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A collection of testimonials from the first readers of 'How to Develop Your Creative Identity at Work' - see what they think about the book.

Creativity, like love, is a word loaded with personal significance. Discover six different ways to manifest your creativity and how they impact how we live our lives.

How often do you think 'I know myself. I know what I can do'? A story about my mom's cat reveals insights about self-awareness, needs, and achievements.

I'm excited to announce that my book 'How to Develop Your Creative Identity at Work' was published in October 2022.

2020! What a year! I don’t know about you, but the political and ideological division of the world has hit me right between the eyes.

Establishing a new kind of trust is the desired outcome when the internal psychic landscape is negotiated between the old and new you. Discover how surrendering to your creative sensitivity can transform you from a conforming individual into an authentic creator.

Can you think yourself as a creative person if you are not an artist? Artists are generally acknowledged as the most creative individuals in a society. How about the creative individuals in other professional domains. Do they need to think of themselves as artistic? Do they require artistic expression to come up with exceptional products?

Have you heard this saying, 'When in Rome, do as Romans do it.'? What does it mean to you? To me, it says that when you go to a particular place, you should expect to meet people who behave in a certain way. How about your growing start-up? What kind of behaviours do people expect to find in your company?

On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 strongly disagree and 10 strongly agree, how satisfied have you been with yourself in the past weeks? What kind of thinking has been more like you? “I wish I were differ

Have you recently heard yourself anything similar? These must be some of the most pronounced sentences by those of us who participate in webinars.

Week 7 of isolation. What do you find surprising or intriguing about how you manage yourself in isolation?

What do you make of this quote? One way to interpret this is that when an individual becomes conscious of someone else’s gaze, the awareness of being watched restricts the freedom of thinking and bein

Like my friend, after the outbreak of coronavirus, some of us who moved their office work at home may find ourselves caught between the work responsibilities and the responsibility as a parent.

This Tuesday, March the 24th, I took my kids for a bike ride around the neighbourhood.

Each morning came with this question, “What decision should I make?” about things which yesterday used to be routine.

October is the month when trees are parading with their leaves.

What does it mean to be integrated in a foreign culture?

This morning, as I was walking with my son, with the corner of my eye, I could see a young woman and man catching up with us, on their electric kick-bikes.

We can’t be compassionate if we are not generous, empathetic and self-aware.

It was a beautiful Summer afternoon when my husband and I were in the car, driving around to do some errands.

Most of the time, individuals wait for their leaders to identify problems with innovation potential. Believing in your creative ability can boost the confidence in taking initiative and proactively seek potential changes or opportunities. In particular, individuals with non-creative roles may perceive themselves non-creative.

An interview with John Bates, leadership communication coach and founder of Executive Speaking Success, exploring creativity in business, rephrasing as creative strength, abundance meditation, and openness to intuition.

I might as well shut up because you people don't get me. I must be stupid. These were the frustrated words of one participant in a training I conducted some time ago.

"The heartfelt connection we all yearn for is locked away within our everyday routine as parents, teachers, and friends." Lawrence J.Cohen, Playful Parenting

Some of us like to read. Because we are curious to know everything about anything - history, anthropology, biomedicine, artificial intelligence, etc. We are driven by the desire of understanding where we came from and where we are heading. Some others are driven by the need to feel. They read fiction - romance, science fiction, horror, etc - to make them feel alive.

Everybody knows Notre-Dame, the cathedral at the foundation of the Parisian cultural heritage, the place where Victor Hugo imagined the plot of the novel The HunchBack of Notre-Dame.

On the occasion of the World StoryTelling Day, at the event organised by the Nordic Culture Point on March 21st, I wrote and told an empathy story for an audience of 8th grade children in Helsinki.

Creativity, like love, is a general term, with a different meaning  to each individual. To me, creativity is a gift which nature offered to humans to help them explore and evolve in all aspects of lif...

Exploring the role of creativity in academic and professional research environments through a science-based framework for doctoral students.

The fundamental drive in life is the pursuit of meaning, writes Viktor Frankl in Man’s Search for Meaning.

On May 2nd, I got an email from a journalism student who asked if I'd like to meet her for a 20 minutes interview about the Shark Tank event, in Luckan Integration, where I participated as a shark.

Because we have days when we don't see the impact of the work we do or when we don't get a confirmation of it, it doesn't mean it didn't happen.

When the Summer vacation started, I felt anxious and overwhelmed. I was obsessed with all the ideas about how to move on forward with my projects. For each project, plenty of research to do, social media presence, etc. Countless reasons and scenarios of why and how to continue the entrepreneurial work.

A guide for overcoming fears and taking the first steps toward testing your business idea through practical experimentation and building supportive professional networks.

As a child, I used to look up to my parents and other adult relatives because they seemed to have figured out who they are and how they wanted to live.

I have practiced short self-compassion meditations on and off, for 2 years now.

Last December, I was in the office of one of father’s oncologists.

According to UN, there are about 244 billion people - 3.3% of the global population - who live in another country than the country where they were born.

What is creativity?

When I meet friends and ask, “How have you been?”, it’s highly likely that I get answers, like “busy” or “I can’t remember”.

Tomorrow never comes.

Empathy ranks second on the list of top skills that are worthwhile but hard to acquire. Here are four key focus areas for managers when taking employee perspective to improve team performance and workplace engagement.

Empathy is deeply wired in our brains and is the key to successful workplace relationships. Learn three practical habits to develop your empathetic muscle and create more inclusive working cultures.

How do you gain clarity into who you truly are?

