Adam Murray
I am a Coach at heart. I enjoy helping people get better and reaching more of their potential.
Location Melbourne, Australia
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Thank-you for taking the time to share on this course. The biggest gem for me was the slf compassion piece where the text asked us to think about a poor teacher vs a good teacher and the impact on us as learners and the effort we gave to both. That was huge for me.
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I woke up early this morning, dragged myself out of bed and went for a run. I wanted to get 5km done, but surprised myself and ended up doing 6.5km. I had more time available and decided to run this practise. It was the first time that I was able to get through 20 minutes without feeling restless for the finish. I really enjoyed it. I think I've found the...
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Whilst incorporating the practices in to my daily routine I am finding subtle changes are taking place. I say subtle, becuase they are not immediately obvious to me. I like the changes because they are all positive. I'm finding I am bringing more joy to my personal relationships, I am feeling my work colleagues are reaching out for my opinion more giving me a...
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Oh my Gosh. Thank-you for the lesson in text after the video. In high school I had a maths teacher who took particular focus on making an example of my mistakes in class. You can imagine my performance in maths for that year. If I compare that to the English teacher who advised me to read The Hobbit instead of the first book of Lord of the Rings for a book...
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I find it much easier to switch on for others and be empathising and compassionate to their problem. What I notice in myself is a little voice saying, "snap out of it, get your head up". My inner voice is telling me to get my head back in the game. I realise now that this is not healthy for me and I need to find more mindful ways o separate myself frm my...
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Looking at the picture I have learned everyone must be holding a cup in their right hand, unless you have blonde hair. Sorry, couldn't resist. I empathise that you may be annoyed now, but I want to generate some compassion for your annoyance to dissipate quickly. By remaining mindful I can assert some generative listening to understand your opinion about what...
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At the end of a full day of coaching conversations I find myself completely exhausted. I realise that what I am doing is by being empathic I am also taking on board some of the coachee's suffering. This 'baggage' is what is exhausting me. There is no place to unpack the baggage. By using this exercise and bringing compassion in, I don't take on as much and am...
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I recently completed the Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance course and wanted to continue on my personal journey of achieveing a personal mindfulness practise, hence I signed up for this course and am excited to get started.
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@TeresaBelmar Yes, I was doing the creativity meditation in this weeks course.
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I've been struggling on creating a 'theme' for an event at work for a couple of days. You will never believe that whilst I was doing this meditation the answer popped into my thoughts! But this isn't the first time I've found an answer to a problem by taking a break, going for a walk or completely changing the activity I was doing. The amount of great ideas...
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I went for a walk last night (before reading this) and decided NOT to take the headphones. I tried to tune into my breath a few times and found whilst doing so I could hear the birds, the dull traffic noise, the water of the nearby creek. I also picked up some smells of people cooking their dinner and freshly cut grass. I'd like to get to a point where I can...
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I think this is something that would feel super weird for me. But I know that it is going to be beneficial to my health. I've known that eating more slowly allows the brain to keep up with the stomach and the feeling of fullness allows us to not overeat. Knowing and Doing are two different things. I've also seen a mindfulness video where the person was eating...
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I had an argument with my wife on the weekend. The content doesn't matter, but the fact I experienced anger does matter. As I reflect now I am wondering how I can be better at experiencing the emotion more mindfully. We have been married for 22 years and she knows exactly how to trigger me. Whether she does it on purpose or not is not a problem. Perhaps I can...
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Just a thought that popped in to my head today. 7,000 years ago humans started to cultivate soil and became farmers. They got up each day to tend their fields and grow crops. They did this for the love of it and for the betterment and sharing of their village/tribe (capitalism hasn't been invented yet). This was the beginning of 'work'. I wonder what we did...
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I find working from home I am often distracted. I believe it is the increased use of technology that causes it. If I'm in the office I can have face to face interactions with my colleagues and focus on the one conversation (unitask) at a time. Whilst at home I have email, skype, slack, whatsapp and internet tabs open at the same time all beeping at me for...
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I was already sold in the previous step when Dr. Nass described a lovely day at the beach and then showed a picture of that couple, both staring at their smart phones.
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I tried the body, breath, sound meditation last night before bed. I found the ten minutes went by reasonably quickly although I did find myself thinking about how long it had been. But when the sound component came in all of those thoughts left me and I was able to lose myself in the remainder of the meditation.
