by Dr Sharon | Nov 14, 2014 | Uncategorised
We all have our own bad habits at the office. Maybe it’s grabbing unhealthy snacks, nail-biting, checking e-mail incessantly and wasting time. Maybe it’s allowing yourself to get caught up in gossiping or complaining. Whatever the habit, you know that you’d be better...
by Dr Sharon | Nov 3, 2014 | Emotional Intelligence, Relationships (Self and Others)
Recently a friend sent me an article called ‘weird is wonderful (and bankable)’. This is because he knows we would both be considered the ‘weird’ ones. It got me thinking… is ‘weird’ (I prefer to call it unique) really wonderful? I...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 23, 2014 | Relationships (Self and Others)
As a youngster, I went through a phase of comfort eating and picked up a lot of extra weight. Some family and friends – with the intention of being kind – told me not to worry, it was just “puppy fat” and I’d grow out of it. Many other school kids weren’t as kind and...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 13, 2014 | Emotional Intelligence, Relationships (Self and Others)
The past two weeks we have spent time together learning about the way we filter our reality and how our perceptions are formed by deleting, generalising and distorting. So, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that the sages through the ages all say that the path to...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 7, 2014 | Emotional Intelligence, Relationships (Self and Others)
Last week I shared with you how our beliefs and values shape our perceptual filters. I specifically focused on the potential disadvantages of the way we filter (out of absolute necessity) the overwhelming 2 million bits of data our sense receive every second. This can...
