Author: Jane Hardjono

  • DNA

    Your journey through your 90 days with me will look very different to mine. For instance, I took today ‘off’. Mainly because it’s the Saturday of a long weekend, but also I unexpectedly had to clear out a garage of belongings and that took up more time and ate into more of my planned spontaneous…

  • The proposal

    There may be some writers who are following this journey who are interested in penning a book proposal. As you may know, I am (currently) a non-fiction book coach, and thus, most writers or aspiring authors can choose to self-publish, or take the traditional route. For the purposes of my bananas goal, I shall be…

  • This. Is. Bananas.

    It’s happening. Since making my declaration to write a book in 90 days – on Wednesday 31 May 2023, I only today sat down and realised that I have 83 days left and release date is Tuesday 29 August. I was in a group coaching call yesterday and said “I have made a bananas declaration…

  • Life as an act

    I watch gifted actors talk about their work and it almost always amazes me when I can see how little they resemble the characters they portray. Of course, they share looks. But their style, posture, voice, even accent, are usually wildly different to their fictional counterparts. And you can also tell when they are putting…

  • Literally, the first audacious step to writing a book

    I saw a LinkedIn poll recently on a profile with quite a few thousand followers. One of the options in his “what do you most wish to do now?” survey was “write a book”. Forty percent of respondents chose that One of the commenters said they are looking for a good non-fiction book on how…

  • Care to write?

    Self-care is one of those words, like authenticity, creativity and trauma that is doing the rounds and has started to lose meaning. It can mean anything as superficial as enjoying a cup of tea with your full attention, to having a bubble bath or treating yourself to some new stationery. Not to poo poo these…

  • There’s no better way to live

    There’s no better way to live

    I mean it. My way of living isn’t better than yours. The 5am clubbers aren’t better. Or the cold plunge bathers. Even the meditators. This comparative way of living is our society’s downfall. Start with allowing yourself the grace to own your way of living. This is where embodied living and nurturing your embodied self…

  • Asking for help is a sign of strength

    Recently I read a short passage about how physical symptoms are a signal that the body is fighting for you. That pain is a ‘love tap’ from it for you to take action to change a habit or behaviour.

  • Scrutinise your body copy

    Our language has integrated our understanding of the body, even if on the surface level we’ve forgotten to bring our bodies along to most of our wheelings and dealings. I’m sure you’ll think of more examples. (And I’m not an NLP master, so those of you out there, show us your mettle).

  • Ode to my body #1

    My body is important. It is special. My body has done some amazing things, some of which I will or cannot do again, some that I hope it will do once more. A body incorporates all of a person, in my view, yet we talk about it like it’s an object, outside of oneself.