SELF-AWARENESS
How Can Horses Help My Business, By Jackie Smith
We know that communication, relationship and leadership skills are critical for successful and productive businesses. It is the same when working with horses. Horses respond best to good connection, clear communication and consistent, calm leadership. They require us...
Evolutionary Intelligence the Next Step After EQ
When we speak to different groups and work in organisations we are often asked what Evolutionary intelligence is, so we thought we would spread the word a little wider. For many years now we have heard of the importance of EQ or Emotional Intelligence. There has been...
Neuroscience of Awareness
Neuroscience of Awareness. Would you like more of these in your life? 1. Emotional Balance 2. The ability to pause before you act 3. Insight 4. Empathy 5. Fear modulation 6. Intuition – the ability to listen to your body 7. The ability to act according to the greater...
Let’s Talk About All of You
My experience in working with individuals and businesses has shown how little we understand of who we are and how we function. By “who we are”, I mean the different aspects of us that make up the incredible beings we truly are. In my experience, it is when we...
Self Compassion
As humans, when we set ourselves a new goal, we generally begin that journey with great enthusiasm. Over time the enthusiasm can begin to wane, and in many cases after a month or two the goal seems nothing more than a distant memory that became too hard or...
Rituals
The majority of time in our days is often spent on the day to day managing of affairs. We get busy in the logistics, the to-do lists, the moment to moment situations that need our attention, and, if we are lucky, we remember to stay Present every now and then. When we...
Presence
As leaders, it’s vital to align our words, actions and energy with our personal and organisational goals. We need to develop the capacity to respond to situations or people from a place of our highest values – whenever humanly possible. However, sometimes we find...
Jill Bolte Taylor’s Powerful Stroke of Insight – Members Only
This is a profoundly moving, and at times humorous talk given by neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor. Jill suffered a stroke and over the following 4 hours, watched as her brain slowly shut down it’s function. As a result of her experience, she shares her insights into...
Helen Fisher Studies the Brain in Love – Members Only
An interesting and refreshing look at the mechanism of love – where it shows up in the brain whether in the early days of love, or after 10-25 years of marriage. Also, recently dumped lovers were studied and the result compared. Basically, it shows the love is the...
Grounding Meditation Members Only
Body Position and Observer Self: The first part of the process of grounding is to check you are sitting or standing in a comfortable way, as much as possible having your spine aligned and relaxed. After you have found a comfortable position, allow yourself to become...
Question Certainty – Article Summary Members Only
Article: Question Certainty An interesting perspective by Walter Frick in the HBR, on forecasting and the qualities of a certain subset of people who are excellent forecasters. These “superforecasters” use multiple information sources and tools, possess...
Inner Type B Manager – Article Summary Members Only
Article: Embrace Your Inner Type-B Manager This article by Victor Lipman argues that more relaxed or laid-back managers are often overlooked for management roles, as we tend to default to those with more aggression as they seem more authoritative....
Bruce Lipton – Fear and Love Video Members Only
Bruce Lipton on Fear and Love Bruce Lipton, Author of Biology of Belief, explains the biological consequence of living in fear vs living in love, in a very easy to understand way. Our stress response is meant for short term energy to defend from or run away...
Harnessing Neuroscience to Change Your Life
The majority of time in our days is often spent on the day to day managing of affairs. We get busy in the logistics, the to-do lists, the moment to moment situations that need our attention, and, if we are lucky, we remember to stay Present every now and then. When we...
Presence and Trust
Presence, a.k.a. mindfulness is one of the ultimate aims of our leadership development programs and coaching programs. To remain completely present in the moment with awareness, allows us to make choices that are aligned with our personal, community and organisational...
How Are Your Stress Levels Right Now?
Take a moment, right now, to ask yourself how you feel. Feel into your body, and listen to it's wisdom. Check into your throat, your heart, your solar plexus and your gut - how are they feeling? Are they expansive, or constricted? Notice your breath. Are you breathing...