Dawn Barclay | Living Moxie

Trust Your Own Timing

Dawn — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:31:26 +0000

Have you ever been fired up and nodding your head to inspirational quotes and messages that tell you to ‘never wait’, ‘seize the moment’, ‘the right time is today‘, yeah those ones, me too. And I Tweet them, slap on Facebook, loving them on Pinterest like it’s my full-time job, and I slap a few [...]

You’ve Got Faults, Better Stop Now

Dawn — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:53:52 +0000

Ever quit because somebody didn’t like how you showed up in the world, picked faults and told you? A couple of months ago I received a very angry email (well not the email itself, the tone) that said ‘you have spelling mistakes, if you can’t spell why should I listen to you?’. The writer then took a [...]

Personal Needs Don’t Belong On Backburners

Dawn — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:36:34 +0000

I’m craving a l-o-n-g walk, I’m due a brain-clearing. I’d like a minimum 7 days, 150 miles. Looking at the South West Coast Path or the Pennine Way, both a tad longer. I was never a long distance walker until one day I just went for a walk. I long for the silence, to be disconnected and yet [...]

Choose Yourself

Dawn — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:48:47 +0000

I remember Indoor Games PE classes at Primary School, we’d all stand in line leaning against the wall bars waiting to be chosen after two class mates were given the task by our teacher to be team leaders. She would flick a coin in the air and shout, ‘Heads or Tails? Tails chooses first’ to decide which team [...]

The Sweats and Talking Yourself Out Of Stuff

Dawn — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:22:07 +0000

A few years back, I was signing a group of 20 people in for their first fire-walk, and my first as the Instructor and person lighting the 15ft beastie. Now, they knew it was my first, and yet here they were giving me their implicit trust for their safety and tootsies. Friends! Love them. What they didn’t [...]