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What do you do for a living? Some people will say “I’m a doctor,” or “I’m a computer programmer.” Our identities, our sense of who we are, get caught up in what we do . When this happens and jobs shift and change as AI and automation removes certain parts of our roles, we will […]
Read More What do you do for a living?Notice is a key component of wellbeing. When we notice what’s around us and pay attention to the moment, we allow our mind to settle and come to the present moment. I’m curious how notice can also apply to others and so found a question prompt in my journal that focuses on this I think: […]
Read More Who is someone you could notice today?The rate of change is quoted as being the fastest it’s ever been. The social and cultural dynamics are in a constant state of flux. During change, we spend time processing the change, what was and what is to become from the change. We do this processing cognitively. We also go through some physiological shifts […]
Read More The future is change, the antidote is learnImagine a friend of yours who you admire and appreciate. What is it about them that you admire? What do they do that you appreciate? When you think of how lucky you are to be friends with them, how does that feel? We can probably more easily come up with responses to those questions when […]
Read More Be kind to yourselfThis see-saw from Emotional Agility by Susan David is interesting. If you get these two in balance, competence and challenge, you will feel energised. If the challenge outweighs your competence, you will feel stressed, anxious and potentially overwhelmed. If the challenge is less than the level of your competence it will be boring for you. […]
Read More Competence – ChallengeOne of the key areas that has a massive impact on the quality of our lives and how we feel our life is going, is the daily routines that we fall into. Routines can be useful when they are intentionally created – morning routines where you work on your key goals and projects for example […]
Read More Groundhog DayWe have so much in common with a chameleon. Just kidding not much but one of the things we do have in common is how we unconsciously change who we are because of the people we associate with. This can be changing our attitudes, behaviours and opinions. How we show up to others and who […]
Read More Don’t be a chameleon!How we respond to setbacks is an important skill to develop individually & collectively. We set out plans, goals and projects to strive towards. We create signposts to aim for between the end goal and where we are now. We’re in a world where the number of variables that can influence our journey is so […]
Read More If not this then something betterThis is the Kanizsa triangle. No doubt you can see a white triangle and three black dots in the image. Our minds fill in the blanks to create these. Yet the truth is, there is no complete shapes in this image. Our mind’s imagination provides what we want to see by filling in the lines. […]
Read More Don’t be stuck in the past“There is no change without resistance.” Any changes we make or want to make – physical or mental – create an element of resistance from our bodies and minds. It could be a change to our level of fitness that we’ve set out to achieve. Once you set this as a goal, your homeostasis (keep […]
Read More “There is no change without resistance.”