What makes a high-performing or high-functioning team? The following elements create a high performing team: a Common Purpose and Shared Goals, Roles, Procedures, Relationships and Leadership. But before we get …
DO YOU HAVE A GROWTH MINDSET OR A FIXED MINDSET?
Stanford University psychologist and researcher, Carol Dweck, coined the term ‘Growth Mindset’. It was once believed that intelligence was fixed but this is no longer the case. People can grow …
JOURNALING YOUR WAY THROUGH PERSONAL CRISIS
One of the best ways to get through a personal crisis is through journaling your thoughts in writing. It helps bring up emotions for clearing. It surfaces creative solutions to …
THE PATH TO MINDFULNESS
To begin with, what is mindfulness? According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness is simply paying attention to the present moment, on purpose and without judgment. Mindfulness is an awareness and curiosity …
HOW TO MANAGE YOUR TIME
Time-management is a topic that often comes up with clients and even with friends and family. Everyone’s biggest complaint is “I don’t have enough time” or “I never seem to …
IS LIFE PASSING YOU BY?
Is life passing you by while you for the ‘perfect’ time to realize your dreams, goals or desires? An example of this will be ‘when the kids are in school …
DEALING WITH CHANGE
Life is constantly changing. Our circumstances change, we grow older, our children grow up, our jobs change, where we live changes, even the people (families aside) we spend time with …
THE PRICE OF PERFECTIONISM
What does being a perfectionist mean? Simply, it means that there is absolutely no room for failure. Anything achieved by the perfectionist must be completely, well, perfect, no errors, not …