Encouragement is a great motivator. As we face the regular daily routines of our lives, it can be easy to drift into complacency. We become pretty familiar with what it is in store for us each day and how to progress through the daily business. We can even run many of our tasks – and relationships –…
October 16, 2016 Leave a Comment
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Following a Passion
From Guest Blogger Sanchit Khera There’s 7 billion people, give or take a few. How many of them are pleasure-fully experiencing their life and following a passion? If you settled at a lower number, then that speaks a lot about your own condition and the condition of your surroundings. Imagine if everyone just did what they felt…
September 5, 2015 Leave a Comment
What is real?
Quantum physics informs us that energy is the basis of our universe. Energy exists in everything. It is the potential and actual force of everything, both tangible and intangible, including ourselves. This means that energy is the source and foundation of everyone and everything, and the connections in between. It may be difficult for us…
July 22, 2015 Leave a Comment
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From Dirt Digger to Gold Digger
In our social world, how do we become a gold digger rather than a dirt digger? How do we find the good in people when the worst is often portrayed in media stories? Raised in a competitive culture, we have been conditioned to have high regard for achievement, and to perform better than others in almost…
September 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
The Trauma of News
Vicarious trauma is a term that refers to stress responses that occur in a person as a result of witnessing or working with people’s traumatic experiences. It can be described as a secondary form of trauma that may occur when we carry or hold onto stories of the trauma of others, usually as a result…
April 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
Too busy for silence?
We live in such a busy world, and it seems there is no sign of it slowing down. Quite the opposite, it seems that life continues to get more and more hectic. As inhabitants of the world and citizens of communities, we involve ourselves in many levels of functioning, often at a frenetic pace. At…
March 27, 2014 4 Comments
Do we really learn from our mistakes?
Probably most of us can recognise some patterns of our behaviour that are not helpful to us, yet we continue to repeat them. Even knowing that the behaviour has the potential to directly or indirectly affect our health, often does not result in us changing what we do and how we do it. We may…
March 12, 2014 4 Comments
Being authentic isn’t everything – or is it?
I read a great blog recently by business marketer Megan Barrow which caused me to think about authenticity and the benefits (or not) about being authentic in what we do and how we present ourselves. I had never thought that being authentic could ever be considered anything but positive, as authenticity is aligned with sincerity,…
December 19, 2013 Leave a Comment
The real Christmas cheer
With only days to go until Christmas, the last minute preparations are underway. There is the shopping and decorating, the festive gatherings, the travelling to near and distant places to family homes. For most of us, Christmas is always a time of coming together with family and friends. It is a time of wonderful reunion…
