Nobody’s born as a great public speaker, in fact most of us when we are born, we merely mewl and burble and if we are fortunate, we are listened to as we learn to speak. If we are fortunate to be born into a home where reading, conversation...
The last time I wrote I was going away to school, actually to Inspired Outcomes in Guelph Ontario to take NLP practitioners course from Allen and Tara Kanerva. When I first came across NLP it was at the hands of Tony Robbins when I was learning how to...
Are you wearing a Mask? We all wear masks, we are socialised very early on to wear masks. Different masks for different people and different situations. The mask one wears at work is most likely very different from the mask one wears when with old acquaintances, which is different from...
How you feel if your spouse told you lie? Maybe it was a little white lie at first, but then a bigger lie, one that affected your relationship with your children or your job! And what if then you found yourself watching every word that is said and...
November 27th 2017 Picture for a moment, those most terrifying of magical creatures, the Dementors. Cloaked in dark hoods, with slimy-looking, decayed hands and – shudder – no eyes. Imagine them advancing towards you, causing the air to freeze and bringing all of your worst fears and traumas to...
Forget about making a New Year’s Resolutions if you’re hoping for a successful outcome. Most aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. The biggest majority of New Year’s Resolutions have gone by the wayside before January is over and most won’t even be remembered three months later. Unused gym...
THE GOOD The #MeToo movement has put new life into the feminist movement and expect it to continue in 2018. The movies and TV, placed women and female writers in a position to influence: Wonder Woman, The Handmaid’s Tale, Lady Bird, The Keepers, Alias Grace, and Big Little...
It’s that time of year again. That lovely time of year. The decorations, the holiday music, Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney in the movie White Christmas, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer cartoon, Christmas cookies, Christmas parties. There are many Christmases. There is the religious Christmas that...
Our foundation was built by others… It is easy to forget that two world wars were fought in the 20th century. As a child of parents whose lives were altered by both of those wars, I have benefited with an education, the right to vote, freedom of speech and the...
I have been collecting sayings that have caught my attention or made me chuckle, or inspired me in some way. So, I thought I write my thoughts about them and why they caught my attention. Recent quote: “The word ‘Fuck” is a form of meditation and the more you...
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develop their authentic leadership as a source of power. Geoffrey X. Lane
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