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Navigating Power Dynamics: Power plays that are so debilitating?

What is Personal Power? Personal power comes from self-awareness, confidence, and the ability to draw others in with charisma or wisdom. It is recognising your ability to influence the behaviour of others, regardless of holding a position of authority. I noticed my two-year-old niece doing this with ease, as she...

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Celebrating Juneteenth

A Historic Milestone in the Journey Towards Freedom Juneteenth, observed on June 19th, is a significant date in American history. It marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation....

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Misogynoir: The Pyramid of Hate

The Pyramid of Hate The recent demonisation of Diane Abbott by one of the Conservative Party’s biggest donors expressed a level of racism in Britain that most of us would find unacceptable. Dehumanising language has been the precursor to racist violence, lynchings and mass murder throughout history. This hierarchal pyramid...

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Why are we holding grudges?

Holding onto past hurts As humans, we often indulge in the practice of holding onto past hurt in the form of grudges. A grudge is the manifestation of harboured anger, bitterness, resentment, or other negative feelings that persist long after someone has caused us pain. However, the practice of nursing...

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5 Signs of Gaslighting

What is gaslighting? Gaslighting is a specific type of manipulation, where the manipulator is trying to get someone else (or a group of people) to question their own reality, memory or perceptions. It may start out with seemingly small offences or microaggressions! But, the problem is that even more or less...

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Black Female Founder – This is Me!

I am good enoughI am fearlessI am confidentLet me break it down I am a Black British born female. Living in London, with Jamaican heritage. Yes, both my parents are black!! (this is a regular question, I am asked constantly)!!I first trained as a therapist in 1999. I had always been fascinated...

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Episode 56 – Flourishing In Uncertainty

Thriving Leadership Series Part 1 exploring leadership, culture and building emotional resilience. Martin Preston, Leadership Coach & Consultant helps leaders to maximise their impact on their teams and develop a culture of wellbeing to sustain success. 1.02  Performance Bliss 2.52  Creativity & Innovation During Covid 3.29  VUCA Theory 4.43  Emotional...

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7 Keys to Positive Thinking

In our series this month on anxiety, panic and OCD. We explored negative thinking and 12 ways to recognise negative thoughts. The unseen! A process that takes time to gain conscious awareness of and not an overnight fix. Quite frankly it is quite inconvenient and often very painful. Probably easier...

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12 Ways to Recognise Negative Thoughts

Negative thinking happens at an unconscious level and is often the root cause of some of our negative behaviour. But how can you become aware of the things you don’t even know you are thinking about? Recognising negative thinking patterns can provide you with the tools to disrupt intrusive thoughts...

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OCD Diminishing Shame & Loneliness

Diminishing Shame & Loneliness Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is probably another one of those mental health topics we don't really want to have to talk about in the workplace EVER.   We say we want to encourage more open conversations on mental health and start to shift the boundaries on...

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