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…
One of the key problems Grid™ is designed to solve is the challenge of how to get a healthy work-life balance and stop being a slave to work.
The cost of poor mental health in the workplace has increased according to a new report on stress and burnout by Deloitte making Grid™ ever more useful to working professionals, freelancers and students.
News from our first Grid retreat where we work on helping people construct healthy and deeply fulfilling lives that encourage their best expression.
5 ways to nurture emotional connections in your relationships Sometimes the people we love most and, those who love us, can get into a downward spiral in our relationships. We can feel them slipping away in spite of effort to connect better with them on an emotional level. In such instances instead of love being…
Pleasantness: the quality of being pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure; being and feeling amiable; a sense of agreeableness. Empowerment and integration give us an internal feeling of pleasantness no matter what is happening around us. Common struggles Impatience, anger, frustration are way too common in today’s world. We often feel either ‘on edge’ or…
Do you find it hard to complete things? It may be a DIY project you started or another creative endeavor that you were super excited about. It can even be something that needs doing like your business accounts or a project with an immovable deadline. We have all been there! Something needs to be finished…
Conscious or subconscious thought patterns Mental functions can be either conscious or subconscious. The conscious mind consists of thoughts you are easily aware of. They take place when you’re awake and choose to apply purposeful attention to what is happening and what you want. The subconscious mind consists of everything else such as habits, reflexes,…
February Highly Recommended Read This month’s recommended book is Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and Hope to Find Hope by Johann Hari. You can watch Johann in conversation with Decca Aitkenhead, interviewer for the Guardian from a Thursday lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) below. This is a beautiful, deeply…
Contemplating self-love Whether you get swept up in the red hearts and roses or decide to go against them, there is no denying it – February invites us to contemplate love and closeness in all its forms. While Western culture tends to celebrate the nobleness of giving and sharing romantic love, at its core love…