by SaraSwati Shakti | Sep 5, 2017 | Change, Coaching, Mindfulness
It’s wonderful windy Sydney again. An annual blustery and blowy end of August beckoning in what September and Spring will bring. I love the wildness of the wind. Listening to it is one of the most vital of expressions. It howls and whispers at the same time. It...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Aug 9, 2017 | Career, Change, Coaching
Making transitions with career positions, particularly when facing redundancy, can present a mindfield of considerations. Decisions to make. Concerns to address. How to manoeuvre through adjustments. Leaving an old role and generating new opportunities. And the time...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Jul 4, 2017 | Change, Coaching, Self-Leadership
Occasionally, when it seems appropriate, I see couples during transition coaching programs. On one such occasion a new coachee saw me for an initial appointment. He was referred to me by a caring colleague. I saw in him, underneath the discussion, a brokenness that I...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Apr 23, 2017 | Coaching
There has been an outpouring of grief for a friend and colleague. Jeff Milne. Apologies to those of you who I have not been able to get back to personally who have contacted me to assist. I have been processing my own grief in the mix. Jeff was an extraordinary human...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Mar 29, 2017 | Coaching, Psychotherapy, Spirituality
Have you noticed that gratitude feeling of full? When your body is communicating happiness to you. That feeling of sufficient, glad, satisfaction, content. That ‘just right’ sense that Goldilocks meant. That wonderful feeling of appreciation. And...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Feb 6, 2017 | Coaching, Poetry
I have been reviewing a journey with a leadership coachee with whom I have been working. It helped us to recall and appreciate the cycle of her emerging into new vibrancy, and the world she has been recreating. Revisiting, and honouring her process, as a special part...