In my March blog, Two Tips To Help Improve Your Emotional Intelligence, I touched on the importance of being aware of the way we react to stories other people share with us. This helps take another person’s perspective or feelings on board and respectfully acknowledge them, even if different to your own. This is also known as empathy, and it’s this...
Emily Esfahani Smith’s Ted talk, explains that creating a narrative from the events of our life brings clarity and helps us understand how we became who we are today. However, the stories we tell ourselves in reflection are not always positive and can leave us feeling down, flat and melancholy. So how can we help turn our own stories to...
I don’t know about you, but lately, I have witnessed a lot of buzzwords being used like "know your why" & "what is your purpose" in both my personal and professional worlds. For me, the answer to this lies in your story, however, I have struggled to find any information that actually helps people to define their story from within...
We live in a story-sharing world with new and emerging platforms (like Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram) that enable us to share stories, which is amazing but they only showcase what a person wants to share. Now if you’re like me, I always want to know the full story behind the moments that my friends, colleagues and family post. This means...