a robust process that it is difficult to verbalise exactly what it is easily. But I usually give it my best shot! Those of us who have been recipients of this powerful technique know exactly what it does but rarely how it happened! We know that we feel better,  less overwhelmed and anxious, manage our stress levels more efficiently, and go back to a time when we felt ‘more like ourselves!’ QTT is a talk technique, whereby the trained practitioner guides the client through a process that facilitates them to release, old neurological patterns that keep them stuck in the past and reset some new ones. That’s putting it in a nutshell I guess! It is a really simple easy process that is immediate without the ordeal of reliving the traumatic events that may have been the contributors to those old patterns of behaviour. What is not considered is, that for a process that is so simple and easy, it is really powerful and capable of transforming a very distressed client into a very content happy person all set to live their best life in one session, then the follow-up session tidies up loose ends and completes the process. And isn't that how it should be? Quantum means the smallest part, so what we are doing as practitioners is guiding the client back to the earliest time when the neural pathway was laid down, releasing it, and resetting it to one that serves the needs of the client more. The practitioner needs to be very accomplished in ‘drilling down’ or asking good relevant questions that prompt the subconscious into ‘opening up’ and allowing the release. Encouraging the client to feel safe and protected in the company of the practitioner is also a big part of the success of the outcome. QTT is one of the tools in my life skills toolbox that I dip into when the need arises. To see clients look better long before they can tell you they feel better is one of the many rewards I get as a practitioner. When clients come for Reflexology if they so wish they book an appointment for the following week. I have to wait until they return to see how they are. With QTT I can immediately how they are by their body language and demeanor. But it's not what I think or what I see that validates this wonderful technique, it is all the testimonials that have come in from clients following a session. What they have had to say sometimes makes me cry it is so touching and expressive of their happiness in finding peace and happiness within. Sometimes we need to let go in order to grow. We can never move on unless we let go of our old patterns of behaviour and limiting beliefs of ourselves that keep us stuck back in the past. As we all know there is nothing we can do about the past, as it has already happened, but we can do something in the present that will make the future easier for us. ‘The point of power is only in the moment’ Louise Hay's famous one-liner, is so true. Focusing on the now and making the necessary changes can give us the best possible chance of a happier more peaceful life. If that is what you are seeking, a happier more peaceful life, I cannot recommend this talk technique more highly. Taking the first steps to make the appointment and doing the session is the most difficult, the rest is a doddle! Trust me, I am a very accomplished QTT Practitioner! 💗 Find out more about QTT with me here https://www.reginacurleylifecoaching.ie/qtt-quantumthinkingtransformation

When I was training (which was not today or yesterday!) my tutor who was very eccentric I thought at the time, told us that the most credible practitioner was the one who practiced what he or she was teaching to other people. While that sounded pretty okay at the time, doing that can be quite challenging. He was correct of course, now that I have almost thirty years of experience behind me, I most certainly see what he is talking about. As I pondered through my ‘why’ I do this work and ‘what’ is my USP my unique selling point, being authentic is important for me. I practice or have practiced every tip I ever give to clients in their aftercare support. I do this because my ‘why’ is I want to help people to change their thinking and let go of old patterns of behaviour that do not serve them anymore. I cannot do that unless I have experienced what it is that I am advising, otherwise I am a fraud, and that is how I see it. In my opinion, Holistic work needs to be honest, truthful, and sincere.  Most of all effective! Clients need to get a result! As I have continued to work as a practitioner and a tutor I find more and more that the practices are just not being experienced by the person telling the other person what to do! I have always been drawn to practitioners who come across to me in a way that would make me want to be like them.  In other words, they are calm peaceful, and grounded. How are they like that? They practice what they are advising me to do and it is obvious. That is the essence of a credible practitioner. That they ‘do as they do’ not ‘do as they say’! It is very easy to give advice from a textbook that looks good, but the type of support and advice that I give has been tried tested, and proven, by me! I really commend myself for that and so do my clients and students alike. So if you are a practitioner and you are reading this, what is your USP? What do you bring to your clients that others may not? I love to hear this information especially when I teach workshops. Graduates have so much knowledge to share at workshops, it is just fantastic to hear their contributions and everyone gets the benefit of trying new things and improving their skills. Everyone has their own individual ideas about what being credible is all about. My word for this year is sincere. So not only do I apply that to myself, I am applying it to everything I do this year.  What is the result so far and it is only February? Well, I am delighted to say, that the people I am attracting have the same intention! Are you a credible practitioner? What can you do that makes your work authentic? I would love to hear all about it.