I can proudly stand up and say that I can manage on my own. But when the going gets tough, we all need support, or at least the feeling that we have it somewhere. Reading the news on the morning of the opening day of today’s war, I felt a crying sense of loneliness that […]
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In my life, the day in the picture was about a year ago. It changed my outlook, my state of being and my sense of self 180 degrees. Even though I thought I was more or less ok before, looking back I realise that it was preceded by a very long period of pain, sadness,
Together with our good colleague Ain Mihkelson from Juhi5, we did a free webinar where we talk more about spiritual growth as a leader and also the need to be in touch with your deeper layers. Let’s take questions like: Are you aware of why you are the leader you are? What options are there
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In December’ s Director, I wrote at length about the identity grief associated with change, because I see and believe that every change is a grieving process. Change is usually linked to a change in identity, and identity is our deepest layer, and when it is threatened, it brings up a lot of deep feelings
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The article was published on Personaliuudised.ee and Juhi5’s blog. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs ends in most textbooks with a level of self-fulfilment. Shortly before his death, Maslow added a self-transcendence, or a level of what might be called transpersonal. Since Maslow died a year later, and the supplement was published in a little-known journal, and
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For years, my Friday evenings seemed pointless and wasted if I didn’t go “out”. Drinking out and looking for company. But you couldn’t stay home on a Friday night! It was no problem to finish several bottles of beer and a pack or two of smokes during the evening. I was proud of that. Sure,
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There is an animal or primal part of all of us that is dangerous to suppress, because it is like a lava that is always present in the core of the Earth, but comes out where we don’t want it to, hurting ourselves and others. Unexpected outbursts of rage or anger at things that are
Many of you will have read Gary Chapman’s book “The 5 Languages of Love”. The book is written in the context of intimate relationships, to help partners understand each other’s language of love, and then to monitor their own use of language in order to maintain and (re)develop the relationship. Or, if the languages are
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I’ve often been asked in training and mentoring how to figure out what you like to do and what you could do in life. Of course there are excellent methods and guides for this (e.g. Gallup Strenghts, birth chart, personality tests, human design, IKIGAI, etc.), but over time I’ve developed what I call test questions:
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“I’m happy and grateful to be able to give people the opportunity to shine a light into their true depths.” This is the sentence I have formulated as my MIKS. A phrase that inspires me. It brings together my work as a deep-dive leadership trainer and future therapist. Yes, it is not worth digging in
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