by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Dec 21, 2020 | Advent
Research shows that those people who find the courage to have difficult conversations have more positive relationships and are healthier when measured by the strength of their immune systems. You can understand why. Avoiding difficult conversations won’t make them go...
by Kerri Summers | Dec 17, 2020 | Advent
With work life balance we assume that, like a playground seesaw, when one is high the other is low. If you are smashing it at work, there is a price to pay at home. If you are making fairy cakes with your 7 year old on a weekday afternoon your work will suffer....
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Dec 17, 2020 | Advent
Imagine if we could look at every person and every situation in our life as if for the first time, with a fresh new attitude, not tainted by what we know or think we know. This is called the beginners mind. We don’t jump to conclusions and we seek possibilities rather...
by Kerri Summers | Dec 14, 2020 | Advent
No matter how you feel about networks, fostering them matters. They teach us new things, do favours, introduce us to new possibilities and people, makes us more innovative and give us a sounding board. If you want to know what is wrong with your network think about...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Dec 14, 2020 | Advent
One thing we know is that if we approach a great challenge, difficulty or fear defensively, and react habitually, we are less likely to reach a creative solution and more likely to be worked up and worried. It may sound counterintuitive but in mindfulness practice we...
