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July 22, 2012
I recently went on holidays to Montreal. It's such a cool city because it feels very much like Europe but is a modern, diverse city (with almost all people there speaking English), with amazing shopping and fantastic restaurants. My friend and I had the BEST oysters EVER at Cavalli, and really unique seafood entrees at La Bremner. There's so many fun things to do, one of my favourites was The Piknic Electronik, Montreal's weekly Sunday […]
June 16, 2012
Who are you? When my clients come to me they can not answer that question. Who the world has told you to be? And have you been listening? Are you living a life that is more in alignment with your "authentic self” (who you were created to be) or your "artificial self” (who the world has told you to be)? As children we became actors. And for many people they keep on acting throughout their […]
May 31, 2012
New research is shedding light on how men and women operate in the workplace. A lot of women say they often feel afraid or tongue-tied when it comes time to speak up in a meeting or a group setting. It turns out there may be a biological reason. Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute studied the impact of social rank in a small group on the ability to solve problems. The researchers gave a group of […]
May 28, 2012
Unassertive people will beat around the bush, talk in circles, and hint about how they feel, instead of being direct and getting to their point of the conversation. There is a common misconception that we have to give long-winded reasons and excuses for why we want or do not want something. We don’t --in fact, the more you talk, the worse it is! These are some false beliefs about being direct, which […]
May 18, 2012
I love birds and I've dreamed of having the freedom of flying like a bird for many years, but my huge fear of heights always prevented me from wanting to skydive or go paragliding. (Or anything else that involved heights! Roller coasters were even too much for me until my mid 20's) I had a couple of traumatic experiences involving heights when I was a child and it's only been in the past 10 years […]
