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Dealing with Emotions in the Workplace

You are not your feelings
Listening

What I learned from drug addicts about feelings

During lockdown I spoke with Dan Kuschell, whose popular Growth to Freedom podcast has thousands of listeners around the world. These useful tips on understanding emotions can reduce stress and improve your life. Here are some topics we touched on: Read more…

By John Faisandier, 2 years ago
Personal Development

Can you really get help for anxiety and depression?

Anxiety and depression are the most common forms of mental distress that people experience in New Zealand.  Help is close at hand for you or someone you know who might be struggling with these conditions. It’s free, confidential and you Read more…

By tufwmb, 3 yearsOctober 23, 2019 ago
Conflict

Why should I just shut up?

In 2009 a friend of mine, 18-year-old Eva Maria published a book titled “You Shut Up!” hoping to improve communication between adults and teens. “Adults need to shut up and listen to what young people are saying”, she said. Ten Read more…

By tufwmb, 3 yearsOctober 15, 2019 ago
Listening

How many feelings are there?

In a conversation with Nicole Jansen, host of the Leaders of Transformation podcast, we discuss the question of how many feelings there are. She had heard there were around 4,000 feelings. I would say there could be four billion feelings, Read more…

By tufwmb, 3 yearsOctober 11, 2019 ago
Listening

Why effective listening is so difficult

In the video “It’s not about the nail” a woman sits on the couch with her partner and complains of terrible headaches that simply won’t go away. She has no idea what’s causing them. The camera pans out to reveal Read more…

By tufwmb, 3 yearsOctober 1, 2019 ago
Anger at work can be productive
Management

Why is it so hard to talk about feelings?

Imagine a stadium full of people shouting as loud as possible for a minute or two before the first whistle had even been blown. That was the scene at a recent rugby test match in New Zealand between the All Read more…

By tufwmb, 3 yearsSeptember 26, 2019 ago
Conflict

What triggers a person to get upset?

What triggers a person to get upset? This is a question I was recently asked by a podcast host from the United States. My short answer at the time was “it doesn’t matter what the triggers are. What you need Read more…

By tufwmb, 3 yearsSeptember 17, 2019 ago
Personal Development

Six ways to identify unhelpful thoughts

This is the second installment  about Maggie, a team leader in a government department who has been struggling with negative thoughts and the impact this has been having on her work, her life and her interactions with others. You can Read more…

By tufwmb, 3 yearsAugust 19, 2019 ago
Personal Development

Thinking your way to happiness

Maggie, a team leader in a local government agency complained that she felt depressed. She was always thinking about their difficult customers and how bad things were in the world. This affected her ability to interact easily with her team Read more…

By tufwmb, 3 yearsAugust 5, 2019 ago
Listening

The third step to helping upset children and adults: Invitation to find a solution

When dealing with problem behaviours you first want to listen empathetically to the other person then you want to share with them how this affects you. Thirdly you want to find a solution to these two competing examples. You have Read more…

By tufadmin, 3 yearsMarch 25, 2019 ago

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