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The Power of Gratitude for a More Meaningful Life
Gratitude can transform your life in many ways. By focusing on the positive aspects of your life, you can experience greater joy, contentment, and fulfillment. Cultivating a mindset of gratitude can also improve your relationships, boost your resilience, and enhance your overall well-being. In this article, we’ll explore the power of gratitude and how you…
How to Incorporate Mindfulness into Organisational Culture
Over the last 20 years I’ve experienced a major change in the acceptability of using mindfulness techniques in organisational culture. I can remember hearing from people in the 1990’s that it was a spiritual practice and was not suitable in a professional workplace. I also worked in some Catholic organisations and heard people say that…
Noticing meaning in your life is helpful
I was talking with someone recently who said that they had given up trying to figure out the purpose and meaning of life. They said it was too difficult and had made them feel a bit hopeless. It sounded like they were experiencing some grief over this and that it was putting them in a…
Routine can bring a sense of meaning in life
I like things to go the way that I expect them to – most of the time anyway. A predictable life with routine and habits means I don’t have to think about every little thing that I do. What I hadn’t appreciated until recently was how these routines help me find more meaning in my…
Valuing what you put time into
Around Saturday lunchtime I look around the house and feel a sense of satisfaction as I can see clean floors, dry washing, and empty bins. There is something about doing it with my partner that makes me value the result all the more. There have been times when our family was really busy and we…
Matt Jackman & Harmonie Jackman – Covid impacts on mental health services
In this episode Matt Jackman and Harmonie Jackman, brother and sister, talk about their experiences during the lengthy lockdown periods in Melbourne during two waves of Covid-19 in 2020. Matt and Harmonie both live with Bi-Polar and discuss with me how their mental health support services have adapted to the changed circumstances this year. They…
Dave Pugh – Covid Impacts on Anglicare NT
In this episode I speak to Dave Pugh, who was the CEO at Anglicare NT at the time, who has worked in the community sector for many years across Australia. Working in Darwin and regional parts of the Northern Territory during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 has been quite different to the experiences of other…
Margaret Augerinos – Covid Impacts on CNV – Family Violence
During 2020 Margaret Augerinos has led the adaptive change that has been necessary to keep staff and clients safe from Covid, whilst also being focused on keeping vulnerable women and children safe from family violence. When the referral numbers dropped rapidly the Centre for Non Violence quickly used social media and mainstream TV, print, and…
John Cleary – Covid impacts in residential aged care
John Cleary has worked in leadership and consulted to the residential aged care sector and is the Managing Director of Blue Chip Consulting Group. He has a distinct perspective, not being caught up in the changes required by Covid-19 but having a close understanding of how the sector works and many senior staff within it.…
Ann-Maree Davis – Covid Impacts on Amicus – Disability
Ann-Maree Davis was the CEO of Amicus, a disability support organisation, working in Bendigo in Central Victoria at the time of this Covid interview. She has been the CEO for 12 years and has made significant changes in the way they do their work, including the transition to the NDIS for much of their funding.…
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