If you are taking up your own day using many words to complain about others who are: holding you back ruining your day stopping you from getting to where you want to be Then you are wasting your own time. Here's a 'Name It. Claim It. Frame It.' narrative tool…
The Language of Advocacy Words that Work When you are advocating for someone it is important to use emotive language in a way that connects the person’s story to the authority who is able to make a difference or the perpetrator who has done wrong. Diminishing the dignity or minimising…
FROM ‘HERE TO THERE’ THROUGH INNOVATION Memo: “Regarding the way we’ve always done things. This will now be disregarded” Pre-pandemic feels long ago; when life was more predictable and mostly secure with a certain order. Like a popular song, the…
StoryAbout 4-5 years ago we were entering a country after an international flight and during the processing we observed a young guy being interrogated about not having a passport. We were perplexed at how he got on the flight in the first place. He was doing a very good job…
“It’s in those small moments that we find our revelation, our creativity, our next step”– Monica Moore ‘Buy the Damn Dress’ Kate’s Moment Early into lockdown in New Zealand, Kate Leebody accidently knocked over her young grandson’s collection of stones that he kept at her home in Dunedin. As she…
The words that we say “Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.”William Shakespeare – ‘Hamlet’ Your words can bring great wins – or cost you greatly. Words have the power to hijack your thoughts and feelings, determining whether experiences are negative – or the opposite. Just like…
Equanimity is to approach situations with calmness and composure. Equanimity does not ignore our emotions, but helps us to keep them working for us. In fact equanimity honours our emotions. Not everyone deserves your emotional response, so you should not be sharing it with just anyone! You wouldn’t let just…