Never has the phrase ‘step into another’s shoes’ been more practically applied. This powerful NLP exercise of looking at a situation from different perspectives enables you to gain insights into the other person’s behaviour, needs and positive intentions. This tool has multiple applications: conflict resolution, customer service, marketing/new product launches, presentations/meetings and putting forward a new …
Tarika just knew she had to have that pair of skinny jeans! She had lost weight and looked so good in them. She had only intended to try on a new pair to motivate her, but now she found herself swiping her card for three times what she’d ever paid for jeans before. She heard that voice …
How do you see your business? Is it like your baby, needing to be protected and cared for, or like a building, standing on a strong foundation — rock solid? Maybe you see it as a tree, rooted and bearing much fruit or like a sport, the thrill of beating the competition foremost in your …
Had a consult the other day: The girl has been struggling with two decisions in the past that didn’t go well… Interestingly she talked about them both as paths: one going left and the other right. She had wanted a third path so bad but was forced to pick only from the two. She did …
Heena came to me with a high degree of work stress. The client cannot understand the limitations her team has and her manager doesn’t seem to have enough bite to set client expectations right. She was saved by the bell recently as she had dialed the client to give her a piece of her mind, but her call went to voice …
My client Ramya spent at least an hour every morning feeling bad for herself, something she said she couldn’t help doing. She’d wake up and see this big moving picture of an event from way back in the past that would stir up feelings of poor self worth and dread of going out in public. …
Recently worked with a young woman leader, Sasha*, who was having a very hard time managing her male team member, Manu*. Culturally, gender has been known to play a large part in how a woman boss is accepted by her male colleagues. To add fuel to the fire, Sasha had been his peer till a couple of …
Making peace in the hive – a Queen bee’s perspective Read More »
When I took up yoga, it was purely to fix my digestive issues. I was fortunate to have found a beautifully grounded teacher who led us through a classical hatha practice every day, minus the smoke and mirrors (read overly creative twists and repackaged forms). My love for purity was reinforced at both my teachers’ …
Oh what a tangled web we weave, made up of thoughts and actions of the ego. What if instead it were a tapestry, a feast for the senses, a representation of our soul? What if the wefts were the very fibre of your being, holding the fabric of your life’s purpose together? What if the …
I know I’m stating the obvious, especially to those of you who live in close proximity to us ‘yogis’, but I felt we needed to address the down dog in the room. There are days when the moon is pulling our strings and others when life happens: your home is in chaos, you’re being pulled …
