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How the Brain Builds Memories: From Neurons to Networks
Why can you vividly remember your first day at school but forget where you put your keys five minutes ago? Memory feels mysterious, but behind the scenes, your brain is running a beautifully complex biological system—one that turns fleeting experiences into lasting mental records. Let’s zoom in, from individual neurons to vast neural networks, to see how memories are built.
How to train your brain every day
The old saying “If you don’t use it, you lose it” is commonly known because it’s true and it doesn’t just apply to your physical body but your brain as well.
In this article we are talking about the importance of brain training and how to train your brain every day in easy and fun ways.
How do we overcome fear and anxiety?
Fear – we’ve all experienced it and yet the experience of it is different for everyone. For some, fear is completely debilitating, and others seem to have no fear at all. Most of us would agree that fear has the ability to hold us back if we let it so how do we overcome fear in order to achieve our goals?
Will Brain Potential Training Help You?
One of the common questions I get asked is whether the Brain Potential Leadership Training can help. Regardless of the individual my answer is always a resounding “YES!”. The reason that I don’t need to consider the needs of any individual that is asking that...
Are Childhood Roadblocks Stopping You From Reaching Your Destination? : A Podcast Interview
Last month, I was interviewed for the “Natural Narrative” podcast with Leone Wilson where we talked about the impact of childhood roadblocks on our ability to reach our goals. In this I share a lot of my own story as does Leone and we talk about how you can...
Christmas Stress: Your guide to enjoying the silly season without it
Christmas is a time of joy and togetherness, of love and understanding… or is it? For many of us, Christmas brings a lot of stress – we can get caught up in gift buying, food preparation, family drama, endless social events, meeting work deadlines, and more. It can...
Managing Menopause in Leadership
I am preparing myself to run a workshop titled “Women Leadership Through Menopause” and I find it such an interesting topic that I thought I would share some of the content I’ll be covering. What is menopause? Menopause is the time of life when a woman’s...
Unlock Your Brain and Empower Your Mind: A YouTube Interview
A recent interview with Louise Phelan of Boost Your Career about unlocking your brain and empowering your mind.
Creating Behavioural Flexibility Using Parts
Around this time last year, I shared an article titled “The Many Parts of You” where I talked about Ego State Therapy and Executive State Identification (ESI) and recently I was presented with an opportunity to utilise the skills I discussed in that article.
In this post, I’d like to explore a little further about how these tools can help you to create greater behavioural flexibility using the parts you have already created within yourself.
Age is Just a Number
As an active 75 year old who understands neuroscience principles, I can categorically say that age is just a number and age really does have no limits unless you let it. In this article, I’m discussing the key to letting your age inspire you rather than define you.
The accidental therapist
Have you ever found yourself being an accidental therapist? When your client, colleague, friend or even a random stranger who is in a heightened emotional state starts sharing their personal problems, sounding off in anger or frustration, upset or distressed, tense, anxious, or just desperate for a listening ear.
Why emotional intelligence is important for leaders
As a leader in today’s business landscape, effective leadership goes beyond technical knowledge and skills. To be truly top of your game and to leverage results from your team, emotional intelligence is a critical trait in achieving that.
In this article I’m exploring the idea of why emotional intelligence is important for leaders and how you can develop it.
Psychological safety in the workplace
Psychological safety in the workplace is a topic close to my heart. In a world where everyone is busy and nobody wants to burden anyone else, fostering a psychologically safe culture in your workplace is key to supporting your team. Let’s explore the concept…
Mental Health Goals in Leadership
A new year is the perfect opportunity to start fresh and set some exciting goals for you and your team. After a Christmas break, you are probably feeling refreshed and excited about all the amazing things you plan to achieve this year.
BUT…
Time to reflect: How did your leadership go in 2023?
It’s that time of year that we start to reflect on how the year went and looking forward to a new year full of promise and ambition.
If you are in a leadership position, I encourage you to think specifically about how your leadership skills evolved this year. There are so many challenges that can arise for us as leaders and it can be easy to pass those off as someone else’s fault but was there anything you could have done differently to get a better result?
The four essential brain chemicals for optimal health and performance
Every one of us has four naturally-occurring, essential brain chemicals that impact upon your performance, mood and general wellbeing. When aware of these chemicals, we can better utilise them for optimal health and performance in all areas of life.
The neuroscience of change
Over the past few years, humans have experienced changes to their lives that shifted their thinking and way of life. COVID-19 saw people living and working from home, children being schooled online and people came up with new and inventive ways to interact – online. We called it the new normal but what was the normal in the first place? Let’s look at the neuroscience of change.
The Many Parts of You
You know those times when part of you wants one thing but the other part wants another? Or there’s something you really want to do but there’s something holding you back from doing it?
You may not have given much thought as to why you feel that way but how amazing would it be to have a tool to overcome those situations and get out of your own way?
Leadership Neuroscience
Sustainable organisations are the result of leaders who create appropriate structures, systems, and organisational culture. Fostering stability and growth within the midst of change does not occur by accident. So, what sets these leaders apart from the rest?
Neuroscience and Daily Struggles – A podcast interview
Earlier this year, I was interviewed for the “One Moment Please” podcast and had a wonderful time answering a broad range of questions that Fiona had for me which hit on a lot of the common problems that people struggle with.
The difference between sympathy and empathy in leadership
When a colleague or employee is going through a tough time, it’s only natural to want to support them. What you may not realise is that your response can make things better or worse depending on whether that person feels you are giving them sympathy or empathy. So,...
The impact of Domestic or Family Violence in the Workplace
Having worked with many victims of domestic or family violence/abuse in my career, this new legislation got me thinking about the impact of domestic or family violence/abuse in the workplace.
Using Mindfulness to Increase Effectiveness
If you’ve been reading some of my previous articles, you’ll know that mindfulness features in several of them. In this article, we will delve a little deeper into how you can use mindfulness to increase effectiveness in all areas of your life.
The Neuroscience of Habit Formation
A new year is the perfect time to set resolutions and make some positive changes to our lives but what happens when we get to the end of January? Did you start out with great intentions only to find that you’ve slipped back into those old habits again? Let’s talk about the neuroscience of habit formation and how understanding it can lead to longer lasting change.
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