WHAT IS OUR WHY AS PARENTS AND WHO ARE WE BEYOND OUR CHILDREN
Recently I had a conversation with my three year old daughter, which shook me to the core. “Edna, I love you and I am so happy to have you in my life and to have…
WHY DOES A LEADER NEED TO KNOW THEIR OWN BRAIN?
In 2007, as I (Alis) began my career as a leadership development trainer, I was (naively) convinced that, if you show leaders what the best practices are when it comes to effective behaviours at work,…
WHAT IS ADULT PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
All of the key messages I got throughout my upbringing have been centred around what a successful person should learn/do/achieve in order to lead a happy, prosperous and fulfilling life. For years I strived to…
MINDFULNESS – A LIFE SKILL FOR A NEW WORLD
Twenty years ago, the concept of mindfulness and practices like meditation or yoga were in the realm of hippies, eccentrics, of the quirkiest of us. Since then, a revolution has taken place. While MRI and…
LET’S TALK STRAIGHT ABOUT COACHING
Last night I found my partner in the kitchen listening to a podcast. “It’s a coaching session” he told me as I walked in. “The coach is a friend of mine, a guy I like…
LIMITING BELIEFS – HOW TO BREAK FREE OF THE CAGE WE LOCK OURSELVES INTO
Over two decades ago, a remarkable man, a psychology professor called Martin Seligman, had a dialogue with his 5 year old daughter that would change his own life and the course of the science of psychology…
