People doing what they love with an inspired vision, building teams, sharing keys to health  and performance.  It’s a changing world and great opportunity exists for those who are prepared to develop the skills of flexibility, harmony, balance and vision. More than amassed capital, technology or knowledge it is the development of adaptive, creative and aware work…

Are our measures of poverty and well-being too narrow? Judith Schleicher and Bhaskar Vira from Cambridge’s Conservation Research Initiative think so. Writing for The Conversation, they argue that we should include access to nature in these measures.

Watching nature programs will have a direct and uplifting impact on the mood and well-being of its viewers, according to a new study released by BBC Earth, the BBC’s global factual brand. Original Article Here “The Real Happiness Project,” which aims to promote the benefits of connectivity with nature via linear and digital platforms, was…

  Innerwealth is this: For many years I have consulted to and helped people who are keen to work as effectively as possible. The most successful people I have mentored have consciously become moved by an expansive vision. They are fascinated by life and driven to experience it fully. They respond well to change although they do not necessarily…

In the mountains there is no such thing as “#leadership” – there is simply someone who can get you to the top with the least probability of failure. It’s not a disrupter, an influencer, a good idea. No, it’s a certainty that comes to the group and they follow. If that person becomes nervous, unsure,…

In my favourite book, written by some of my teachers I can paraphrase with 40 years of apology for simplification of an ancient science: “at the end of doing something, working, playing, dancing, if your heart is not more filled with love, you did it wrong.

My teachings are pretty simple: there are seven areas of life: spiritual, familial, social, career, financial, mental, physical. Have love in each one area, do not place the burden of love only on your loved ones because at is an energy vacuum on them. Instead, bring home the love, from whatever you do and give,…

Expand your way out of challenge. We are nature, hence, we can learn to deal with the ups and downs of life through observing how nature handles certain situations. Today, it’s challenge we’re observing. Nature expands out of trouble. What grows back after a disaster is always greater, more resilient, more magnificent, than what existed…

When thousands of people reach a certain level of life each an every one of them feel the right to get to the next level. They have each worked hard in their own way to get where they are and feel that by hard work, they’ll reach the next level. It’s a literal log jam…

Change is a wonderful thing. Applied to technology or safety, it’s the key to the wellbeing of the planet and the business’ that thrive on it. However, when change is mis-applied to people and jobs, it turns to its darker side. This article, written by a dyslexic mountaineer, explains why: Come with me on a…

If you are not perfect already, how will you ever be? There’s a great Buddhist quote goes something like this: “If you want to clean a bucket of dirty water, simply leave it alone” Well, I think that’s a great metaphor for the self-help garbage industry that claims there’s a better you, just around the…

In Self-Leadership 101 – we turn the mirror around to look at ourselves, facing the reality that; We can’t give what we haven’t got. With this insight we recognise that if we want to lead others, we need to have our own tanks filled, otherwise we are giving leadership with one hand and sucking energy…

A blast from the past

A beautiful reminder that after all is said and done, Love is important to us all.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-energy-sucker-giver-chris-walker Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones fame, claims that there are only two types of people in the world, energy suckers and energy givers, I tend to agree, however, there are no single sided people on this planet (law of balance) so everyone, including you, are an energy sucker and an energy giver, and…

Retreats are important to us. They give us the time to contemplate our pathway, reconsider our process for life and upgrade our personal brand. There are three key components of a good retreat. 1. THE NEVER ENDING STORY There are four questions in every human heart. Where am I going? (WEST) Why am I here?…

A great book by Farai Chideya – Kiss the Sky is worth a short listen to her intro… how to be yourself when faced with challenges … love, drugs, music, etc…   The classrooms inside General Assembly (GA) are nothing special. Rows of chairs fill undecorated rooms. Visit any of the company’s 15 campuses across…

So-called “green exercise” provides health benefits worth £2.2 billion a year to adults in England, according to research. Researchers analysed data from the world’s largest study on recreational visits to natural places – such as parks, woods and beaches. They estimated that more than eight million adults in England engage in green exercise each week,…

We, those of us who work in the business world, work all day, sometimes from morning till night, in our head, doing math, working things out, trying to sort problems, even with people we can be doing the emotional math of coaching or persuading someone to be happier. And during this day, or in the…

I believe that nature based spirituality can overcome most depression as long as it is caught early before the symptoms become habitual and family and friends become enablers. To that end, I’m suggesting that we read this article so that early signs of depression can be red flagged, reversed and handled with nature. However, given…

1. Costs of healthcare delivery are spiraling to unsustainable levels The costs of healthcare have outpaced economic growth by an average of 2% in OECD countries for the last 50 years. Emerging economies are starting to face similar challenges. By 2022, around one-third of all global health expenditure will occur in emerging economies, and for every additional $100 spent…