Welcome to my blog
There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. This is all well and good if your aim is just to keep your body healthy. But what about your brain?
From chocolate to coffee and sleep, to sharper smarter thinking, join me for an article or three as I share insights, tips and ideas on what it takes to keep your brain operating at full speed, so you can wake up feeling refreshed, happier and healthier every day.
Welcome to my blog
There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. This is all well and good if your aim is just to keep your body healthy. But what about your brain?
From chocolate to coffee and sleep, to sharper smarter thinking, join me for an article or three as I share insights, tips and ideas on what it takes to keep your brain operating at full speed, so you can wake up feeling refreshed, happier and healthier every day.
Your Best Christmas Present. Ever.
If your December has disintegrated into a maelstrom of unfinished business, fret not. It’s time to gift yourself that extra special present. You know, the one thing you’ve been hoping to get because it’s what you really want.
Best of all this special gift isn’t going to cost you a cent.
Why Resilience at Work Needs a Fresh Perspective
It’s not that we need more resilience, which from a cynic’s perspective is seen as “let’s see how much more we can squeeze out of our people before they crack?”
If anything, it’s about creating sustainable resilience.
Why Trust at Work Matters
Trust. It’s the foundation of every relationship in work and life. When present it fosters loyalty and motivates the desire to contribute to sustain that relationship. It creates a sense of belonging; we feel we’re in the right place with the right person(s) and we feel happy.
Some say we should just go with our gut feeling. Others that we should only work with our logic and reasoning. There’s a place for both because they operate concurrently. The route we follow is the one we take the most notice of.
Bridging the Empathy Gap
What would you choose?
A higher paying job where profits came before people or a lower paying job, where you felt you were being treated as a person, listened to and encouraged to grow professionally?
Empathy matters because it makes feel cared for.
Are You Being Too Hard on Yourself?
Compassion.
It’s not about feeling sorry for ourselves or expecting a pity party.
It’s the acceptance that things haven’t turned out as expected, we’re doing it tough and it hurts.
Compassion is the reaction and kindness we might receive from a friend, it’s supportive and helpful.
It’s Time to Stop Food Waste
This week we celebrated World Food Day and my reflection was, “aren’t we lucky to live in such a great country such as Australia where we have access to such beautiful produce to keep us healthy and well?
But this isn’t the case for all Australians.
I was shocked to discover that four million have “food insecurity” – they don’t know where their next meal is coming from and even worse, on million of those are children.