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Letting go of ‘Henry Envy’: Remembering we are Humans not Appliances in our Life Transitions

Letting go of ‘Henry Envy’: Remembering we are Humans not Appliances in our Life Transitions

Anyone growing up in the UK in the 80s and 90s will remember the ‘Henry hoover’. An electric vacuum cleaner with a friendly face and a robust constitution always ready to clean your house with a smile. When ‘Henry’ was … Continued

lifetransitions, resilience
Plug-in people? You’re more like a Tree than a Toaster

Plug-in people? You’re more like a Tree than a Toaster

“I’m on the verge of a breakdown.” “I just need to recharge my batteries and I’ll be fine…” “Am I beyond repair?” These are common enough phrases in life and leadership, and especially prevalent when we are going through major … Continued

hope, human, lifeskills, lifetransitions, machine, resilience, season, self-awareness, Transition
How to Deal with Regret (2/2): Bringing Purpose from the Past

How to Deal with Regret (2/2): Bringing Purpose from the Past

How we deal with regret will affect how much we can grow, develop and push forward. As we looked at last time, regret can eat us alive or be food for thought and growth going forward… In this post we look at how to make sure it’s the latter.

emotional agility, leadership, lifetransitions, regret, self-awareness
How to Deal with Regret (1/2): Make it Food for Thought instead of it Eating you Alive

How to Deal with Regret (1/2): Make it Food for Thought instead of it Eating you Alive

It wouldn’t surprise anyone who has experienced the gnawing, consuming discomfort of remorse to discover that the word originally comes from the Medieval Latin ‘remorsum’ meaning literally “to bite back, bite again.”

So how can we deal well with our life and leadership regrets without them eating us alive?

emotional agility, leadership, lifetransitions, personal development, regret, self-awareness

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