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5 Social Stimuli to Help You Navigate Fear.
by Thandie Balfour Advances in Neuroscience have identified that fear based on physical stimuli (such as a snake) lights up the same spot...
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Resilience – our Super Power
Dealing with Fear Series How do people cope with challenging circumstances and come out the other side stronger and wiser? Neuroscience...
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Othering must fall
This is a story of othering (no I didn’t make up that word, it a real thing). It's a tale of tolerance - with real life lessons in diversity
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Deeply democratic decision making – the antidote for civil disobedience
This is the final of this series, and I will show you how, by applying the simple Deep Democracy 4 Step process, how leaders of society can
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Look for the Alternative View, or Face the Consequences
Making good decisions is hard, especially in these times where we are faced with so much uncertainty and distress.
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The Importance of Staying Open
All views will hold some wisdom, if you take the time to examine them closely enough. In the Lewis Deep Democracy decision making process,
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How to Harness the Wisdom of the Alternative View in Times of Crisis
Blog 1 of 5 on excellence in decision making. In this unprecedented time there are many opinions and no clear obvious way to proceed....
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Four Types of Leadership Preferences- which one are you showing up as?
The capacity to embrace and work with diversity has never been more pressing. Globalisation, technological advances and the new world of wor
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Commitment In The Face Of The Corona Pandemic
This pandemic presents us with a challenge that requires collective action and commitment. Our commitment should be seen at three levels;
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Commitment is the fuel for creative work
The journey has opened vistas I did not think possible in terms of how relationships, particularly in conflict riddled environments, work.
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Commit: the act of consciously choosing a new way of being.
What is the art of committing to change? Is there some secret recipe we can apply that will magically overcome our internal resistance?
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5 Ways to Create the Life you want to Live
Make sure you are repeating these positive actions to create a positive, happy life.
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The Stunningly Simple Secret to Relationships that Work
At Shine we have 4 very important words that guide everything we do, connect, clarify, create and commit.
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Creation & The Brain at Work
Creativity is usually associated with the arts or the entertainment industry. This has however changed over the last couple of decades or so
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Creating the new: Learning from the world champions that have inspired millions
As we sit in the aftermath of what has truly been a world triumph, I simply can’t help but wonder what led the South African Springbok....
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Clarity – Running out of Mind-fog to Mindfulness
The search for clarity is a constant and ongoing journey. It is a journey in which one’s path is usually tempered by either indecision...
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Owning our Humanness
As we enter this new world of work, soft skills will become the top skills. Technology and machinery can do many wonderful things, however..
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6 Ways to Avoid Confusion in Communication
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. 6 Ways to Avoid Confusion in Communication.
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Accessing our wisdom through clarity and compassion.
We respond and make decisions based on how we feel about events and situations in our lives – at work, at home and in our relationships.
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I can see clearly now the rain has gone. Three lessons in Clarity.
When we are in the grip of intense emotions, we experience the world as we feel, not how it is. Three helpful lessons in CLARITY.
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