by SaraSwati Shakti | Jul 26, 2020 | Change, Coaching, Development, Leadership
I was recently reminded about some words, from the legacy of C.S. Lewis … Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different. And it is a funny group of words on which to focus. Particularly now. As there is...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Jul 17, 2019 | Career, Change, Coaching, Leadership
One of my favourite pastimes is bushwalking. Finding new walks that are not so easily marked. Going off the trodden way, to have a look see, with curiosity, and finding new things to marvel in, before getting back on path. A lovely analogy, on the life of the...
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 | 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 | Nov 12, 2018 | Career, Change, Coaching, Self-Leadership
Personal Branding is one of the key aspects of professional positioning. And one of the most significant ways to express it is in your resume, CV, or bio document. Such a document, has two specific benefits: It is personal and encapsulating to you, as it describes...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Oct 4, 2018 | Change, Coaching, Family, Psychotherapy
Wholeness is a perpetual process. Life can throw us into new experiences. And call us to manage changes, challenges, and developments, with as much balance as we can manage. Some events are unexpected, and require time and care to work through a process. Even when...
