6 Steps to Writing Your History - Step 5

In this brand new series I have put together, I will lead you through exercises each week that will help you revisit your past and identify key moments and experiences. When we acknowledge the past it can set us free and enable us to live more in the moment.

Step 5:

Finding Forgiveness

Write a letter to yourself focusing on anything you need to forgive yourself for. Be kind and compassionate and resist the temptation to be judgemental. Write as if you might be writing to your inner child. You wouldn't criticise or be harsh with a child would you?


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Kirstie Gillon-Wood is Director of 90 Degree Coaching Ltd., a company devoted to supporting women wanting to create independence, and achieve personal and professional success. You can learn more about Kirstie’s products and services at http://www.90degreecoaching.co.nz.

6 Steps to Writing Your History - Step 4

In this brand new series I have put together, I will lead you through exercises each week that will help you revisit your past and identify key moments and experiences. Learn about where your strengths come from, be inspired to take your life in a different direction. As I found out, going through the exercises can help put things in to perspective - for the better. What have you got to lose? :-)

Time to get on with it:

New Skills

Record 5 times in your adult life when you have learned something new. It might be a large undertaking, such as a new language, or something simpler, such as wiring a plug. Reflect on these achievements.


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Kirstie Gillon-Wood is Director of 90 Degree Coaching Ltd., a company devoted to supporting women wanting to create independence, and achieve personal and professional success. You can learn more about Kirstie’s products and services at http://www.90degreecoaching.co.nz.

6 Steps to Writing Your History - Step 3

In this brand new series I have put together, I will lead you through exercises each week that will help you revisit your past and identify key moments and experiences. When we acknowledge the past it can set us free and enable us to live more in the moment. It's not only the negative events and feelings that have had an impact on shaping who we are today. Re-discover the positive ones too. :-)

Here's Step 3:

Your Romantic History

Answer the following questions about your last romantic relationship -

What are you still holding on to?

What, if anything, do you need to forgive?

What did it give you?

What did you give to it?


© 2009 90 Degree Coaching Ltd.

Kirstie Gillon-Wood is Director of 90 Degree Coaching Ltd., a company devoted to supporting women wanting to create independence, and achieve personal and professional success. You can learn more about Kirstie’s products and services at http://www.90degreecoaching.co.nz.

6 Steps to Writing Your History - Step 2

In this brand new series I have put together, I will lead you through exercises each week that will help you revisit your past and identify key moments and experiences. You will discover your strengths, where they came from, gain perspective about your past and maybe even be inspired to take your life in a different direction!

Here's Step 2:

Map Your Past

Find a map that shows a familiar childhood journey - it could be an old route to school or to visit family members. Find a memory for at least 3 different places on that map. What are your recollections of the sounds and smells? What were you wearing and who were you with? How did you feel?


© 2009 90 Degree Coaching Ltd.

Kirstie Gillon-Wood is Director of 90 Degree Coaching Ltd., a company devoted to supporting women wanting to create independence, and achieve personal and professional success. You can learn more about Kirstie’s products and services at http://www.90degreecoaching.co.nz.

6 Steps to Writing Your History - Step 1

In this brand new series I have put together, I will lead you through exercises each week that will help you revisit your past and identify key moments and experiences. In doing this, you will learn where your strengths come from, gain perspective and even be inspired to take your life in a different direction!

Let's get started.

The 10-Minute Autobiography

Your view of the past changes depending on your present. Write a 10-minute autobiography today. Spend a few minutes thinking about what you would like to write, then write for a timed 10 minutes. What does this version of yourself reveal?

Repeat this exercise when your mood is quite different, and see how this affects your writing.



© 2009 90 Degree Coaching Ltd.

Kirstie Gillon-Wood is Director of 90 Degree Coaching Ltd., a company devoted to supporting women wanting to create independence, and achieve personal and professional success. You can learn more about Kirstie’s products and services at http://www.90degreecoaching.co.nz.

6 Steps to Writing Your History - Introduction

Wherever we go and whatever we do in our lives, we bring our personal history with us, or 'baggage' as it sometimes is negatively referred to. But exploring our past can be a hugely rewarding experience. I had the opportunity to do so in the recovery period following my Post Natal Depression - and the payoffs have been amazing!

In this brand new series I have put together, I will lead you through exercises each week that will help you revisit your past and identify key moments and experiences.

But first, here's why you should participate...

"As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around." Oprah.

...When we acknowledge the past it can set us free and enable us to live more in the moment. It's not only the negative events and feelings that have had an impact on shaping who we are today. The people who loved you, places you grew up, childhood holidays and birthday parties all contribute to how you see the world now.

Learn about where your strengths come from, be inspired to take your life in a different direction.

As I found out, going through the exercises can help put things in to perspective - for the better. What have you got to lose? :-)

Next week I will post Step 1. Simply subscribe or follow this blog and you will receive your first exercise. And remember, if you ever want to share anything, you can do so here.

© 2009 90 Degree Coaching Ltd.

Kirstie Gillon-Wood is Director of 90 Degree Coaching Ltd., a company devoted to supporting women wanting to create independence, and achieve personal and professional success. You can learn more about Kirstie’s products and services at http://www.90degreecoaching.co.nz.

Are You Pretending?

Here are some thoughts regarding motherhood by my friend and colleague, Karen Miles. She hits the nail on the head and I couldn't have said it better...read on!

Being a parent is easy and intuitive, correct? Well, no — it's just customary to pretend that that's the case.Last night I went to bed very confused. Why do parents name their children after affluenza-inspired objects? Why do they pretend at the playground that their child can do no wrong? Why do they buy houses in suburbs they can't afford?

It seems ingrained in humans to make out like their life is so much better than it really is and so much better than yours. Perhaps it dates back to all our world wars for power, strength and riches. The bigger you feel, the stronger your chances of 'survival', the less likely your city comes under attack. Conquer and fake it to make it?

Read the rest of the article here.


© 2009 90 Degree Coaching Ltd.

Kirstie Gillon-Wood is Director of 90 Degree Coaching Ltd., a company devoted to supporting women wanting to create independence, and achieve personal and professional success. You can learn more about Kirstie’s products and services at http://www.90degreecoaching.co.nz.