We get focused on busy, busy, busy and often forget (and don’t make time) to just ‘be’. Switching off to switch on our creativity, our idea-generation or simply remembering things we thoughts we’d forgotten, is vitally important to our wellbeing. Here are a few ideas to be more of a human being - not a human doing.
Read MoreReview – Ted Lasso, Apple TV+
I usually review a book for the ‘Change for the Better’ newsletter but this month to mix things up, here’s something different – a review of the Apple TV+ show, Ted Lasso.
Read MoreBook Review - Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Our Brain to Get the Best Out of Ourselves and Others Dr Helena Boschi
This is a great book for anyone who wants to get a basic and clear understanding of how our brains work and what that means for us.
Written by Dr Helena Boschi, a psychologist specialising in applied neuroscience in a business context, it’s a very accessible way of exploring the different aspects of the brain, from emotion to bias to change.
Read MoreBook Review Fear Less - How to win your way in Work & Life Dr Pippa Grange
In this highly compelling read, psychologist and author Dr Pippa Grange explores fear, how it can take over our lives and how we can turn it on its head into a tool of courage.
She kicks off by exploring language (and how changing it from battlefield terminology into something kinder will help), healthy competition and definitions of success – all in the first couple of chapters. She looks at the concept that fear isn’t just in our heads – it’s in our environment too.
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