#20 Can't see the wood for the trees and other idioms that keep you stuck

EPISODE · Nov 1, 2021 · 18 MIN

#20 Can't see the wood for the trees and other idioms that keep you stuck

from Landscaping Your Life with Alison Smith · host Alison Smith

In today's episode Alison shares insight from her book Can't see the wood for the trees – landscaping your life to get back on track. Insight that uses the landscape within the words you're using when you're stuck to find metaphorical solutions to help you get back on track. Words and sayings such as: Stuck in a rut Can't see the wood for the trees (also see episode 1) Up the creek without a paddle (also see episode 6) Like a fish out of water (also see episode 7) Head in the sand Out on a limb (also see episode 10) Treading water (also see episode 11) Missed the tide (also see episode 5 for the Chasing the tide poem Alison mentions in this episode) Can't see the wood for the trees – landscaping your life to get back on track, is available from all online stockists and also includes examples of many different ways you can use nature to help you get back on track (also covered in episode 17). See #landscapingyourlife on many social media sites. You'll find PDF's with more hints and tips to help you when you're: Going round in circles; Stuck in a rut; or Can't see the wood for the trees on Alison's website https://www.alisonsmith.co/ Sign up for the Landscaping Your life newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/8191a411923f/alisonsmith Follow on https://www.facebook.com/LandscapingYourLife Follow on https://www.instagram.com/landscapingyourlife Follow on https://www.youtube.com/user/AlisonSmitheu The aim of the Landscaping Your Life podcast is to share and demonstrate tools, even if they're a little unconventional, that help you uncover what you're missing about a situation you're grappling with. To see the situation from a different perspective, to uncover what's hidden, and understand there are many more options or opportunities than you might originally have thought. Do let us know, therefore, the difference that made the difference in today's episode.

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