How do you mark meaningful moments?

Putting yourself first isn’t selfish, it’s essential.

When someone says they don’t ‘really get angry’ I get worried that they’re either repressing that emotion, or so deep within it that they no longer recognise it.

By raising awareness of what energy we’re allowing into our mind and body, we can make changes to better support our well being.

Why is my willpower suddenly working where it never has before?

Re-centre - stop trying to hang out in someone else’s head and get back in your own body. And make the choice you know is best in that moment.

The default setting for most people is to listen for similarity and agreement. This means our minds are filtering information looking for the nuggets we agree with and distorting the rest.

I suggest having your own version of this mindfulness exercise that you can talk through in your mind or record this script (speaking slowly) to play for yourself until you are able to notice without prompting.

One thing that impacts how we deal with conflict in the workplace, is how we were initially taught to respond to conflict in childhood. If we have these rattling around in our unconscious mind then it’s no surprise that we’re going to struggle when we face a challenging interaction at work…

Coaching leaders over the last month has given me an opportunity to see how and what they’re communicating in response to Black Lives Matter. I thought it could be helpful to share some of the things I’ve noticed that seem to work, so that we can keep building on this.

You have a choice as you test your resilience muscles right now - recovering back to your original state isn’t the only option.

It’s worth choosing an ‘interim’ short term purpose to create a sense of connection and help you keep up your energy.

Last week I met some manatees! We were visiting them in the wild and I appreciated how clear our boat captains rules were - it led to a better experience.

What you consider to be ‘reality’ is often just your perspective - so there’s nothing to stop you changing it.

⁠Last week I was hit with some truth bombs about company culture at the Women in Business expo, particularly from the Karren Brady’s inspiring talk.

This sentiment is true even in our galaxy, right? “If you believe you will fail, you will.”

I know I’ve also been guilty of ignoring myself. Ignoring nudges and niggles - the mental or physical prompts that tell us the situation isn’t quite ‘right’.

People are told in feedback they are ‘not strategic enough,’ when the definition of strategic is simply: “the identification of long-term or overall aims and interests and the means of achieving them.”

When you know what you want, these 3 magical things will happen…