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Insights, Inspiration, Lifestyle, Realistic goals, Self awareness

Beware the “Highland Fling”

The Backstory: The Highland Fling is a solo Scottish dance that requires delicate balance, precision, strength and vigour! It is a genre of dance that, being Scottish I learnt at school and indeed, the art of Scottish Country Dancing is in my DNA, including...

Sheila HamiltonMar 29 capabilities, coaching, overconfidence, reality Comments Disabled

What’s in 3 seconds?

Insights, Lifestyle, natural resilience, Nature, Self awareness

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Insights, Lifestyle, natural resilience, Nature, Self awareness

What’s in 3 seconds?

Are you the tortoise or the hare? Which pace reflects your daily life and what impact is that having on your stress levels? I was recently at a Google Analytics Workshop where I was told that, in general, people downloading a page will not wait much longer...

Sheila HamiltonOct 14 stress, worklifebalance Comments Disabled

The story behind the publication of “My Route to…” Series

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The story behind the publication of “My Route to…” Series

What better vehicle for offering that support than a personal hands-on, activity-based workbook exploring the key personal and professional development themes of communication, leadership, self-confidence and public speaking?

Sheila HamiltonSep 04 explore potential, interpersonal skills, mental strength, self-discovery Comments Disabled

Insights, Inspiration, Lifestyle, Self awareness

Who do you inspire?

We are constantly being bombarded by social media, magazines, song lyrics, books and people we meet, about “how to be inspired.” This board outside a cafe started me wondering what messages we convey and how we, rather than being inspired, actually...

Sheila HamiltonApr 12 inspiration, positive mind set, self awareness, self confidence Comments Disabled

Education, Insights, Inspiration, Lifestyle

Spot the difference!

Remember in my last blog, I was inspired by a series of boards in front of an Australian Primary School and discussed the importance of each? These were this school’s 5 Key Foundations. With further research, I found that these “Keys” are taught...

Sheila HamiltonFeb 03 emotional effectiveness, positive mind set Comments Disabled

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What’s in a moment?

I have recently finished reading The Moment by Douglas Kennedy, where he challenges the reader to consider a “moment”, or indeed moments, in their lives that changes everything, whether for good or bad. It is these moments that impact on who we become...

Sheila HamiltonJul 09 inspiration, life changing moment, right decision Comments Disabled

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A moment’s reflection

Yesterday I had occasion to reflect on the passing of time. Time that illusive dimension and precious resource which is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as “The successive states of the universe regarded as a whole whose every part or moment is before...

Sheila HamiltonMay 24Comments Disabled

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What’s in a question?

Last week I was running a workshop for PSYBT on listening and questioning skills after our Quarterly Aftercare Advisors Meeting. One of the main points of discussion was how to convince clients to, for example, “keep up with the paperwork, accounts...

Sheila HamiltonFeb 03Comments Disabled

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Return to “normality” after Twelfth Night?

Last night was Twelfth Night when all the decorations are meant to come down and the household gets “back to normal”. I have never really thought much about this tradition, although always had a sense of unease if the decorations were not down by...

Sheila HamiltonJan 06Comments Disabled

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What’s in a dream?

I had a dream. Yes, “had a dream” not “have a dream” and because of it I am now updating my blog, at long last! It was a very confusing dream and as usually happens I remembered it on wakening but am now struggling to recall the detail. The overwhelming...

Sheila HamiltonAug 12Comments Disabled