It’s always exciting to get vouchers as gifts. For me it means going shopping with someone else’s cash! So I was excited to receive a voucher from our local store The Himalayan Trading Post which has a great selection of books. I picked out two books (and spent a little of my own cash), for my holiday…
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We’re so excited to announce that our one-day workshop is coming back in 2019! This one-day workshop has been extremely popular with such a wide variety of people from all sorts of industries and businesses. Ever wondered why people won’t listen to you? Do you get tired of repeating yourself over? Want to improve your…
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The year has gone so fast hasn’t it? I’ve been hearing this loads over the last couple of weeks as the 1st of December arrived and this weird sense of panic appears to set in. What I find interesting about years going fast or slow is that the sun still takes the same amount of time…
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Mindfulness and presence are huge buzzwords at the moment. What do they mean and how do you achieve them? How can you become present and experience your ‘presence’ without thinking about being present? Are you a slave to your mind? My focus in the last few weeks has been on developing my presence. I have…
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Wow, wow, wow! I am so grateful to Dr Richard Bolstad for creating this life changing course called Transforming Communication (TC). Thank you, thank you, thank you! Last week we finished another nine-week TC journey with a group of enthusiastic and dedicated participants and once again the feedback was humbling and inspiring. I am always…
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Over the last two weeks I’ve made some time at the end of the day and over the weekend to watch the Wimbledon semi-finals and finals matches. Yes – I’m aware that the Wimbledon tournament has finished and yes, I knew the outcome of the matches, however I do like watching a bit of tennis. …
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We’re so excited to announce that our one-day course is open to the public!! Ever wondered why people won’t listen to you? Do you get tired of repeating yourself over? Want to improve your connections with your family? Colleagues? Team? We’re offering a our one-day Essential Communication Skills workshop on Wednesday the 29th of August…
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One of the most common reasons individuals attend our communication courses is to learn the skills of assertiveness. That is how to tell someone you’re unhappy without causing more upset or conflict. A couple of years after leaving high school I remember doing an assertiveness course at our local technical institute. It was run by…
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Finding accomplishment among the mess isn’t easy when you’re used to working to your own routine and pattern. The last few weeks have challenged my perspective and my MO (modus operandus) given the unexpected external events that have taken my attention from my usual routine and structure and led me to new places. I’m reminded…
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What has training a kitten got to do with business or self-development? Heaps actually … it requires patience in spades as they have a mind of their own. I guess that’s why people talk about herding cats as being tricky – I have to herd three of them from time to time and it’s not…
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