Why the term ‘Hummingbird’?

Why the term ‘Hummingbird’?

Sometimes I imagine myself standing up in a ‘Multipotentialite Anonymous’ group, looking around the circle and nervously wringing my hands as I say out loud for the first time ‘Hi, my name is Vikki Coombes and I am a multipotentialite’. After all a lot of our world …...
‘You’re inspiring’ … really??!!?

‘You’re inspiring’ … really??!!?

I was chatting to someone the other day who also is driven by her curiosity to pursue her ever-changing varied interests wherever they may lead her. I call people like this ‘Hummingbirds’. She was struggling with how she perceived that ‘no-one gets...
Beyond passion to purpose!

Beyond passion to purpose!

Sixteen years ago I moved around the world. From New Zealand to the United Kingdom … the shortest flight time is 24 hours – regardless of which way around the planet you choose to fly. I make it back for a visit to my original ‘home’ every 2-3...
First TV appearance as ‘Queen of Hummingbirds’

First TV appearance as ‘Queen of Hummingbirds’

Time flies when you take on so many learnings and start transforming your business model. Today as I decided it was time to share the amazing experience I had with the wonderful Chrissy on the Chrissy B Show I was a little thrown to discover it is over a month since...
My empowering Hummingbird self!

My empowering Hummingbird self!

At the end of a Hummingbird’s journey in self-awareness I had gone through fire and ice to step into life more fully. Now that I was self-aware that would be the end of trials and tribulations. Obviously. Or perhaps it was that I had a new mind set that meant...
My journey in self-awareness as a Hummingbird

My journey in self-awareness as a Hummingbird

At the end of the early evolution of a Hummingbird there I was a Barrister & Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. I was on my way, or was I? I already knew that I had no desire to become a high flying lawyer in the adversarial system of our anglo-saxon...