An introduction to professional coaching and why it's a valuable tool for personal growth. Learn what coaching is, how it differs from consulting or therapy, and who can benefit from this thought-provoking process.

The human brain likes certainty.

To revenge or to forgive?

Can you think of a moment when you saw or heard something which was so unimaginable beautiful and breathtaking that your mind entered a state of stillness? Time stopped ticking and you were overwhelme

> "We would like to believe that only a disturbed parent responds in a way that is damaging to a child.

Daydreaming

If someone said to you: “ Here you have two pairs of glasses: through one, you can perceive life colourful .

When a new year is about to begin, some of us like to make a list of resolutions.

Healthy self-esteem means the ability to perceive our own worth as realistically as possible, by reviewing our current relationships and achievements and further challenging ourselves.

Today, in the last day of 2013, I look back at the year that seems to have passed at the speed of light.

When I was a child, waiting for the Christmas day meant living in a fairytale.

In general, human beings are resistant to change.

Complaining, the statement that you are unhappy or not satisfied with something, is deeply rooted in every human being.

Empathy, shortly defined as the ability to put yourself in other's shoes, is for me the fundamental ability on which all the other abilities that make us human are built - compassion, kindness, sensit

Moreover, with the help of your empathic skills, you can feel how she feels and together you feel as one.

I doubt there is a human being who likes to be judged.

The emotional need to be loved and the social need to be accepted and appreciated silence the inner voice of being who you truly are - the human being who came into this life to live in authenticity,

If health has previously been taken for granted, now you feel a deep appreciation for having a healthy body.

In times like this, you feel even better how much your family loves you! You listen to your friends' encouragements and you feel the positive energy and the strong believe that everything will be fine

When a friend or a family member opens up to me about her problems, I am inclined to chime in with my brilliant suggestions.

I have the tendency to forget how beautiful nature is in the Autumn.

Loving someone with whom you have a strong human connection is one of the most precious gifts that life can offer to you.

The first stage of disappointment

Whatever happens during pregnancy, remember that when it ends, you get to hold your baby in your arms

Pride is a human emotion with many definitions based on how proud people behave.

A more stable source of happiness

According to the travel writer Pico Iyer, there are 220,000,000 people around the world who live outside their home countries.

Humour can bring lots of benefits in your life.

It is important, yet so difficult to relax

You too must have a special person whom you call first when you have a joy or sorrow to share. It comes a time when it's your turn to be by her side.

Muses are still on demand

The decision to stay away

> "No, nothing,

Talking about the durability of the new constitution, Benjamin Franklin wrote to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, "…but in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."When we turn our a

Welcome back home

> "The only real valuable thing is intuition." - Albert Einstein

> "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets". Matthew 7:12

Travelling challenges our abilities

> "If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot." - Emil Cioran

> "Speak to all people as though they are the wisest, gentlest and most beautiful beings on Earth; for what they believe, they become." - Heather K.

Mindfulness

The Boston explosion

Working towards a common goal

Expectations since early childhood

When we don't get what we want

The other side of performance

What is the intuition telling you?

You've been hired in an organisation where after the first week, you find out that some colleagues and bosses are xenophobes. What is there to do?

Some of us are like the trees.

Addicted to the agenda

Forever friends

Why did the princess and not the daughter of the witch win the heart of the prince?

I don't have time for myself, so much less for others

A heartfelt exploration of the challenges of connecting with others in a foreign culture, inspired by Dalai Lama\'s wisdom on compassion and the importance of modeling openness for children.

An honest reflection on parenthood challenges beyond the vegetative state myth - exploring unconditional love, managing expectations, and the delicate balance between nurturing and setting boundaries.

A reflection on how our busy lives disconnect us from ourselves, and practical ways to reconnect with our authentic soul through silence, discussion groups, and self-exploration.

An examination of happiness through Benjamin Franklin\'s lens, exploring how chasing future happiness keeps us miserable and why cultivating human qualities is the key to contentment.

An exploration of compassion across religions and personal experiences, examining why we see so little compassion in daily life and how science shows we can cultivate it.

At the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013, I have experienced a strong feeling of gratitude for a group of people I have never met but whose sacrifice had a tremendous influence on my destiny.

For the last ten years, I have been living in a multicultural environment in which I had to learn new ways to behave with friends.

I love poetry and romance books.

I have always had a terrible fear of physical pain.

We were driving to a friend's place and I was complaining how much I hate Winter.

Comparing yourself to others is a pest.

I love travelling.

"Mine, mine! I can't manage to read anything … Aurora takes all my time… and there are moments when she does only what she wants! … she gets upset with me if I scold her and she would not talk to me a

Exploring the challenge of seizing the day as a new mother, from meditation struggles to learning presence through a baby's natural curiosity and spontaneous park adventures.

A personal evolution from claiming no attachment to material possessions to discovering the allure of homeownership and questioning our relationship with space and belongings.

A personal reflection on how different cultures invoke God in daily life, examining examples from Hurricane Katrina to Iraq War rhetoric and questioning human assumptions about divine will.

A personal exploration of afterlife beliefs through psychology and spirituality, examining Jesse Bering's research while embracing soul-based faith over religious doctrine.

A candid exploration of how overwhelming motherhood moments can trigger negativity, and finding balance through understanding the psychology of pleasure and presence.

A moving account of how a dream about a late grandfather inspired a poem and brought comfort after watching The English Patient. An exploration of dreams, grief, and spiritual connection.

A personal reflection on the challenges of dining out as a new mother, exploring how parenthood transforms simple pleasures and the inner struggles of finding peace amid interruptions.