From Dr. Magdalena Bak-Maier, Grid™ Creator and MTC Founder It’s been close to ten years since I developed the Grid approach to help with work-life balance and to get more organised. I am delighted to feature another uplifting story from a teacher who has retrained to support women to have a positive birth and postnatal…
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From Dr. Magdalena Bak-Maier, Grid™ Creator and MTC Founder It’s been close to ten years since I developed the Grid approach to help with work-life balance. It is with a great deal of pleasure that I now get to hear and begin to feature stories from fellow practitioners who have adopted my Grid tool into…
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Lack of work-life balance gives rise to more problems Many people that come into my 1:1 practice seek help with finding work-life balance. This could be balance between life and work, work and career, life and happiness, work and self-care. In one way or another, their current life is not working. This is where Grid…
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Personal development work is how we improve and recover health Personal development can be defined as any activity we engage in purposefully that helps improve awareness, pinpoints our talents and potential and helps us live it, aids us with developing a more coherent sense of our identity, supports us in discovering internal resources, aids us…
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There are times in our lives when we feel daunted by our circumstances. There are also times when the only problem we face originates within. Affirmations can be a great tool to help pinpoint where we need to focus and move towards a healthy mind, heart, body, and spirit. The list of affirmations below has…
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Making the transition from a researcher to an academic is not easy for men and women. While we would want to think and believe that academia is fair, this is not so. Academic women continue to be disadvantaged in the current system.
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“One thing alone is certain, that man’s slavery grows and increases. Man is becoming a willing slave. He no longer needs chains. He begins to grow fond of his slavery, to be proud of it. And this is the most terrible thing that can happen to a man.” ― George Ivanovich Gurdjieff 1878–1947, philosopher, spiritual…
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Relationships thrive in emotional intimacy. Feeling connected is key to intimacy and maintenance of healthy relationships. A relationship that only exists in a mind is nothing but a concept one can experience mostly alone. It is the presence and emotional availability to oneself and another human being that forms true relational matter be that with…
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Plenty to do even before the pandemic? Find out how Grid can help you cope better. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, stress, anxiety and mental health were a concern for some, as was burnout. Find out how the Grid method can help you: get through the pandemic crisis, lower Covid-19 stress and anxiety, safeguard you…
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“PhDs are self-directed and can be extremely overwhelming.” – 4th Year PhD student What you can learn here? There is a crisis in mental and emotional well-being for PhD students (Page 1) Our project confirms these findings and shows that doing well and being well is a rare event (Page 2) How our Grid™ approach…
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