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Many of us have a tendency to be very unkind towards ourselves and this can be made all the more pernicious by the fact that we are not...

In this brief animation, Dr Russ Harris, author of the international best-seller The Happiness Trap, illustrates how to use ACT...

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The origins of personality trait theory date back to ancient Greece and Hippocrates, with many researchers subsequently expanding on this...

Empathy and sympathy are often grouped together, but they are very different, as Brené Brown outlines in this short yet powerful video....

"The moment you arrived in the world, you were sentenced to life. Maybe you'll live fast, die young. Or love slow, die old. Your life is...

Do we really not know how to do change in universities? Rupert Taylor, expert change-enabler and guest speaker at the Association of...

A powerful way to consider where you focus your time and attention and the impact of that choice is captured in this short video "the jar...

Many of us are struggling with an intensely critical inner voice, one who relentlessly punishes us for failing to live up to an...

Virtual meetings are here to stay. We must address their challenges to ensure discussions with colleagues remain productive and valuable....

Not all lockdown experiences have been equal. In a blog for the Association of Heads of University Administration (AHUA) last month, my...

The drive to always please other may sound like a worthy cause, but it’s a problematic pattern of behaviour for both the pleaser and...

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I’m sure there’s a quote out there that talks about wisdom being the realisation that the more you know, the more you realise you don’t...

Of the much written about leadership and how to “get good at it”, the often challenging and sometimes thorny issue of personal presence...

"Whatever we think about we bring about." Although cynical at first when reading Rhonda Byrne's The Secret about the law of attraction,...