In the expat circles we have some terminology that is not so commonly known. “Lovepat” is one of those. It refers to an individual who has relocated due to romantic relationship, often on permanent basis, to the country of their spouse. So, that means immigration, intercultural relationship, sometimes interracial relationship too with their additional dynamics. […]
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Welcome to the second interview of the Recipes for Resilience Series. I am with Janet Whitelaw-Jones. She is a partner at the Turas Partners, co-founder at the Turas Community and the Women’s Consulting Workshop. Furthermore Janet has 20-year experience in international development, of which the last five years as a consultant. Her expertise lies in
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Waves are beautiful. I grew up in Finland with a long coastline and 200 000 lakes. I used to have purely positive connotations with the word “wave”. The word happens to be, if translated to English, my maiden name too. But nowadays, I associate waves largely with the pandemic that has introduced a major shock and
Adaptation to Change – What does it take to surf the waves? Read More »
Welcome to the first interview on a Recipes for Resilience Series. I am with Jayne Bullen. She is the Chief Operations Officer of the Noakes Foundation and the Managing Director of the Nutrition Network. We will discuss work-life balance during the pandemic and what does walking the talk as a leader take. What will you learn? In my
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Last week I looked into burnout – the definition, the reasons and the stages. I argued that it is not a question whether you have burnout in your household or organisation. Rather you should assess at what stage you or your employees are at the burnout continuum. This week I focus on the solution, which
Resilience at Work – What’s the recipe? Read More »
Hitting the wall? All that you can do after the last video call is to crush, shift to Netflix with your go to drinks and snacks. Hey, you are not alone. Poor work-life balance resulting in chronic stress and burnout have further increased along the pandemic. The question is really, how far you and your
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In this VLOG I discuss midlife transition from retrenchment to entrepreneurship with Julia Butterworth. Julia is a client of mine and has volunteered to share her story. She has pivoted from working in HR and sales to a creative and digital marketing entrepreneur. The catalyst for her taking the leap was COVID-19 related retrenchment. –
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I bet you have had several transitions in your life such as moving from one country to another, becoming a parent, changing career or becoming an entrepreneur, death of your loved one, retrenchment, promotion, midlife crisis, or something health related. Despite the previous experiences in change and transition, each and every transition takes you somehow
Transition – The space in-between is unpleasant, isn’t it? Read More »
What is coaching? What is the difference between coaching, therapy, mentoring, consulting and training? How can you benefit from coaching? – Personally, prior to being coached and studying life coaching I, myself, got confused with all various buzzwords in the field of personal development. Coaching, facilitation, mentoring, training, consulting… And the list goes on… So, what is this,
A Thought-Provoking Partnership – Is this what coaching is all about? Read More »
In tough times, the people who focus on today and set an intention for future are the ones that will actually make it. I know and I trust that you are one of them. Own your destiny. Set an intention for 2021! Giving Up? Total grab. The second wave of COVID-19 with a new variant
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