‘n Virus met hoëhakskoene aan
Dis nie aldag dat ‘n virus met hoëhakskoene by die deur ingestap kom nie. Dis wat COVID-19 gedoen het. Ons assosieer virusse en dodelike siektes met primitiewe omstandighede en armoede. Hulle name sê dit ook: varkgriep, melaatsheid, die pes, ensovoorts. En wanneer iemand positief toets, kom die stigma vanself.
Where in the Change Curve do you find yourself?
The Swiss-American psychiatrist, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross became known for her near-death studies, assisting people with the painful process of dying and mourning, In her internationally best-selling book, On Death and Dying (1969), she discussed her theory of the five stages of grief, experienced by a person who is approaching death or who has lost a loved one.
Resilience
Why can some people cope with stress and trauma and others not? Why can some move forward while others stay stuck in their pain?
Are you ready for the unlocking?
It has become a cliché amongst business coaches in these COVID days that we all have to prepare for a new “normal”. The latest is that we have to prepare for the “abnormal” to become the norm.
Waarop fokus jy?
Ek lees onlangs dat die teenoorgestelde van geloof nie ongeloof of twyfel is nie, maar vrees. DIt het my twee keer laat dink en ek het besluit ek koop hierdie teorie.
Choose how you feel
Anthony Robbins said: “You are the source of all your emotions. At any moment you can create or change them. You can decide to feel good right now, simply because you’re alive, simply because you want to.”
Pip die Perskepit
Soms leer ek nogal ‘n lewensles of twee uit kinderverhale. So êrens voor die vroegaandnuus is daar deesdae die verhaal van Pip die Perskepit. Ek het die begin van die verhaaltjie gemis, maar ek lei af dat dit gegaan het oor die diep en innige vriendskapsband tussen Pip en Boer Jan.
Lessons from Dr Seuss
Some people are born sages and their wisdom outlives them. Dr Seuss, famous author and doodler-cartoonist, was such a sage. Born in 1904, he was 87 when he died and his children’s books amused people of all ages since the 1930s.
Watter kleur is jou vrees?
Laat ons mekaar – en onsself – nou nie flous nie. Ons beleef almal ‘n sekere graad van vrees op die oomblik. Maar dis juis die graadverskil wat ons van mekaar onderskei.
Meditation: Embrace the future you
Do you find yourself over-thinking at night? Battling to fall asleep or waking up in the middle of the night with never-ending thoughts milling through your head?