Shyness is 80% Learned

Shyness is 80% Learned

“Poor Alex. She is just too sensitive for this world.” I once heard someone say about me when I was a kid. Now that I know what I know, and I’ve done what I’ve done, I’d like to go back to that person today and punch them in the… No, wait, sorry I mean set them...
Build Stress Resilience With This Simple Tool

Build Stress Resilience With This Simple Tool

Stress is often created for us by external circumstances. But it’s how we respond internally that determines the impact that stress actually has on us. Whether it’s overwhelming or manageable. Whether we can steer ourselves through it or completely self-abandon....
5 Questions to Increase Team Stress Resilience

5 Questions to Increase Team Stress Resilience

As a facilitator delivering team resilience training, often my first job is to focus on changing perspectives. Or, at the very least, demonstrating that there is another view of a situation that is currently causing stress. The benefit of finding different ways to see...
54 Days Rowing The Atlantic

54 Days Rowing The Atlantic

I recently interviewed a woman called Sophie Pierce who, if you haven’t heard of her, rowed the Atlantic in 54 days this year with cystic fibrosis. She was literally in a tiny rowing boat with 3 other women for 54 days. That’s nearly two months. Two...
Are You Procrastinating or Just Out of Practice?

Are You Procrastinating or Just Out of Practice?

Are you procrastinating or just out of practice? For many of us, the first response to noticing we are procrastinating is self-criticism. But this actually makes it even less likely you’ll get the thing done. Sometimes, it’s actually not about your desire to do...