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Change can come about from a chance conversation, a book recommendation or an inspirational quote. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Maya Angelou

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Measuring your Mental Fitness (no Lycra required!)
Wed 9th December, 2020

At New Year we often focus on our physical health; participating in dry January, taking out a gym membership or putting Joe Wicks back on our screens every morning, cutting down or quitting on smoking / chocolate/ carbs / alcohol (I can keep going on…..).  But we rarely think about focusing on our Mental Health. […]

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How to Avoid Burn Out
Thu 12th November, 2020

Using the 3 R’s of ‘recognise, reverse and resilience’, here are my top 10 tips for noticing and dealing with burnout. Stop, look, and listen – your body will tell you exactly how you feel as long as you stop long enough to tap into actually how it is feeling.  Ask yourself on a scale from […]

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ABC of Good Leaders
Wed 30th September, 2020

Here is our ABC’s to become a good leader. A = AUTHENTIC speak, act and say what you mean and consistently B = BRAVE leadership is not just showing and sharing your strengths but also your human, vulnerable side C = CHAMPIONING others by demonstrating that you believe in them 100%, even when they don’t D = DEPENDABLE by following […]

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Creating new possibilities
Wed 29th July, 2020

Creating new possibilities – a coach approach to helping peers and colleagues to come up with new ideas As managers and leaders part of our role is helping others think, choose and act; but that can sometimes be easier said than done.  To help you stop ‘telling’ people what to do and move towards ‘asking’ […]

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Reflecting on reflection
Fri 3rd July, 2020

I’ve just completed a three-week programme of 7am starts three time a week to sit in silence with a bunch of strangers and to just write, prompted by a poem or prose or a key word for that day.  It’s been a ‘me sanctuary’ as I sit and write for 20 minutes, uninterrupted and supported […]

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