How Science Can Help You to Use Words to Weave Magic
Photo Credit: Patrick Self Visuals It was like he was performing some form of magic. He seemed to knows how to structure his questions and interactions in a way that freed people up. As I watched, I...
View ArticleHow Mindfulness And Compassion Could Help You Do What Really Matters
The end of one year and the beginning of another is often an opportunity to torment ourselves with difficult questions: Did I give enough energy to the things that really matter to me? Did I give too...
View ArticleWhat a Country GP Can Teach You About Fame and Fortune
My father was a doctor. When he finished medical school, he planned to pursue a career with some prestige attached to it. He was going to become a surgeon or physician in some teaching hospital. He...
View ArticleLearning To Step Over Coercion And Create The Workplace Culture That You Want
In his wonderful book, The Nurture Effect, Tony Biglan, states that ’the most important stressor we humans typically face comes in the form of coercive interactions with other humans.’ Coercion is...
View ArticleUsing the ACT Matrix to Help You to Be The Person You Want to Be…More Often
I use the ACT matrix a lot in my workshops and with my coaching clients… and on myself! It is a tool that helps to build mindfulness, self-awareness and valued living. It is based on contextual...
View ArticleTraps to Avoid On the Path to Success – Or Why You Can’t Have it All
Do you want to be successful? If you are like me, then your response to that question is, ‘Hmm...It depends‘. It depends on what ‘being successful’ means. We are surrounded by the message that success...
View ArticleStep 1 for Success: Choose What You Value
If you were completely free to make your life about things that truly matter to you, what would they be? Pause and let that question sink in. Let the words settle within you…. If I was completely free...
View ArticleHow having a messy car might actually align with your values
Do you have some activities that you just avoid? You never quite get them done and you feel bad about not getting them done? It could be cleaning out the kitchen cupboards; sorting out your email;...
View ArticleThe future of work: Why Psychological Flexibility is a Key Leadership Skill...
A few years ago in the UK, a Panorama investigation uncovered systematic abuse of elderly care home residents who were being routinely pushed about, belittled and humiliated by their so-called...
View ArticleThe 3-Space Model
The 3-Space model is a really flexible way of navigating transitions. It is as relevant to elite athletes as it is to those in business. Here’s how it works: Imgine you have 30 or so seconds between...
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