Bringing the Principles of Neuroscience to Educational Practice and Career Development.
I have been reflecting on the swings of society recently.
There are subtle differences in the wording but a big difference in their manifestations. As a result, this is what I have observed:
Continue reading “Are you Group One or Two?”
There has been a lot of talks and evidence presented lately concerning our young people’s ability to survive and recover from a personal crisis. With youth suicide reaching high levels in some countries during, and since, the Covid 19 crisis there has been an outcry as to why this young generation doesn’t seem to be coping.
My view is that the lazy production line mentality of governments towards education is depriving many young people of basic societal survival skills, leaving many to languish on the parameters of economic stability and a sound future.
Continue reading “Is our school system in Australia killing off resilience?”
I read a book recently. Regular readers of my blog know I am an avid reader, I even write book reviews!
This one though, it really got to me.
It is called Forward by Dr David Jeremiah. In his book, Dr Jeremiah makes an excellent analogy of driving a car to direct our lives.
I’ll let you know upfront, Forward, is a faith-based book. What I really liked about it is that he makes some brilliant observations that we can all learn from, regardless of our spiritual beliefs.
Continue reading “How to drive forward… and leave the past behind us.”
I have often written about the need for us to be gracious and forgiving to our younger selves. We often, surprisingly, give less mercy to ourselves than we would to others.
As a person with, often extreme OCD, I will mull over things that I did many years ago that I consider foolish and stupid in reflection.
How about you? Are you one of the many of us, in a certain generation, that is thankful that we did not have cell phones with cameras back then recording our every moment? All of those slips and stumbles in judgement from our lack of maturity in those days.
Continue reading “The Value in Mistakes”
How many times has a fiery argument been lost and then the winner is proven wrong later?
In my younger years, I would vehemently defend a position, only to find another factor that I had not considered cut it down.
But lately I have become more considered and reflective in my approach. Time and the compounding interest of experience must be allowed to do their work.
Continue reading “Winning or Losing?”
Yes, it certainly has been a different kind of year! We have learned how much we need each other and those little unusual things about ourselves that we never knew we liked or thought we could do.
While this has been a year of testing tragedy for many, it has also been a year when many of us have dared to try things. Along the way, we have discovered that our boundaries were not really our boundaries at all, as we quickly rose above and beyond them.
Continue reading “Who Are You Right Now?”
I think we all know that it is important in times like these to ‘guard our hearts and our minds’. Today I watched the news and let’s say it did me no good.
I questioned, do we need to stay ‘informed to the minute’ about that for which we have no real control?
Today I want to encourage you to stay focused on the good things. Many of the people we all regard as heroes did not rise in times of ease or great prosperity; in fact, we wouldn’t probably call them heroes if they had!
Continue reading “Nurture Your Mind Today”
These are tricky times we are in and I would like to share a few of my thoughts on real leadership and our responsibility as citizens at this time. I think we can all agree, now is the time for real leadership. We need to see it, feel it and witness it in action daily.
It’s a tough time to be a leader because in these uncharted waters, mistakes will inevitably be made as no-one in this life can see around corners and know what will happen next.
It is also a time of intense scrutiny of our leaders from families, businesses, communities and our entire nation. The cracks in character and resolve will be seen and right now, we can be assured that they will be noticed.
Continue reading “Are We Seeing Real Leadership?”