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Jan
09
2017

2017 – My New Years Gift to YOU

bear humour

One Bear to another Bear: “His name is Bradshaw. He says he understands I came from a singe parent den with inadequate role models. He senses that my dysfunctional behaviour is shame based and codependent and he urges me to let my inner cub heal… I say we eat him.”
~ A cartoon I enjoyed while working in Japan. I love learning through laughter!!

Happy New Year everyone! I like the opportunity to start a New Year because it gives me the chance to do a personal review and reassess my accountability to myself. It’s like someone has blown a whistle and said “time out”, so I take some time to reflect.

I’d like to share one of my all time favourite quotes. I have carried this around with me for many years. Here it is:

“To know and not to do…is not yet to know.” ~ A Zen Saying

The quote reminds me that I already ‘know’ (on some level) and it challenges me to move into more integrity with myself. It is a humbling statement of wisdom.

This quote is a great navigational tool. Professionally and personally I have been described as having a good deal of wisdom, but I can do really dumb things. We all can. We forget what we know. The number of times in counselling sessions when I have heard people say “I know. I know.”, but their behaviour is different than what they know. I include myself in this. Our habits of reacting are strong. To erase them or weaken them, we have to be strong in our commitment to ourselves.

What I really love about this quote is it brings us to the truth of what is going on. We can all talk a good line, but are we living it? For me this quote asks me to review what I know is ‘right’ for me, and that takes me to a place of self inquiry. By self inquiry I mean I ask myself, “Bev, how are you really doing?”

As I respond to this self inquiry, I first let go of any blame I am carrying toward other people. All finger pointing is not where truth lies. I also step away from blaming circumstances or situations for any distress I feel. These are all not core issues. As you have heard me say in newsletters before, I am passionate about true self growth, not band aid approaches.

Band aids keep us in the same cycles, but give us temporary relief.

The core to self growth is to stay focused on yourself; to move into the area of self “response…ability”. It starts and ends with us – our thinking, our perceptions, our values, our clarity, and our willingness to take ourselves on.

2017 is about our commitment to ourselves. Remember: “To know and not to do… is not yet to know.”

What do you want to dig deeper and uproot this year?

Happy New Year everyone!

Tags: Beverley Pugh, blame, challenge, change, commitment, habit, inspiration, integrity, self-growth, truth, wisdom
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Aug
11
2015

Absolutely Inspirational!!!

Wheelchair tennis“Ready, willing, and able to find out how powerful we really are.” ~ Bev Pugh

There are moments in life when you know you are witnessing and experiencing something inspirational. A few weekends ago I went to an international tennis tournament for wheelchair athletes held at Kitsilano Beach. My eldest daughter has been volunteering every Sunday for a year now as an assistant coach. I have driven out to Steveston to watch their practices, and then had the amazing opportunity to go to this international event for players from all around the world. This event is held every year in July and is open to the public. I had emailed some of you with children because they were looking for ball boys/girls under the age of eighteen. I thought it would be an incredibly inspiring experience. I would highly recommend it next year.

What did I find inspiring about it? Anything is possible! These men and women have chosen to dig really deep, and move beyond perceived limitations. Isn’t that what life is all about for all of us? How else do we get to our dreams? Life will throw you curveballs, yet to watch these wheelchair athletes gave me an amazing surge of inner strength and power. We are capable of so much. It is indeed our mind that limits us.

If you keep a “wide-angle lens” on what is possible, we can find out how powerful we really are. For me, these wheelchair athletes are fabulous role models for all of us. When I think of the number of times I have whined because I can’t get what I want, or because it is hard to change my thought patterns, I feel invigorated to begin to muster up the energy to approach self-growth from a much deeper place.

I have asked my husband, Roger, to write about his experience at the tournament. Roger has been, and still is, a tennis professional and coach. He has played all over the world, and loves tennis with a great passion.

Inspirational experiences can empower all of us. What has taught you how powerful you are? Are you using that attitude now to create something that is really important to you?

Go forth and dig deep!

Tags: Bev Pugh, focus, inspiration, life, strength
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Beverley Pugh

Beverley Pugh

Beverley Pugh has international experience in Individual, Marital and Family Therapist services. Areas of practice include counselling in: individual, couples, family, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, pain management, multicultural, workplace and others.

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Invite gentleness to be present for an entire day. Wear a colour, a ring, a shoe that reminds you of gentleness. Play music that allows you to change your breathing. Yes, you can still get everything done - just differently.

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Bev's Laughing and Breathing Belly Workshop for Children was one of the best I have attended. She has a gifted ability to gently connect with children and teach and share with them her techniques of belly breathing, rooting, mind vacations and laughter. These techniques soothe and calm them whenever they feel overwhelmed or anxious - be at school, home or before bed time. Whether you have an overwhelmed pre-schooler or a test-anxious pre-teen, Bev's approach works! I love that she gave parents the tools to model and share these fundamentals of meditation with their children. I would encourage families to take her course...your children will thank you and you will benefit from ways to keep yourself calm and allow wisdom in.

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About Beverley

Beverley Pugh has international experience in Individual, Marital and Family Therapist services. Areas of practice include counselling in: individual, couples, family, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, pain management, multicultural, workplace and others.

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