Live like someone left the gate open
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
Gotta love this little puppy. She’s up for exploration, engine is revved, gas pedal is to the floor. Like a Go Life Lens™. Action packed, try it, let’s explore, jump in, take a chance – all are important, natural, vocabulary to a Go Life Lens™. On a good day, it brings exploration, spontaneity, embracing innovation, […]
Tags: go lens, spontaneity
Inspiration without the saccharine after taste = Mama Hope
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
Need a little inspiration without the saccharine after taste? Check out Mama Hope. Here’s to the multi-dimensional, caregiving, infinite & infinitely inspiring leaders among us. Here’s to you. Mama Hope believes that everyone should have a say in how they’re represented. When asked what they would make a film about, the women of the Nyamonge […]
Tags: inspirational, mama hope
Brave Leaps – create the life you want
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
I was recently interviewed for Tricia Hollyer’s Brave Leaps. It was an intriguing task – reflecting on the footsteps that have led me to this wild, tropical path, this time & place, living in Africa. What’s a brave leap? In part it’s a process of ‘navigating hope & fear.’ “As someone who takes refuge in […]
Tags: brave leap, change, tricia hollyer
We give what we can, when we can. A very simple story.
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
I sketch out my future blog posts. Makes it easier to focus when it’s time to write them. Today I’d planned to write about a Popular Blended Learning Resources Teachers Actually Use but after the evil at Westgate I’m finding it a hard to focus. So Instead Today It’s About A very simple story. We […]
Tags: danielle laporte, Wellness, westgate
When evil licks your heels- reflections on the Nairobi, Westgate terrorist attack
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
For the first time evil came (knowingly) close. It’s licked my heels & those of friends & family. I could see the smoke billowing from the Westgate mall terrorist attack from my kids’ school. For days I kept glued to my phone, SMS & Facebook feed for updates. When I saw someone I knew here […]
Tags: al-shabab, change, martha karua, nairobi, terrorist
Trait vrs Fate: Grandma’s Experiences Leave a Mark on Your Genes (via Discover Magazine)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Training & development
For those of us intrigued by influence (whether that form of influence comes via learning & development, organizational development, change management, etc.) the article which I’ve included excerpts below, is a fascinating look at a newly discovered type of influence. Darwin and Freud walk into a bar. Two alcoholic mice — a mother and her […]
Tags: epigenetics, influence
Seeking sophrosyne
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
Sophrosyne: (n) a healthy state of mind, characterized by self-control, moderation, and a deep awareness of one’s true self, and resulting in true happiness. Can’t you just hear the ‘ohmmm’ in that? There’s a time for rising up & reaching out, for adventure & maximizing opportunities. As the leaves are starting to turn back home […]
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How do you want it all to feel? sensuous goal refinement + emotional magnetizing
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness
Danielle LaPorte is pure genius at getting us to think differently, to try on a new way of being, of feeling. With her permission I’ve reposted one of her blog posts below. Speaking of feelings, ‘how do you want to feel,’ says the Heart Life Lens™ to the Head Life Lens™. Feelings are magnetic. So […]
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The results are in! The good, the bad & the beautiful. Habits that is.
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Communication
I had fun with this one (thanks to you). As part of my last newsletter, a review of Charles Duhigg’s “The Power of Habit” book, I created an online survey, asking you dear readers, about your habits. (The survey’s still open so feel free to head over there if you haven’t already. And see the […]
Tags: charles duhigg, habits, power of habit
You’re fine, how am I? Learning & Development Self-care
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Humor & comedy
I love this comic by Dan Piraro of Bizarro comic fame. Makes me think of self-care & wellness. As human resource folk, trainers &/or learning & development specialists we can focus so much on our clients, our participants, our learners that we forget to lean into ourselves. How are you? Really? I remember once having […]
Tags: bizarro, cartoon, dan piraro