Anytime we look upon a magazine cover, – insert any advertising example – what we think and feel about ourselves is being controlled by the ideal this cover portrays. It isn’t ideal. Ever. Take back control of your mind with this tool that rewires your brain on a neurological, unconscious Read more…
Goals are typically future-orientated, something to aspire and work towards. From the book, ‘Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do,’ by John Bargh, I’m learning that we make micro-goals all the time. These micro-goals affect our present-time decision-making and impact future events without our conscious Read more…
One of the hardest things to do when you’re feeling hurt and disappointed is to find things to be grateful for. Your Emotional Intelligence is comprised of building blocks, commencing with getting to know yourself and topped off with how you manage stress. Of your stress management skills is how well Read more…
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t coming. It’s here. These are AI-generated faces. She could be a model for a Pantene commercial. She’s flawless. She’s fake. Humans are being replaced by AI in companies all around the world. In roles that are customer service and administration based. In sales, finance and banking Read more…
Grab a cuppa, I want to tell you a story. On Monday afternoon this week (today’s Saturday), my husband and I had an argument. About what is a story for the next blog post, when it’ll be relevant to the story, but suffice to say, it was bad enough for Read more…
Last Friday, I attended a free seminar by the Speaker’s Institute. Typically, these events spruik and splutter about how brilliant they are but don’t deliver tangible value. In this instance, I was pleasantly mistaken and left with techniques I’ve been able to apply straight away. What I also saw was Read more…
In the back of my mind over the last few days has been wondering why I’m not motivated to aspire towards something truly great and world-changing. I once said I wanted to be the Australian, female Tony Robbins, but that isn’t true. I don’t want the team or the infrastructure Read more…
He stood behind the microphone in a small, dimly lit outdoor bar in central Yarraville last night and tried to speak. Except, the words, they failed to come easily. I could see his jaw adjusting, trying to make the right movements. I could see his tongue moving to make the Read more…
From the book, Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do, by John Bargh, I learned about priming. Priming is a methodology that demonstrates how cultural ideologies and values operate unconsciously to influence a person’s judgements and behaviours. In the application of NLP, we know that the unconscious mind Read more…
It cannot be denied that the return on investment (ROI) for your company’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is realised in solutions for their employee’s immediate concerns. In the short-term (<6 mth), the results are better performance, more focus and greater motivation. These are great for the employee’s mental and emotional Read more…