How to achieve any goal To successfully achieve a goal, you need a few key ingredients. Beyond the idea of the outcome, you need a plan, actions and of course, my personal favourite, accountability. Before we get to that, you may want to take a detour to read, The decision Read more…
A daily habit as I get ready in the morning is to ask the question, what problem do I have that one conversation today will bring me one step closer to its solution? Recently, I realised I had fallen out of this habit because I found myself after two weeks 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…
As a NAB business customer and a founding member of their coworking space, NAB Village, I am in a unique position to see the insides of a corporate company from the employees perspective without actually being an employee. The news late last year that NAB was to make redundant 6000 people’s Read more…
The inspiration for this post has come at the perfect time for a client of mine. Let’s call her Sally. Sally is working to balance her emotional well being. Part of that process is to learn how to set and accomplish goals, while I hold her accountable and provide support Read more…
A client told me about an experience with her husband. He’s Hungarian, and apparently Europeans like to snack in the middle of the night. Not a ‘take something from the fridge’ type of snack but full-fledged bread, cheese, hot salami and sliced tomato snack. The snack is not the problem. Read more…
“My boss is a bastard, he’s never satisfied. I end up being yelled at for the smallest things!” “Arghhh… my boss is such a bitch, she micro-manages every little thing I do!” “Look out! The jerk is on the move…” As they scramble on their egg shells to get out Read more…
Think back to a time when you were having a conversation with someone where you were each recalling the specifics of an event you witnessed. Did you find that the person’s memory differed to your own? Out of 10 eye witnesses to a car crash, all ten people will have Read more…
On Wednesday, I flew to Brisbane, from my home in Melbourne to surprise a client, Kym McCabe, for the launch of the first, in a series of four, children’s books that she’s authored. On Tuesday eve, she sent me the following email: Dear Caz, thank you so much for bringing Read more…
One of the principles in NLP lies in understanding that in therapy and in your life you must be in a position of at cause for the solutions to your problems, and not at the effect of the problem, in order to gain the most from the experiences your life brings. You Read more…