The changes we have experienced over the past 12 months have left their mark, not only on how we navigate our environment but also on how we manage our internal worlds. It’s one thing to not be able to travel and conduct face-to-face meetings, or to not get together in a group of people. It’s another thing to adapt to one unexpected lockdown after another.
No-one can escape loss. It’s an unavoidable part of life that goes way beyond death. There are many different kinds of loss: job, marriage, home, status, health – in short, any change in familiar relationships or circumstances.
It is easy to say “just think positive” when your biology is not designed to. The fact is, your brain is supposed to alert you to anything that doesn’t work and which may threaten your survival.
When Socrates spoke about “care of the self” more than 2,500 years ago, his definition of self-care was one of “care for the soul”, the search for self-knowledge, and the understanding of ourselves beyond body, status, wealth, and reputation. As he explained: “Once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves, but otherwisewe never shall.”
We started out the year with a promise: 2020 was going to be the time of perfect vision. We were going to create a brand-new future. How does the old saying go? Be careful what you wish for?
Women do want to break through the glass ceiling and sit on company boards and lead corporations. But to achieve this, more active support from senior executives and guidance for younger women in the work force is needed, writes Janine Garner, a successful entrepreneur and author of the new book From ME to WE. A second piece of advice comes from executive coach Angela Heise who wants women to go against convention as well as network and work together.
Gratitude needs to be genuine to be effective – but the results can be uplifting, not being true to yourself? We walk you through how to uncover and embrace your genuine self.
