Connecting with nature: the ‘biophilia effect’
A year of lockdown taught us that our connection with the outdoors and particularly with nature is not only important and deep rooted, but biologically hardwired. Notice the effect of
Appreciation
Can you think of a time when you have felt appreciated? Perhaps a colleague appreciated your presence in a meeting or a friend expressed how they appreciate you being there
Invest in yourself: guest blog by Holly Irwin
For the majority of the last 11 months it’s felt difficult to find time for anything other than the basics; the tasks that have to be done. Juggling work and
Taking a space walk
Awareness There’s a bit of a standing joke in my household that spatial awareness is not my strongest suit! I’m no map reader and can be pretty clumsy at times.
Learning: 5 ways to step out of your comfort zone
A new year can be a time to make plans, to look forward – we might think about opportunities we’d like to create, relationships we’d like to build or aspirations
Setting an intention
What would it be like if you were to spend a few moments each morning considering your intention for the day? What difference would it make? Setting an intention is
It’s time for ‘why’
Now seems like a good time to be revisiting the ‘why’ of work. Why do we do what we do? And what’s important about that…? Could you take a few
Keep your questions clean!
Have you ever thought about how the questions we ask as managers, parents, coaches or friends may unintentionally contain assumptions based on our ‘map of the world’? And did you
Ways to build purpose – the why and the how
What is purpose? Purpose is the ‘pathway to flourishing’ says Martin Seligman,pioneer of positive psychology and Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi, psychologist and originator of the concept of ‘flow’, states that ‘purpose provides