I first came across the term ‘antifragile’ in a book that my spouse was glued to last year, and put it away as an ‘intellectual’ term for exploration at some possible time in the future. It was brought back sharply into my consciousness as the...
Resilience is our ability to bounce back from challenges and adversity, and adapt in order to create positive outcomes in adverse situations. Contrary to popular belief, resilience is not an innate capacity; it can be learnt and built by anyone at any stage in their lives....
What do festivals signify to you? To me, they are about celebration, great energy, bonding with friends and family, a multitude of colors & hues and a coming together of diverse individuals around a unified theme. The #BIY2018 Coaching Festival was one such event, the first...
I am very proud and delighted to have received my ACC certification from the International Coach Federation yesterday! It is exactly 18 months since I enrolled in a coach training program in Singapore. I am filled with a sense of joy and achievement, and the...
Self-reflection is not something we do easily or often, because we are so caught up with the hurly-burly of our everyday lives, chasing success, status, material happiness and the ever-elusive nirvana of ‘having it all’. Welsh poet W.H. Davies famously wrote: “What is this life...
My earliest memories of my journey of personal change are peppered with a sense of awe at the magnitude of the task ahead of me. How could I possibly learn to be different from the person I was used to being? Would my conviction about...
In the early years of my adult life, I lived within a bubble, of being a committed professional, a wife & mother, and cared about little else. It was a chance meeting that started me on the path of questioning some of my beliefs about...