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 – Trim the Tree
What does detachment mean to you? If someone said they were feeling ‘detached’ from a situation, you might assume they were feeling left out or separate; even cold or aloof. When I teach mindfulness, I describe it differently. Being detached from something doesn’t mean that you don’t care anymore. It’s to be aware ofContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Trim the Tree”
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 – Let It Out
Have you been holding things in lately? Sometimes we stay quiet because it feels like the right thing to do.It might also be better, now and then, not to rock the boat.And occasionally, because life is just easier that way, you might decide to keep shtum. I totally get it. There’s even some science behindContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Let It Out”
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