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Did you wonder why the long silence? ​

Many people have asked me how to bounce back from burnout.  We have no energy to ‘bounce’. Coming out of burnout is more like a slow creep.
Like me, you probably recognise when you’re stress levels are high and like me, you may have tried to soldier on.  I hear myself telling others to take regular short breaks and learn to say ‘no’, but I was in a situation I couldn’t get out of.  Like you, I had to press on.
Burnout is also called ‘Compassion Fatigue. If we’re working in crisis situations, or even just caring for a family, leaving no time for ourselves, we’re in danger of ‘Compassion Fatigue’.  Our battery runs out, because we haven’t been able to care for ourselves.

The power of words

The Power of Words

Choose your words carefully—the way we think not only controls the way we feel, but also creates our reality. You can choose to use only words that are encouraging and uplifting, to move your world in a positive direction.​

Communicate

Is the way you communicate confusing?

Here’s a useful way to unpack the different aspects of communication to ensure you’re not getting your wires crossed. These ideas will help prevent communication blockages in the first place, and help you resolve miscommunications that have already happened.

Consciousness

Is this really who I want to be?

There’s a buzz in the air—a new frequency that is affecting all of us—it’s an urge to step up to a higher level of spiritual growth. You’ll hear more conversations about it, more questions being asked.

How to be at ease with In-Between times

How To Be At Ease With ‘In-Between Times’

In-between times are those times of transition when you’ve left one career, relationship or lifestyle behind, but have no idea what to do to reach the next shore. You feel cast adrift. It can be nerve-wracking—how can you be proactive when you don’t know what to be proactive about or when all your attempts lead to nothing?

Peace and goodwill

Peace and goodwill to all…

Christmas symbolises peace, whether or not you celebrate it as part of your faith. This joyful period of the year, bringing so many of us together, reminds us to be peaceful, to radiate peace and to co-create peace.​

How Can Your Approach To Life Change The World?

You can have as much of an impact on the world—or on your life— by not doing something as by doing it. What consequence does a passive approach to life have? What about your approach to your own life? This blog looks at how our approach to life impacts on global, national, community and personal changes.

How Compassionate and Loving Are You?

In the month of Valentine’s Day, there’s plenty of inspiration about how we express love to someone special. But being a loving person extends way beyond that. We all like to believe we’re compassionate, kind and loving people. How can we tell? Aside from popular, meaningless quizzes, that is. Here’s another thought: if you want to attract love into your life, you need to begin by being a loving person yourself.

How To Turn Weak Intentions Into Strong New-Year Resolutions

A new year is always exciting—brimming with opportunity and possibility. But what if this year ends up being full of disappointments? There are plenty of standard tips around about how to set resolutions: break up goals into small action steps, have a contingency plan … Here are nine less common tips to ensure your new year is truly a happy one.

Give Yourself The Gift Of Happiness This Christmas

As we enter into a season that’s supposed to be about joyfulness and love, give yourself the gift of joyfulness. One of the fundamental human needs is to be happy, yet happiness so often eludes us.  Here’s a game you can play that, if it becomes a habit, can show you the way to happiness. IF you make it a habit.

Managing Through Change

Most people experience major change as unsettling.  Even if it’s a change for the better and everyone is looking forward to positive outcomes. Good management can mitigate some of the costly, negative impacts of change. If you’re aspiring to good leadership, this is what it looks like at any time.

Understanding Bad Behaviour

When someone close to us behaves badly—be it letting us down, taking advantage, verbally attacking us … it presents a painful challenge. It’s easier to let go of disappointing people if they’re not close. But family? How do you remain compassionate? How do you remain emotionally detached? Ease your pain by looking at a bad behaviour from the perspective of a soul’s journey.

Is Your Relationship Thriving or Stagnating?

To ensure your relationships (including friendships for that matter) continue to thrive, you need to review if your mutual needs are being met. In much the same way as you review your career, personal or health progress to ensure success, why not do a ‘health check’ of your relationships?​

How to Handle an Incompetent Manager

I have a manager who avoids making decisions, who doesn’t delegate and who’s always out of reach. I can rarely catch her in her office and she doesn’t respond to emails until it’s too late. Consequently, I’m waiting for direction and then I get blamed for not having accomplished my work. It’s affecting my reputation. I’m thinking of leaving, but it sounds bad to blame my manager at interviews. Do you have any strategies for handling her?

10 Wise Ways for Positive Problem Solving

10 Wise Ways for Positive Problem Solving

Some of us seem able to make decisions effortlessly as soon as they arise—for others, the decision presents as a problem. We can all learn how to make decisions quickly and solve problems easily. Here are ten techniques used by confident problem-solvers.

Break up without breaking a heart

Do you have the courage to break up in the right way? Do you even know what the ‘right’ way is? There are specific steps you can take to minimise the risk of breaking up in the first place, and minimise heart-breaks if there is hope of saving the relationship.

Is it time to quit?

As we leave 2016, maybe it’s time to leave behind things in our lives that no longer serve us. Sometimes, the turning point comes when we’re ready to say ‘Enough!’ What do you feel the need to leave behind with the closing year? ​

Preparing for a Promotion to a Leadership Management Position

I’d love to go for a management position. Everyone is telling me I should; I know I have the experience and knowledge and I’m bored with my current job. I can’t see myself staying at this level. But the next step includes leadership and I have no knowledge or experience of leading people. Sometimes, I’ve tried asking people to do things and they take no notice of me. I’m scared of being thrown into a leadership position and totally failing.

Give me a break!

Sometimes we don’t believe we’ll feel rested unless we can escape to some beach for two weeks. You don’t have to have a long break to feel rested. There are many smaller ways to recharge your batteries.

Do You Have A Professional ‘Marketing Plan’ For Your Next Promotion?

The end of a year is a good time to take stock and plan your career strategy for the year to come. If you think of yourself as a product, and your employer as a customer, it’s easier to understand how you can market yourself so that your management clearly recognises your skills, innate abilities and knowledge and puts you first in line for new opportunities.​

How to get a good night’s sleep

The expectation that we remain connected 24/7 to phones and other technology makes it hard to switch off, not only technology, but also our preoccupied brains. For some of us, increased travel or shift-work has also disrupted our sleep patterns. The result: sleepless nights. The Question: how can we improve our chances of a good night’s sleep that recharges our bodies and brains? Which strategy is right for you? Try using your natural thinking and learning preferences to fall asleep more easily.​

How to think laterally about career choices

The world changes so quickly these days for us to be safe plodding along on the same path without some kind of growth that increases our choices. I’ve reinvented myself so many times I’ve lost track, but it’s always expanded my options and has contributed greatly to my professional success and ability to flow with changing market trends.

Wise Ways Recipe for Life

If your life is moving too slowly for you, try this. Let this method trigger a few ideas that you may be missing. Then watch what happens!

I was teaching one of my public workshops on confident conversation skills and this little ’formula’ emerged. I’m big on catchy phrases or acronyms that are uncomplicated, inspirational and easy to remember.

Even one tiny candle can illuminate a darkened room

The evidence is overwhelming that we’re becoming more powerful in our ability to manifest. The progression from thought to concrete reality is more instantaneous than ever before. If we don’t work hard to focus those around us on the positive, then the negative attitudes will take hold, and more negativity will be manifested. We need to restore the balance.

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