Your thoughts are like a live-stream, you are criticising what you just thought, you are feeling off-balance and you are about to yell in frustration. Sound familiar? What do you want instead? A clear mind, a calm heart, a good decision, and an effective next action would probably be your choice, if you are anything like me or the many people I have coached. In this scenario, or any stressful moment, you are battling your three voices. What are they...? 1. The babbling voi

Someone asked, 'What is "consciousness"?' The dictionary says quite simply 'awareness'. Plato says, 'Awareness of awareness.' When you are aware of being aware you are in touch with your pure authentic Self who is always the witness of your existence, physical and eternal. Practice being aware of when you are aware. What is your experience? How do you coach 'consciousness'? We want to live our best, using all the 'feminine' soft skills we have developed as expressions of ou

MINDFULNESS FOR CONSCIOUS LEADERS In leadership development we use personality profiles to diagnose potential and behaviour, but do you know how to diagnose your thoughts? Three states of mind make up our menu of choice. Here's a simple method of identifying your own state of mind drawn from yogic understanding of the mind: 1. Inertia, apathy, insensitiveness, indifference 2. Uncontrolled, busy, desiring, worrying, criticising, frustration 3. Calm, resourceful, compassionat

None of us particularly like being the victim of someone else's ego. We mentally roll our eyes, feel the nipping sensation in our gut, feel the hackles rise. But what about our own ego? Those reactions we just had to someone else's inflated, or perhaps deflated, view of themselves were in fact our own ego coming into play. This little game of hide-n-seek with the mask of the ego is what keeps us locked in to unhealthy exchanges and less productive results. Listening to a pod