The third of my watchwords for 22 is kindness. Sometime last year I stumbled on the term Intelligent Kindness, which has its foundations within healthcare. This article describes is eloquently: “Intelligent kindness, then, is not a soft, sentimental feeling or action...
The second of my watchwords for 2022 is purpose. When I blogged my reflection of 2021, the word that captured it best was ‘purpose’. In looking back, I realised that purpose helped me get-up and get-on, during a time of social isolation and profound uncertainty. My...
It’s the end of the first week of 2022 already. How did that happen!? I’m sure you’ll have spent your week planning for the year ahead with one eye on that crucial 31st March date speeding ever closer. In looking forward to the next quarter and year, you’ll remember...
Here are my watchwords for 2022…… Self-awareness Purpose Kindness Connection Tolerance Acceptance Knowledge Innovation Care Learning
If you’re looking to practice mindful meditation, it has to fit into your day, right? Some people practice 10 minutes between breakfast and work, others practice before going to sleep. Recently, I’ve been swapping my reading time on the tube for meditation. I’ve got 2...
I’ve recently finished this incredibly interesting book. I was drawn to it because of its focus on #selfawareness, of course, but it wasn’t at all written from the perspective I expected! This book talks about the neurology of #selfawareness - literally, what happens...
We’re very good at keeping up appearances and keeping on keeping on. We don’t want to let our colleagues, our families or our friends down. We keep battling on until our batteries are at 4% and flashing red. Organisations are getting better at breaking down this...
Today I joined a really interesting webinar by the Cognitive Institute, focussing on #civility in the workplace. I never cease to be amazed by the wealth of academic research that evidences the negative and frequently dangerous impact that even low level incivility...
For the last few days, the bit coin mining rig in our spare room has been switched off. It has some technical glitch and my husband isn’t home to fix it right now. So, the house is once again quiet. I know very little about bitcoin mining, but I do know the rigs run...
Towards the end of May I posted about the benefits of having difficult conversations. Then, I was predominantly talking about having those conversation down the line, with people you manage But how about having difficult conversations up the line? My husband is a...
“Self-Love, Self-Respect, Self-Worth… There is a Reason They all start with "Self". You Cannot find them in Anyone Else. Happy Sunday 💯🙏🏽🙌🏽” Tommy Dural (LinkedIn 13/6/21) I stumbled on this post yesterday and it’s stuck in my...
Some days you will feel like you’ve fallen out with everybody, you can’t do right for doing wrong and everything you do is under par. So what do you do? Take a breath. These days are emotional rollercoasters and you want to be able to control your emotions, not them...