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Welcome, and thanks for looking me up. I’m interested in helping you to meet your potential. To help you unblock your path to what you want to become. To help you to identify how you want to live your...
View ArticleWho am I becoming?
All the choices you have made in your life. All the paths you have taken. They are what make you who you are, right here, right now. At a very basic level, the cells that made up your body ten years...
View ArticleWhat you need, what you value, and the difference between the two
Let’s start with needs. Some of your basic emotional needs might be: Being loved Being safe, secure and certain Being comfortable and experiencing pleasure Feeling special Having new and different...
View ArticleTackle toxicity – be grateful
Six hours. That’s how long the effects of strong emotions last in your body. That’s a big portion of your day. Anger, frustration, anxiety – they can ripple around your body producing ill effects long...
View ArticleIt’s true: the pressure to be happy can make you miserable
Living in a society where the overarching message is that you can and should be happy can actually make you more miserable. In studies conducted in both Australia and Japan, the research found that...
View ArticleWhat will you regret?
Research by the British Heart Foundation gives us a sobering insight into the things that people regret not doing in their lives. Do any of these ring true for you? Not travelling more Losing touch...
View ArticleDo you do damage control?
Often, when we are faced with a challenge like completing a project, we can tend to focus on what isn’t there to meet the challenge – deficits in the plan, shortcomings in the membership of the team,...
View ArticleTo break a bad habit, replace it with a good one
I’ll be holding seminar next week in Wellington (24/7/13) about making change., One of the things I will be talking about is habits. Here’s a brief taster of some of the content I will cover. You keep...
View ArticleWhen divergence is good
There are times in teams and organisations where people disagree. People are sometimes wary of disagreement – even downright fearful. But what if we could harness disagreement in a way that opens up...
View ArticleFive practices for building personal resilience
All of us have encountered challenging times in our lives, when we feel vulnerable to the strains of daily living. Some of these strains show themselves as a result of big events that happen to us or...
View ArticleThe Magnificent Seven (or what you need to build a solid platform for wellbeing)
Happiness isn’t the same as wellbeing. Happiness is just a part of what we need to feel satisfied with how life is going for us. Besides happiness, we also pay attention to how much meaning and purpose...
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