Milton Keynes Personal and Professional Development Book Club – The Chimp Paradox – Prof Steve Rogers

Milton Keynes Personal and Professional Development Book Club – The Chimp Paradox – Prof Steve Rogers

Post-event update WE LOVED - the exercises spattered throughout the book which helped us manage our chimp. 5 points we got from the book 1.Rogers has summarised how the brain works by using a model - we have a chimp, a human and a computer which are all interacting tougher. The chimp is 5 times [...]

Monthly Mindfulness Walks

Monthly Mindfulness Walks

"Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet" - Thich Nhath Hanh Every 3rd Thursday of the month 12-2pm, Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes Next few dates: 15th February 15th March 19th April 17th May Please comment below to let me know you're coming, or email me on arti@innerconversations.org   Walking in nature & making connections with people are both great for the mind, body and soul. [...]

Milton Keynes Personal and Professional Development Book Club – Daring Greatly – Brené Brown

Milton Keynes Personal and Professional Development Book Club – Daring Greatly – Brené Brown

Post event update Brené Brown has spent years researching vulnerability, shame and how they relate to wholehearted living. You can see her speak about this on a video which has 'gone viral' here https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability. Daring Greatly in a nutshell: Vulnerability and shame are uncomfortable emotions, and we do an awful lot to avoid them. Building resilience [...]

Milton Keynes Personal and Professional Development Book Club – Start with Why – Simon Sinek

Milton Keynes Personal and Professional Development Book Club – Start with Why – Simon Sinek

Post event update: Start with Why was a book with a very important message - if you start with WHY you are doing something, everything else falls into place and decisions become a lot easier. For example, if Company XYZ has a mission to make the best THING to help customers with their BLAH, any [...]

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We were at a party. I was feeling good. I was ready to dance with the party animal, talk to the shy person, have a giggle with the flirt. But people kept turning away from me. Crinkling their nose in disgust. Sighing. Tutting. I began to feel left out. My smile had turned into a [...]