Recently appointed C-suite leader with a non-visible disability: “I know I should be grateful for this promotion. I can’t let on that I’m struggling with the transition.” Mid-career leader with a spinal lesion: “I can’t ask for adjustments. I’m just grateful to have been given this opportunity. I can’t afford…
Every year, around this time, I make sure I take some time to reflect on the year just gone. I’m not one to make impulsive, and often unfounded, new-years resolutions, but I get a sense of being grounded by reminding myself about what was hard that I got through, what…
Christmas can be a time of heightened emotions, and despite what we’re led to believe, these emotions are not always positive! Loneliness and grief can re-surface, tempers fray as work groups try to meet unrealistic deadlines and expectations, and Christmas lunch can be more resemblant of the Gaza strip than…
This month’s article has been inspired by the experience of my 47th recorded PhINC. (Phone Incited Near Collision). I started my Monday holiday with a lovely morning run, and as I’m soaking up the sight of the first autumn colours and the sweet sounds of waking Rosella, out of nowhere…
I have to say up front that I’m not a huge fan of Christmas. Not in the Scrooge or Grinch kind of way, it’s just that having never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I often feel lost and lonely. All that peace and joy, tinsel…
Regular readers will be aware that I have a vision impairment. I was born with congenital cataracts, and had around twelve operations as a child, my first at 12 weeks, and most before the age of four. There’s no explanation for why my sight was affected – it was just…
We live in a disposable society – it’s easy to throw stuff out when we no longer need, like or want it. As an example, the combined impact of clever marketing and planned obsolescence means we’ve barely figured out how to work our new smart phone before we’re desparate to…
Expending physical, emotional or mental energy depletes us – if we don’t replenish our energy we run the risk of collapsing physically or suffering burn out. Even the Eveready Bunny eventually conks out! But there’s another type of energy we can tap into – relational (social) energy – and it…
Even in our relatively safe and prosperous country, bush fires, floods, crime and accidents are all too common. And we all know someone who’s battled cancer, responded to a family tragedy or faced a life changing event. Somehow these people find a way to keep going. We call them resilient,…
Many people tell me they’re struggling with motivation right now, whether due to exhaustion, a setback, a loss of direction, or just a cold, dark winter. So it’s timely to take a look at what we can do to keep moving forward, in spite of the things that seem to…
