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#MondayMotivation: 4 thoughtforms to help you develop a healthy ‘work-life’ balance I am feeling motivated to share with you some revelations that came to me over the weekend.  I hope they will help you to create an improved and and more fulfilling work-life balance. Okay, so I was looking at me on the video below which I put out to advertise a program of incense making workshops that I’m rolling out as modules from autumn equinox , through mid-winter to Spring Equinox. It’s not easy to watch this video because I’m looking first at one camera and then the other.  And as you’re watching it…well it’s just a little weird right?  I was practising presenting to different cameras because I had held an online meditation previously where only one person had signed up through Eventbrite ticketing, and I was accessing zoom through my iPad; but two others and were watching live on WhatsApp and I was engaging them through mobile phones.  I was filming on different devices to try and catch my engag

HOW TO SPOT A NARCISSIST PSYCHOPATH Back by popular demand. More and more victims of workplace bullying are contacting me, via social media, regarding their brushes with narcissistic managers. A couple of people have private messaged saying how brave I have been speaking out. Which speaks less to my bravery but more to the long term impact of the intimidation they have experienced . Like domestic abusers, all bullying happens behind closed doors with little evidence except the impact on the victim. I’m going to say that again: all you need to evidence is the impact on the victim. Is your line manager playing a ‘divide and rule’ strategy? presenting one face and saying one thing in front of the group as a whole, and then in 1:1 meetings presenting an entirely different ‘face’ and narrative. e.g. praising you to your face but reprimanding you behind closed doors. Or logging complaints about you with the HR department while praising you to your face? Both of which I experienced in confus