by Dr Sharon | Jun 21, 2022 | Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development
My wish is that your answer is, “Yes!” But, if you aren’t as happy as you’d like to be, you are not alone. In the aftermath of the pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that Anxiety Disorders is up by 25.6% and Major Depressive Disorders by 27.6%....
by Dr Sharon | Jun 6, 2022 | Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development
Millions of people are so addicted to approval and so fearful of confrontation and rejection that their “Yes” habit has serious emotional and physical consequences. When we suffer from the “disease to please,” we try to make others happy at the detriment of our own...
by Dr Sharon | May 23, 2022 | Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development
As a child and young adult, I suffered with severe social anxiety. Although I have found ways to manage it, it still rears its head, especially in “performance” situations. While I might look forward to going to parties or to meet a new client, I still get anxious...
by Dr Sharon | May 10, 2022 | Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development, Relationship Building, Relationships (Self and Others)
My last article focused on mastering the skill of giving feedback by taking Key Steps to WIN FASTER™. I had promised to write about getting and receiving feedback this week but I’ve decided to go a little deeper into one of the Key Steps of giving effective feedback,...
by Dr Sharon | Apr 26, 2022 | Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development
I live by the Neuro-Linguistic Programming presupposition that “there is no such thing as failure, only feedback.” We can only fail when we become insensitive to feedback, ignore feedback or hold on to limiting beliefs that prevent us from learning the lessons we can...
by Dr Sharon | Apr 13, 2022 | Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development
You might have seen from my Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn that I was privileged to spend my birthday weekend with #mytribe of professional speakers, facilitators and coaches at the Annual PSASA Convention. So so many of these special colleagues have become very dear...
