How do you feel about making “trouble”? When teaching about communication, people often conflate aggressive with assertive. Aggressive dialogue involves shouting, pointing and calling people names – not the best way to get a point across. The problem (especially for women), is we’re called aggressive when we’re actually calling people out. (In fact, we’re oftenContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Be a Disrupter”
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Monday Mojo – Draw the Line
Has someone been pushing your buttons lately? I ask, because we all have a tipping point. Even those of us who like to think of ourselves as generally calm and centred, can be pushed too far when tensions are frayed. Lockdown isn’t easy; daily doom cycles mean we’re feeling the overwhelm. So if someone pokedContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Draw the Line”
Monday Mojo – Hold Your Own
How are you holding up? It’s fair to say, there’s a level of unease in the world right now. If you’re fed up of hearing about the new global conversation in COVID-19, I promise this post isn’t actually about the virus, but it does help me to make an important point. Not everyone is concernedContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Hold Your Own”
Monday Mojo – Speak Your Truth
Where do you share your opinions? There are places in your life where you may feel safe to say what you think. Amongst close friends, some well chosen colleagues or certain members of your family maybe. In some particular environments though, you may keep your thoughts and feelings to yourself for fear of judgement. InContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Speak Your Truth”
Monday Mojo – Check Your Weather
If you had to take the temperature of your life right now, what would it be? Whether it feels nice and pleasant, or cloudy with a chance of meatballs, sometimes it’s good to stop and take a measure of your environment. When we are struggling with something difficult it might be because our confidenceContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Check Your Weather”
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