Last week, I showed you how to get a fabulous pep talk from a kid. This week, as the world continues to unravel, may I suggest some peaceful international adventures … all without leaving the comfort of your most cozy armchair? If you need to relax for a hot minute and unwind, if you … [Read more...] about Peaceful Adventures: How To Explore The World From Home And Unwind
Let’s face it, stress is at an all time high. Conflict is raging globally and interpersonally. The humanitarian and development sectors have been decimated. It’s enough to make even the hardiest of souls want to curl up under a blanket and go to sleep for a year. Feeling … [Read more...] about Exhausted And Emotionally Drained? Try This Powerful Pep Talk
Psst. On your grumpier days, can you slip into high-horse, judgy mode? Into mono-me perspective? (A.k.a. my way or the highway.) I hear you. It’s easy to do that, especially when emotions are running high and our gas tanks are running low. We’re all kings and … [Read more...] about The T.U.C.K. Method: A Simple Framework for Compassionate Thinking
Around 70% of people globally will experience a potentially traumatic event during their lifetime. In my trauma-informed training over the past few decades, I’ve worked with people who’ve survived El Shabab attacks, child soldiers, survivors of gender-based violence, kidnapping, … [Read more...] about Trauma-informed training: what is it and why you need to know about it Part Two
Around 70% of people globally will experience a potentially traumatic event during their lifetime. About 6% will go on to develop PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). Source: WHO. In my trauma-informed training over the past few decades, I’ve worked with people who’ve survived El … [Read more...] about Trauma-informed training: what is it and why you need to know about it Part One
How’s your relationship with AI lately? Totally fair. But what if AI could be less evil overlord and more nerdy sidekick—the kind who brings you poetry, organizes your calendar, and never rolls their eyes at your questions? What if you could be inspired, uplifted, and energized … [Read more...] about Notes from – Brave new words – how AI will revolutionize education (and why that’s a good thing)
Want to transform your teaching? Maybe you run workshops or trainings, and you want your audience to be totally engaged and excited, and to leave having actually learned what you need them to, every single time you teach. Powerful teaching is a direct line to powerful learning. This isn’t just … [Read more...] about Unlock Better Teaching: Final Countdown To Get Founding Member Access
What’s in your hall of shame? Your learning hall of shame, that is. You know, the time(s) when you were trying to learn something, likely something you were really interested in and motivated to learn, and then, through a cruel confluence of happenings, your learning was crushed, your heart … [Read more...] about Training mistakes from the hall of shame (and how to avoid them)
You probably have at least one area that you’re a subject matter expert in. Right?! And you’ve probably spent at least a little bit of time getting that key subject matter of yours into the brains and hearts of others. A.k.a. teaching, facilitating, coaching. Do you want to do more, though, … [Read more...] about Is Your Trainer’s Calling A Whisper Or A Roar? How To Know You’re Meant For More
View on Vocaroo >> I’ve been working behind the scenes on something special for a VERY long time. I'm over the moon excited to announce that I’ll be launching the Transformative Trainers Academy very soon. It will be an online, paid, monthly membership. And I need your … [Read more...] about Special announcement! I need your help. Are you in?
In a world that feels fractured and divided—where massive changes are rippling through the humanitarian and development sectors—it’s easy to feel like you’re drowning in unanswered questions. Meanwhile, you’re sprinting on a hamster wheel of to-dos, as expectations pile up, deadlines blur, and … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: Learning W.E.L.L. – Why Learning Is Your Secret Weapon for Thriving in Turbulent Times
Are you yearning to get away from sappy, superficial conversation, but don’t know how? I’ve got you. But first, a short story. What’s your family/friend shorthand? You know, the terms that only your friends or family would understand. Suffusion When my kids … [Read more...] about Ditch The Superficial: 3 Ways To Create Deeper, More Authentic Conversations
The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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