Perspectives
Taking the leap
“Sometimes the scariest bridge to burn is the one between you and the person you thought you were” Tanya Markul Leap – and the net will appear! How do you tell your story? Regardless of what you’ve done, where you’ve come from, or who you are – your personal truth is important. For you. For…
Read MoreRe-Creation
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.” — Paulo Coelho This is a dramatic time of ‘re-creation’. Within the tumult, it is important to reclaim you. Reclaim your life, transform and reshape your purpose and start to build anew. Hope is reborn – if we are…
Read MoreThe turning point – The Reset!
For many, the start of the new decade has certainly not been calm – especially for those of us living in parts of Australia where we have been challenged with devastating bush fires. They seem never ending, and are certainly not finished yet in their ferocity. The stories and images of the destruction of fauna,…
Read MoreChaos To Calm – A Time For Reflection.
It is the end of a year and the end of a decade! This is, indeed, an ideal time for reflection as we contemplate our learnings, our insights, our shifts, and reset our focus and actions to what is truly important for our ‘next decade’. For myself, it is definitely a time of ‘repurposing’. I…
Read MoreSoft Power – Bold And Courageous
In many parts of world, these current times are causing people to reassess what is true for them both personally and collectively, what is important, and how they are going to navigate these unprecedented events. Last month I wrote about shocks and shifts. This is certainly occurring right now in the Eastern states of Australia…
Read MoreTurning shocks into leverage
This past month has seen many ‘shifts’ for many people. You might even call them ‘shocks’. Often into uncharted territory – something we may not have experienced before, and even if we have, it feels different this time. How we turn these shifts or shocks into leverage is dependent on our perspective – if you…
Read MoreRe-Purposing – Building your scaffolding for deep change
The change of seasons often brings a ‘shift’ of focus. For those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, the blossoms appear on cue as the weather warms with the onset of Spring. People venture out more. In the Northern Hemisphere, a change of colours heralds Autumn or Fall. Both of these seasonal changes are equally…
Read MoreRelease what WAS. Accept what IS. Create what must BE.
Over the years, numerous insights into what resilience is and how to develop it have been written and offered by various respected authors, psychologists and consultants. This week a couple of colleagues and I were in discussion and agreed that with the increased anxiety that we are observing in people, and in society at large,…
Read MoreThe Art of Listening Deeply
These past few weeks have been very intense for many of us. This has been a consistent message when talking to numerous colleagues, clients and friends. “What is going on?” some have asked. For some who have been courageous to move with this transformation happening within, it has felt like a pressure valve being released.…
Read MoreCourageous Decisions
“The foundation of courage is vulnerability – the ability to navigate uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure”. Brene Brown One of my favourite areas to work is with the quality of the thinking and decision making process. Having great questions to ponder serves to enrich the process. There is often a threshold when one is forced…
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