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 – Choose to Challenge
Do you ever find it hard to say what you really think? It’s not always easy. And it’s definitely tiring. We worry about offending others. We think we’re taking up too much space. We apologise before we even start. How many of us have started a sentence with “Sorry, can I just ask something?” There are lots of reasons weContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Choose to Challenge”
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 – Speak Your Peace
How patient are you feeling right now? With everything that’s happening in the world, it makes sense if you’re feeling a little tense, with a wish that things would change. And soon. It’s not just COVID that we’re tired of hearing about; you probably heard there was an election happening in the U.S., as someContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Speak Your Peace”
Monday Mojo – Return to You
Where have you been during COVID? I don’t mean physically; I mean the real you.The one that laughs when your toast lands butter side down because you know, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t really matter.The one who smiles just because the sun is shining.The one who sparkles as you sing along withContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Return to You”
