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For as long as I can remember, I’ve been in and around education. First as a student, then as a teacher, and later in leadership and counselling roles. Learning has always been a love of mine—not just my own learning, but also that spark of curiosity and creativity that comes alive in others. There’s something beautiful about watching people discover new insights, whether they’re five years old or fifty.Over the years, one of the most meaningful discoveries I’ve made is the gift of Pro...

Let Them

Have you ever found yourself overthinking someone else’s behaviour?Trying to manage how others perceive you?Or feeling stuck in frustration when someone doesn’t act the way you hoped?Enter a simple but powerful idea from author and motivational speaker Mel Robbins - “Let them.”This mindset shift isn’t about giving up—it’s about letting go of what was never yours to hold in the first place.What Is the “Let Them” Theory?Mel Robbins explains it like this:“If someone wants to lea...

The Story We Tell Ourselves

So much has been said about strengths-based strategies and while I’m a trained counsellor and coach who taps into strengths as a therapeutic tool to trigger change, I do observe that it takes time and a growing self-awareness to overcome the pervading story of self that dominates and dictates our life choices on a daily basis.Recently while reading Dr. John Delony’s book, ‘Own Your Past Change Your Future,’ I was again reminded, “Each and every one of us tells ourselves story after sto...