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Joel White's lived experience of challenges with mental health inform the work he does today. We all crave connection.   Working on the relationship with yourself makes all the difference. You are there with yourself all the time.      What is that relationship with yourself like? Look at the people around you.     "A lot of people are afraid to move on.  Somehow, they get stuck.    Rewired is abo...

Carol gives tips on dating after 70 years of age.   Some of them may surprise you!   Deal breakers What are the deal breakers? "What am I not going to put up with? You have to know yourself in your heart. "  advises Carol.

Kori Kanayama shares how she made the move from organisational consultancy to becoming a community chef.   She is honest that pivoting was driven by the loss of her health, which forced her to reexamine the options for her career.  As a consultant, key ingredients are paying attention and to listening to the client.  Whatever you are doing, the client has to be getting value.   The effective consu...

Laura Gates gives her personal insight on how she navigated grief following the  loss of her sister. "I work in Silicon Valley in the tech industry, but I've really had a wonderful experience working with all types of leaders from all types of backgrounds", Laura shares.  "I am learning that grief changes its shape and its form over time." Speaking about her sister, who lost her life suddenly, Lau...

In Light, Stephen Light illuminates places through his work and the passion that he brings with it. He works across multicultural groups employing a systemic team relationship focus to solutions, and he also enjoys facilitating the creativity that stems from such diversity. Initially Stephen trained as a Scientist and found his way to caring about people. He has his own journey of discovery.

Integration and Intersection brings personal stories to life. Bob Varney had been losing his excitement about companies. Now, through his life experiences he is witnessing what partnering with others actually looks like.  He is impacting lives and that makes it personal.  He is learning patience.  David Garrison's book 'How God is redeeming a lost world 'is illuminating; highlighting insights into...

David Taylor Klaus says, "What matters rests largely on how we define success.    The lens through which we choose to see the world colours, the evidence we collect?  We do not see the world as it is. We see the world as we are. Ask 100 people what success means to them and you may get at least 20 different responses. "

Leadership: the personal lens of Morlai Kargbo was an opportunity for spotlight for the ACCA winner to offer a personal insight to his early life, the driver to support disadvantaged accountants and what he considers success.    Morlai's Early Life Morlai Kargbo a Sierra Leonean, born, went to primary and secondary school in Sierra Leone.  He lived there until he was his early thirties.  Morlai's...

In her journey towards courage Fran Borg-Wheeler talks about her struggles, her successes and why she is passionate about heartcentred leadership. "I wanted to be a barrister. So, I went and did a law degree and found myself being offered opportunities to do volunteering work.  These days, a focus on thriving is one of my core priorities alongside serving and supporting others. I talk openly about...

Brenda Yoho is expressing her voice . She says "Every person is valuable.  Everyone has some kind of value in life and a meaning and a purpose. I can aim to make others feel good and to feel safe.  Every day I do something that I know will help someone feel a little bit better and that brings value to them." Her book "Lead with Two Rules, Feeling Good and Feeling Safe" offers a simple and powerful...

Lucy Harrison remembers her older brother, Peter. Peter lived his life for others - his family, his friends and especially his sister Lucy. His tragic death in a road crash took the bottom out of Lucy's world. She knows change is needed in relation to road safety, reducing road danger and fighting for justice for victims. A sister's tribute talks about how the love of a brother changes lives. It d...

People who are good leaders are motivated from a position of love. That's a little word with many different meanings.  These people are leading with the best of intentions; their personal life and their work life is driven by desire to do things for the best, they  screw  up  and mess up sometimes. "Good Leaders in Turbulent Times: How to Navigate Wild Waters at Work "  has been a vehicle for me t...

Considering the theme, vulnerability - my journey towards connecting with myself, David Taylor-Klaus  or DTK thinks out loud, "What if you started off with, what will this look like when it's easy? What a different mindset, what is a different way to look at it? Imagine how this invites possibility by envisioning? Vulnerability shows up when I bombed that one, I learned one way not to do it, consi...

