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On a walk in the woods recently, I saw winter's accumulated garbage and litter everywhere. It looks strangely depressing next to the crocuses and yellow daffodils. Everywhere I look, things are budding and...

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In my work as a mediator and conflict coach, what touches my heart the most is the way so many of us want a deeper connection with others, but can't seem to find it. Bronnie Ware, a palliative care...

The "Wheel of Life" may be 'old hat' to many of us, but it's endlessly flexible. Did you know that the categories we use on the Life Balance Wheel can be used to help make decisions on everything from life...

Get Your New Group or Team Performing Beautifully! I first remember learning about Tuckman's 5 Stages of Teams Development and model while a management trainee at a large company. I found it...

These 15 Goal-Setting Questions will help you create your best year ever. Set aside 30 minutes, settle in somewhere snug and warm with a cuppa (or glass of wine) and relax. Answer the questions below—and...

Contrary what we've been told, achieving our goals does NOT give us lasting happiness. Working towards and achieving goals is the PURSUIT of happiness. Because eventually the euphoria wears off and then...

Ben Renshaw in his mini-book, The Secrets of Happiness says: On average by the age of eighteen we will have been praised and encouraged 30,000 times—and most of this... by the time we are three. By...

I love inspirational quotes, don't you? And over the last 15 years I have diligently collected well close to two thousand of them! There is so much wisdom in quotes - and being short and sweet they can be...

Imagine a glass full of water scooped up from a puddle in a field. It's muddy and swirling around—like our daily lives, full of activity, messiness and life! But if you put that glass of water down and...