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I've been trying to get better at letting the little things go. Working from home at the moment due to Covid-19 I can say I am definitely separated from the daily commute and the drivers out on the road. I found that one or two disgretions I was able to 'let go', but after 5, 6, or more the practise of 'letting go' goes out the door. Where do we put our...
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Right now, in this moment and with the global economy grinding to a halt, I fear for my own job security. At the moment I have a job, but if this 'thing' goes on for six months my mind takes me to a place where my employer can no longer sustain paying my wage and I lose my job. My stress is only increased by the fact that my wife has already lost her job and...
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Cultivating curiosity helps me in my everyday work dealing with colleagues, wife and children. It will help me to be a better listener and to generate interest and curiosity in myself for whatever the person is saying to me. Being mindful in these moments will help me to see the situation for what it is and not fall into the trap of thinking it is about me,...
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I enjoyed this practise in the second half. I think it took me a while to fully become present with myself. But once I 'got into it' I found my breath was more relaxed, as was my body. My heart rate slowed and I found the five minutes seemed to go by quite quickly. I was surprised when it ended.
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It is an amazing feat of engineering that it mostly remains standing today, even after much of the iron stapling the travertine together was pillaged from the columns when the city was sacked. I can feel how it must have been like on a warm summer day taking in the atmosphere, maybe a snack or two and the noise and hum of the crowd.
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I live in Melbourne, Australia which houses the Melbourne Cricket Ground, also known as the MCG. It can hold just over 100,000 people to watch an event. The most popular 'games' held today are Australian Football League games (AFL). There are 36 athletes on the ground at one time and the roar of the crowd can be heard in the surrounding suburbs when a game is...
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I was curious to see what would happen to the sunlight during the day and found that the hot sun would never beat down onto the stage. So the theatre was probably built with this in mind. Only the lower class spectators would have to sit in the hot sun.
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A question I have is what is Rue? It's in two of the old descriptions. The first recipe refers to celery 'tops'. When making it I would not use a celery stick, but the green leafy parts of the celery plant and use it like a herb. I don't think the original meant to use the celeray stalk.
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The difference between the rich and the poor in today's high rise world amuses me. Back in first century Rome the poor abodes were on the top floors, today the penthouses are for the rich!
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My kids will love the fact that Roman children were given watered down wine to drink. I assume because the wine may have help to purify the water as well as give it some taste. Amazing they had high rise, high density apartment buildings. To get in one million people that would have been necessary. Also, due to non-motorised transport self contained...
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I really enjoyed the videos this week. I am certainly noticing when I start to wander off into Default mode and also when my mind start to take me on several different tasks at once before finishing any of them. I will be trying to meditate in a more practised manner and see if this helps to reduce my wandering mind. I enjoyed the comma, that was awesome. I...
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I would have thought any building near or around an existing temple would not be able to be built to overbear the existing structure. Religion was so important to every day life that anything that 'might' detract from that would not have been permitted.
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Today as you approach to front of the Pantheon you walk on a downward slope from the piazza in front of the building. Back in ancient times you would approach and have to walk up steps in order to reach the porch. This would have only added to the level of grandeur of the experience. Like walking up to the sun, or the heavens. The Pantheon would also have been...
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Having recently been to Rome for the first time, I agree the Pantheon is indeed a breathtaking building. Made even more so by the fact that it has stood for over two millennia. The architectural feat to have a free standing domed building that long ago simply amazes me. Romans at the time would have felt the same.
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I'd personally like to be able to walk inside the temples to see what was in them. They must have been grand indeed to have seen them at the time. Would normal 'plebs' be allowed up to the summit?
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Absolutely they should be proud of their achievement. What I want to know is how did you get to film the Trevi Fountain with absolutely no tourists around?
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It never occurred to me that using concrete in a wall would mean that it reduces the ability for a conqueror or future ruler to re-use the material for other things, hence the Aurelianic wall still stands in parts today.
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Hi there, I fell in love with Rome on a recent trip with my family. We took a day trip out to Pompeii as well. I live in Melbourne, Australia and our city has a few small cobbled streets that we enjoy, but Rome is off the charts! We loved exploring the smaller streets where you can walk around a corner and there is yet another church or monument staring you in...
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They created a way of life that the Western world has copied down through the centuries. From sanitation, to roads, to warfare and art. I recently went to Rome for the first time and fell in love with the place. It is now my favourite world city (it used to be Paris).
