5 great reasons to keep a journal
Do you keep a journal? Perhaps you have your favourite lush notebook and pen, or an app on your mobile to write draw or record your inner thoughts, discoveries and feelings? But for some, this discipline is new and has eluded them. However, keeping a journal is a...
Journaling – What is it and how to do it.
You may have already heard that journaling or keeping a diary can help you in many different ways. But what journaling is and what the benefits are can sometimes be confusing. This brief article has been written to help in your understanding. If you want to know more,...
How to make journaling work with a hectic work schedule
Finding time every day to keep a journal can be a challenge, but with a few tips and tricks to help you, you’ll soon be on your way to making your diary an integrated part of every day. The benefits of journaling are many, from increasing your mental energy to...
Learn how to receive criticism without being offended
Criticism is defined as the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes. How we receive criticism is in the mindset. It’s perfectly normal to want to shy away from. The last thing you want to hear is...
A method of delivering a great feedback session – Pendleton’s Rules
The purpose of delivering and receiving feedback is one of improvement. We need to ensure that everyone involved in the feedback process is ready – perhaps check out this quick mental checklist to assist if you are in the receiving space. A model that I have...
Avoiding that defensive feeling when we receive feedback
It is a great experience to receive feedback when it is done well. As a receiver of feedback, perhaps there are a few things that we can do as pre-conditioning or self-positioning before we receive feedback. If you know that feedback is good for you, why do you...
A twist on walking coaching – walking meditation….
Some of you may already practice meditation techniques as part of your daily routine. This may take place with yourself sitting down, with eyes closed and focusing on your breathing etc. A slight shift on this could be meditating while walking. I am not talking about...
A guide to your first meditation
Meditation is something that we’re constantly being encouraged to use. Every self-help guru, every highly successful individual and even many athletes trumpet its many benefits and the research too seems to back-up its value. So why don’t more people practice it? The...