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Compassion for a Cockroach
Posted on October 7, 2018 2 Comments
A few weeks ago I witnessed a beautiful encounter of compassion between our three year old Ethan, 20 month old Huw and a cockroach that I thought others may enjoy hearing. On Friday morning, Ethan and Huw had woken up and we were taking the usual walk down a few stairs into the lounge when […]
How are you managing your energy?
Posted on July 29, 2018 Leave a Comment
Today’s theme of energy management builds on the concept of identifying and balancing our different buckets which I’ve written about previously in “Getting real about trying to do it all – identifying and balancing out buckets” I’ve enjoyed a recovery day today after a busy few weeks (including the boys picking up conjunctivitis and headlice […]
When were you last in your courage zone?
Posted on May 7, 2018 Leave a Comment
I’m feeling inspired after cheering on some of our local triathlon club members compete in Ironman Australia over the weekend. For those not across the sport, it involves a 3.8km swim, 180km bike and 42km run, no mean feat! It was especially great to see the first timers putting all their hard work into action, […]
You can change your mind and your actions at any time
Posted on April 8, 2018 1 Comment
After my last post ‘Getting real about trying to do it all – identifying and balancing our buckets’ we’ve been getting into our new family routine of work and daycare. Things are going well, although it hasn’t all been plain sailing with new daycare bugs being picked up, as many working parents will relate to! […]
1 becomes 2 – The Stages of Change
Posted on April 17, 2017 2 Comments
Having reflected on this idea for a while, I’m writing this post during some rare, precious quiet time on a family break over the long Easter weekend. Over the past two months, I have found it fascinating to watch our 23 month old Ethan adapt to having his 2 month old baby brother Huw around. […]
Discovering and Utilising Your Strengths
Posted on January 25, 2015 6 Comments
When you have felt your best how did you know? Often you will find you have been playing to your strengths. Are you aware of these so you can leverage them more often? Love of learning Zest, enthusiasm and energy Hope, optimism and future-mindedness Gratitude Curiosity and interest in the world When these came up […]
A New Era of Leadership: The Mindful Revolution
Posted on June 15, 2014 2 Comments
Mindfulness is the foundation of exceptional leadership. I walked away (mindfully!) from Google’s ‘Search Inside Yourself’ program believing this, having connected previous experiences of leaders I call exceptional. Through mindfulness we can build a space of response versus reacting which is very effective for considered business decisions, essential in this VUCA world I described in […]
Sleep your way to the top….Thrive takeaways
Posted on June 1, 2014 1 Comment
Arianna Huffington’s book ‘Thrive’ has taken the business world by storm and I believe is the ‘Lean In’ equivalent of 2014. Having strongly related to the messaging in this book, I wanted to share 10 of my top takeaways. We need to redefine success from power and money with a third metric embodying well being, wonder, […]
From ‘I’ to ‘We’ builds competitive advantage – collectively we are stronger!
Posted on May 20, 2014 Leave a Comment
Last Thursday I attended The Leadership Circle’s (TLC) Collective Leadership Conference in Sydney (@TLCasiapacific #tlcap). TLC represent changing the global leadership mind and the event was certainly informative and thought provoking. Conference themes included intention, purpose and focus. Here’s a reflection capturing the powerful insights which I hope help shape others thinking as it did mine. The conference […]
Dani Matthews 