by John Williams | Dec 21, 2017 | Relationship
OMG OMG! (as the cool kids would say) I write this whilst sitting in a shopping centre cafe awaiting the return of my family of eager shoppers. Well really my 13-year-old step daughter, who is the only member of the nuclear family that seems vaguely interested in...
by Tanja Caprioli | Dec 14, 2017 | Anxiety
Exception has become the norm There is a handy little rhyme that assists in spelling. It goes like this, “i before e except after c”. It was taught to us in primary school as the exception that proves the rule. Seems simple enough and even makes good...
by John Williams | Dec 7, 2017 | Anxiety, Mental Health
The greatest joy you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. Eden Ahbez You will recall my last blog focused on the importance of finding your gift and giving it away as an act of love. In the intervening period I have received a few reality checks, I...
by Tanja Caprioli | Dec 1, 2017 | Purpose
A level of steadfastness There is always a lot of talk about vision when it comes to leadership and getting what you want out of life. A key question when it comes to managing change, be it at the personal or organisational level surrounds it. Faith, on the other...
by John Williams | Nov 23, 2017 | Self empowerment, Taking yourself on
Nature Boy “There was a boy, a certain strange, enchanted boy. They say he travelled very far, very far over land and sea. A little shy and sad of eye but very wise was he. And then one day, one magic day he came my way; and as we spoke of many things, fools and...
by Tanja Caprioli | Nov 16, 2017 | Responsibility
Resistance does not help! I woke up at 5 am on Sunday to a text message and a missed call from a staff member. She was informing me she had diarrhea for the second time in less than a month since our opening. Both instances have followed a night out on the town....
by John Williams | Nov 9, 2017 | Mental Health
Are you ready for this? Do you really want to know my dirty little secret? I have re-discovered the amazing benefits of exercise on my mental health. In my case swimming! As a New Year’s resolution, this year I, like so many thousands of others, decided to get more...
by Tanja Caprioli | Nov 2, 2017 | Self empowerment
I have “outsourced” the one on one work of literacy training with my son to a tutor, life has gotten a lot busier of late and I have had to change my schedule. My sons tutor is a model student, a school prefect and a member of the debating team among...
by John Williams | Oct 26, 2017 | Living Consciously, Relationship
Many of us take our family for granted. After all they have always been there and I guess they always will be! That’s exactly the point. In my last two blogs I have been going on about connection and how vital connection to other humans is to our wellbeing. ...
by Tanja Caprioli | Oct 19, 2017 | Productivity, Self empowerment
Getting the heads-up doesn’t always help Having a great view of a developing situation does not guarantee you can do anything about it. “Forewarned is forearmed” is only true to a certain extent. For example, if the situation is unwelcomed the...