The 8Es of Leadership Development
Crafting Career Success in the 21st Century
The increasing rate of change globally and technologically is calling for a personal redefinition of career success. Over the last twenty to thirty years, it has become increasingly common for people to switch jobs, change roles within an organization and even careers every 2.5 to 3 years or even less. The Baby Boomers, a huge demographic, now just … [Read more...]
How can Sustainable Success be Possible?
There’s no time like right now to stop and assess your strengths, opportunities, and threats and make some healthy choices that will empower you and transform your life. I call it developing personal leadership and cultivating resilience. While this, in my view, is a life way, a mindful lifestyle practice that can lead to personal fulfillment … [Read more...]
Therapeutic Touch Healing – A Personal Experience
My mother-in-law, a visual artist of some renown, who is legally blind due to macular degeneration, was run over by a vehicle the last Friday in August, a few years back. It was a freak accident. After careful examination of her pants cut from her by the hospital staff and much thoughtful discussion, we reconstructed what had happened - we … [Read more...]
Self Compassion and You
It is no surprise to me and I expect won’t surprise you either that people who treat themselves with compassion feel better about themselves and have better coping skills – are more able to respond rather than react to disappointments and setbacks. The September 2014 research study at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, by Kelly et al., 2014 … [Read more...]
Self Esteem and the Power of Belief
Self esteem is affected either negatively or positively by how we relate to ourselves and how we respond to and interpret life stressors such as: Job promotion or being passed over Provocation Financial set-backs or challenges Unfair competitions Injustice “The belief that becomes truth for me…is that which allows me the best use of … [Read more...]