Conscious advice.
A compilation of articles to help you to be your true self and to follow your own path.
An Unsuspecting Lesson In Leadership In A VUCA World
It was Sunday week ago, on Mother’s Day, I was one of those ten excited women at Brisbane Airport discussing what awaited us on our holiday kayaking and camping in the Whitsunday Islands. Tranquil waters, spectacular views, white pristine beaches, accessing secluded beaches, being at one with nature and, of course, wine. What we didn’t talk about, nor did it even cross my mind, was a lesson in the importance of leadership in a VUCA world. Confused?
Curiosity Breeds Awareness (And I’m Quietly Confident It Didn’t Kill The Cat)
I remember back then, watching her with fascination, as she explored each room for the first time. Just as she did on the weekend, full of curiosity as she cautiously approached different objects; touching, sniffing, jumping, rubbing up against them. All the while learning how to interact and react with the objects in the room;
Always Choose Conscious Living: The Unconscious Mind Is A Caged Mind
Imagine for a moment, you’re a young bird perched high on a branch in the mountains ready to take flight, flapping your strong wings as you rise high into the sky, stretching your wings as wide you can to glide high above the trees as you catch the wind currents – what a sensation. But you can’t, you’ve never flown as you’re a caged bird. Your natural instincts simply a gnawing feeling inside, an internal conflict that can’t be understood.
Living Authentically Means to Live Outside of Social Norms
It was the closest thing I can imagine to be a puppet and the director, producers, choreographers the puppeteers. From the moment you step foot on the stage and the curtains open, the true authentic YOU disappears.
It’s Not Another “Chicken and the Egg” Story; Or Is It?
Ok so it is another “Chicken and the Egg” story. My dilemma – I’m finding an increasing number of people using the words worthiness and confidence interchangeably and this got me thinking - do you need confidence to feel worth? Or do you need to feel worth before you can be confident?
The Great Wall Of Confidence
September 2013, at the age of 41, was my very first overseas holiday and of all places in the world I chose China. Yep China. I signed myself up (alone) for a women’s only trekking adventure to the Great Wall of China, mostly staying in home stays
Why Perfectionism Is Like A Debilitating Disease That Needs To Be Managed
Have you personally experienced or watched someone close to you suffer from a degenerative disease? Quite often, the initial signs of the disease are subtle, you may not even know anything is wrong; dismissing the signs for stress, tiredness or age. But as the disease worsens the symptoms don’t go away.
Choose Humility; True Leaders Tame Their Ego
But when ego goes rogue your personal sense of reality becomes a blur, you become the centre of the universe and everything becomes all about you; your importance, your abilities, your goals. Imagine a race horse and its Jockey…
Who Have You Been Comparing Yourself To? Do We Have Comparison All Wrong?
When you compare yourself to others and attempt to follow someone else’s footsteps; imitating their success, you are not being your authentic self. You are trying to become a better version of someone else.
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