Monthly Archives: July 2014
Emotional Intelligence Series: Empathy
Empathy. A seemingly straight-forward word elucidating images of a person reaching out to console their friend who has just received bad news, a counsellor nodding her head in agreement with a statement made regarding the injustice of losing her job, … Continue reading
Using the Health Belief Model for Change
Last week i facilitated a worksop on building resilience. I found it ironic that the majority of participants chose to fuel their minds and bodies throughout the day with biscuits, ciggies, mentos lollies, packets of crisps, fried food for lunch, … Continue reading
You think learning is hard, try un-learning!
Last week i decided to join a martial arts gym, after having a hiatus from most forms of structured physical activity for around 9 months to help my body recover from adrenal fatigue. I was so excited to find a … Continue reading
Vegan Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate
It’s winter in Sydney, and some nights i’m just tea’d out. Yesterday i had already consumed three teas and was craving something warm after dinner. One of my favourite vegan restaurants, Sadhana’s Kitchen in Newtown, has the most amazing salted … Continue reading
Emotional Intelligence Series: Understanding Emotions
Daniel Goleman first wrote about Emotional Intelligence (EI) in his 1995 book “Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ”. The two keys to EI are: 1) Understanding yourself, your goals, intentions, responses, and behaviour; 2) Understanding others, and … Continue reading
Perfect Paleo Pancakes
Whilst I don’t strictly follow a paleo diet, I do find paleo recipes work for me since they avoid gluten, dairy and refined sugar. This recipe is not my own, though I cannot tell you who created it, since I … Continue reading
Creative Cookery
One of my favourite things to do at the end of the week is to pull out all of my leftover fruit, vegetables, and other perishable ingredients, and think up something to make with them. Today, I noticed I had … Continue reading
Staying Dry in July
I decided to sign up for this initiative for the first time this year. If you aren’t familiar with this concept, it is a challenge involving abstaining from drinking alcohol for the month of July to support adults living with … Continue reading
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