Guest blog by Elizabeth O'Brien of Health Enhancement for Living Program How often do you find that youʼre doing one thing but thinking about something completely different? You’re having a conversation or performing some task … but your mind has drifted off. Itʼs thinking about the next thing you have to do, or the meeting [...]
Imagine you are sitting beside a waterhole in Central Australia, outside Alice Springs. You are with a group of fellow leaders who have been away from 'civilisation' as you know it, for two days. There is absolutely no mobile or internet reception. No interruptions. Instead you are relaxed on the red earth under a huge [...]
Emotional health is central to the vision and work of Global Leadership Foundation. In raising the emotional health levels of people across the globe, we are supporting them to make mindful and conscious choices and decisions about the way in which they live their lives and how they relate to, and engage with, others. We [...]
For many of you, ‘Be the change you want to see’ may be an overused phrase. In our world, it is a powerful reminder that in order to create something different in or for ourselves, we need to make a conscious choice to do so. Making conscious choices and implementing mindful practices are extremely important [...]
The ‘inner observer’ is an expression we use a lot in our work, and we are often asked for more explanation about what it is and how it can be achieved. The inner observer is central to emotional health. People who are emotionally healthy are conscious of themselves – their thoughts, their emotions and their [...]
Credit: Deathtostockphoto One of the most interesting experiences I have in working with leaders and their teams is the conversation that comes up around being ‘authentic’ and what that really means. When hearing a leader describe the way they give feedback or deal with difficult situations, it is not unusual to hear something [...]
Photo Credit: Stefanus Martanto deathtostockphoto.com When we introduce the concept of emotional health we often focus on the ways our immediate responses to situations can vary between being ‘above the line’ or ‘below the line’. While this makes it easy for many people to grasp the central notion of emotional health and its [...]
“We need four hugs a day for survival. We need eight hugs a day for maintenance. We need twelve hugs a day for growth”. – Virginia Satir, therapist What has hugging got to do with business and leadership? More than you think. Emotionally healthy people and organizations create excellent results for themselves, their society and [...]
Imagine a room with glass walls. You are standing on the outside looking in through one of the walls. What do you see? You see whatever is inside the room, of course. However, you only see it from your current perspective, and this is not the only possible one. Move around and look through another [...]
We really enjoy exploring the concept of ‘both…and’ (introduced to us by Dianne and Alan Collins in their amazing QuantumThink program) and reflecting on the flexibility that is required to truly accept more than one way of being, appreciating, feeling, seeing, sensing and/or doing things. Being flexible is an integral part of operating ‘above the [...]
