A NEW YOU
It is that time of year again… We start thinking about New Year’s resolutions but we don’t really believe that we can achieve them because good things…
ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR WEAKNESSES AS A PARENT
Acknowledge your weaknesses and shortcomings as an imperfect parent and resolve to work on it. You don’t have all the answers and you won’t always get it right, but you can do better every time something goes wrong. Learn from your mistakes and fix it. Do better next...
ACTIVE LISTENING
Before expressing your feelings or point of view, be willing to listen—actively—to what another person is saying. Active listening means focusing on what…
AFFIRMATIONS
Affirmations were used successfully by Dr Emil Coué around the 1880’s to help alcoholics and drug abusers to overcome their destructive habits…
ARE EMPLOYERS OBLIGED TO PAY STAFF DURING LOAD-SHEDDING?
If the company’s employment contract stipulates working hours and the employees turn up for work, they must be paid, even during load-shedding. The employer may however structure shifts to coincide with load-shedding schedules and pay employees according to the shift...
ASKING FOR WHAT YOU WANT
People frequently don’t ask for what they want. Fear of rejection is often the reason for this. Believing that it is wrong to ask for anything or that we…
AUTHENTICITY
The dictionary defines authentic as: ‘genuine,’ ‘real,’ ‘trustworthy’ and ‘undisputedly credible.’ Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be viewed as genuine and real and therefore trustworthy and undisputedly credible?
BODY LANGUAGE
We constantly communicate with each other—even non-verbally (without talking). In fact 60 to 80 per cent of our communication is non-verbal; only seven…
BUILDING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS
Building lasting, successful relationships is one of the most important roles of anyone’s life. Every organisation and all business depends on…
CARING AND COMPASSION
People who are placed in positions of authority—especially people in management positions in organisations—may sometimes show a lack of compassion toward…
CATCH YOUR CHILD BEING GOOD
We are so good at catching our children being naughty or doing something wrong! We should focus more on catching them being good. “Thank you for helping your little brother with his puzzle this afternoon.” “I noticed that you made your bed this morning! Well done!”...
Coaching & Counselling For Teens
I can assess and uplift your teen’s performance in a very short period of time, in all aspects of their lives – their behaviour, school work, manners, relationships with all role players, social behaviour, attitude, goals, responsibilities, communication including conflict resolution, and most importantly, emotional intelligence.