"Excavating Memories, archaeology and home, touches on how we construct identity through things we keep by choice and by accident", says Elizabeth Mosier.  Crucially it spotlights how we construct identity and express what we value through the things we keep by choice or by accident.  True treasure isn't the object It's the stories the object tells, the information about people and the relationshi...

Debra Allcock Tyler's dream for the future involves people being a bit more thoughtful and intentional. "It's not that we have to agree with each other. It's about the way we engage. I'd really like to see, some kind of kindness." "I am the eldest of four children. I come from a massive mixed race Anglo Indian Catholic family. My mother's one of seven. I have loads and loads of cousins. I struggle...

" Hope does not come out of denial. Failure comes out of denial, I've learned in the last few years to acknowledge the awfulness of what is going on and to say it's really bad. Things do get better. There have been times in my life when I've been full of despair, when things have been really, really bad for me, and I look back and remember I got through it. When there are people, there is always h...

When asked about surviving and thriving, adventurer Erik Seversen says: "In my triangle of life, there's work life, family life, and the self. I wake up excited to get to work every single day. I trained for the real mountain every day. When I climb big mountains, I go alone with guides, but I alone. I spend time thinking about how much I appreciate family and how much I appreciate easy things. I'...

Telling her story live and uncut, Rachel Schofield, author of  "The Career Change Guide, Five Steps to Finding Your Dream Job" reminds us we are constantly evolving. There is so much of our careers that is down to being in the right place. We're human. Careers are messy things. That's what makes them interesting. Career shifts whether these are big or small are not necessarily monumental. What do...

Uplifted under the bonnet is about bringing your authentic self to life and living. This shines a spotlight on human flourishing, the kindness, compassion, hope and empathy. Our stream of consciousness considers, where we are trying to get to in our journey through life. We reflect on what needs we are trying to satisfy. The reality is that most of us are trying to satisfy very simple needs such a...

Taking the time is like slowing down to speed up is the right answer. It is about the legacy we live, lead and leave. Inspiration can be found in how Stephen Sidebottom tells his story. Finding happiness in the place you are, is the thing that matters the most. You have a choice, which is what's your next step, and you have a choice of, am I going to be happy, or do I choose not to be? Success rec...

Adversity can lead to triumphing in the face of challenges and suffering. Deshauna Barber is doing good in the world from a place of knowing what it's like to serve. She is doing her story, being her story, telling her story. Pretty Ugly Lessons: empowering strategies to transform adversity into triumph by a former Miss USA and Army veteran is a treasure trove. Highlighted is the importance of get...

Adversity is hard, painful, challenging and unsettling. Confronting crisis, chaotic situations and developments can be overwhelming. One woman, Juliet Lamin used her personal tragedy to find her purpose and passion. From Knock Down to Comeback is her personal story of the steps she took to come back from the ashes of despair. The road is towards triumph. The journey is by no means an easy one. On...

"It is a road trip; I feel that I'm at my peak. I'm at my peak because I've had so much experience and now, I can take all this experience from my professional and personal things that I've done and really step it into a higher gear in things that I can do. I feel very optimistic for the direction that a lot of things are taking in the professional corporate aspect". Max Ekesi describes himself as...

Rays of hope focuses on how emotions and perspectives can affect our whole being and can go into a physical injury in the body. Self-love and a sense of belonging from blended communities can be healing and restorative.  "I thought that I knew who I was as a mother and as a therapist and everything, and I wrote the book and I thought, God, who am I? Cause I didn't really know who I am. I've discov...

Inspirational speaker Dr. Alise Cortez spoke with us about "How Loss Invites Us To Live More Vibrant Lives". Loss gives such a beautiful bountiful connection in ways that ignites purpose, passion, forgiveness and love. The achingly beautiful colour of life does not fade as adversity leads a way towards purpose. We realise we don't get forever, and we don't know when the exit ramp is coming. "With...