by SaraSwati Shakti | Jun 6, 2019 | Family, Personal Development, Relationship, Workplace
This mandala from the mandala’verse collection is titled One Spark.Why One Spark, when there are two heart flames? Because sometimes one heart helps to ignite another, and assists it to lift brighter. That Spark could be a word, an idea, a helping hand, a taught...
by SaraSwati Shakti | May 20, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership, Self-Leadership
Chaos is a ladder. I have borrowed those words from a line in Game of Thrones. If you, like me, enjoyed it’s evolving story, it offered rich fodder for observing the games people play, and the character arcs and manoeuvres that follow. And while it is fantasy...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Mar 17, 2019 | Career, Leadership, Self-Leadership, Workplace
We have been experiencing many rainy days of late. Which can make it challenging to motivate. Particularly on a Monday, with events that have honed attention, on the world stage. For me my Monday morning included a quick peruse through my LinkedIn news feeds, to tap...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Feb 17, 2019 | Coaching, Development, Leadership, Self-Leadership
I have dipped into a novel again. Yet it is more than just a novel. It speaks to me more deeply. It is by the German Novelist Hermann Hesse (b1877 – d1962) titled Demian. I remember reading The Glass Bead Game/Magister Ludi by the same author when I was a...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Dec 16, 2018 | Change, Leadership, Wellbeing
It has come to that time of year, when time is speeding up. Or so it would appear, as we edge further toward Christmas cheer. That time of year when things can become particularly frantic. As the heart beat starts to race to keep up, with the extra tasks, last minute...