After cancelling our First Eucharist due to the recent restrictions we are now hoping that our children will be able to receive the sacrament on either Tuesday 17th August or Wednesday 18th August. The children are very excited to be taking this important step in their faith journey. I would like to thank Father Thomas for his generosity in offering additional masses so that families can attend given the current density limits.
This year and last year, for many of us, the world has seemed to stand still. In this way the pandemic has acted as an equaliser, with people across the globe sharing similar experiences. People have faced extraordinary challenges in their professional lives along with many changes that have affected their personal lives as well.
I often listen to a gentleman by the name of Ben Crowe. Ben is a mindset coach and is largely known for the work he has done with Ash Barty. I find Ben to be very wise and thought I would share some of his pearls of wisdom.
“From my experience there are three key mindsets that, if working in alignment with each other, work to help us find confidence and happiness.
The first one is the connection mindset, which is about connecting with ourselves, first and foremost, before we connect with others.
The second is the purpose mindset, which helps us establish what we want in life and find purpose and meaning.
And the third is the performance mindset, which speaks to how we show up in the world and go about achieving our goals.
It all comes down to accepting the things we can’t control and focusing on the things we can. Finding the best version of yourself requires constant practice, and it helps to recognise what it is that distracts you and then learn how to let those things go.
Ultimately, harnessing the performance mindset means accepting how much is out of your control. Following the arrival of the pandemic, the majority of my work with executives, CEOs, and small business owners has been focused on this as it’s so easy to get caught up in distractions right now.
Resilience comes from the perspective that it is our decisions, not the conditions, that determine our mindset, self-worth and attitude. Once we realise that we’re in total control of our decisions, we can start to choose how we respond to the external conditions of our reality.
The secondary approach to building resilience is to embrace vulnerability as a strength rather than a weakness. This way, we can lean into the risk and uncertainty that comes with our world – especially right now – rather than being hard on ourselves.”
Ben Crowe-Mindset Coach
