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What creates a thriving culture? Is it the leaders? The company mission statement? The organic muffins? To me, it is people that are the biggest asset to an organisation. They are the pivotal contributors to creating a compassionate and winning culture. Below, I have elaborated upon seven touch points that will ensure a thriving culture.

Value and Genuine Appreciation: People must feel valued and they must feel a genuine appreciation of both themselves intrinsically and their work. It’s...

Michelle A. Hardwick of Release...Peace is a highly qualified Hypnotherapist, advanced Trainer and Practitioner of the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and is qualified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). 

Listen to Michelle's Grounding Exercise or Relaxation audio here.

The focus of this blog is to introduce a variety of strategies to help deal with stress and create calmness in your life and career.

Managing Stress - creating calm in your career

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Michelle A. Hardwick of Release...Peace is a highly qualified Hypnotherapist, advanced Trainer and Practitioner of the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and is qualified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). 

Listen to Michelle's Grounding Exercise or Relaxation audio here.

Loving Ourselves
Loving our self is an essential and very important part of our healing and evolution. When we love ourselves we offer the gift of love to everyone around us as well. Self-love is the most...

With the success of five previous sell-out summits in Ireland transforming the lives of 16,000+ attendees, Pendulum Summit ‘Elevate to Excellence’ will take place in New York City on September 13th 2018. We are excited to partner with such a game-changing event.

Pendulum Summit New York Speakers: 
Jack Canfield – America’s #1 Success Coach
Suzy Welch – CNBC Correspondent, Leading Business and Life Strategist
Deepak Chopra MD – World Authority in...

Michelle A. Hardwick of Release Peace is a highly qualified Hypnotherapist, advanced Trainer and Practitioner of the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and is qualified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).

Have you noticed recently how things really are changing?

For me it feels like I’ve walked through mud for the past few months (well let’s just say YEARS!), and now I am noticing that things are finally starting to get easier. Thankfully a LOT easier than they have...

Martyn Newman is a widely respected voice on emotional intelligence and leadership. Here is some of his presentation from day two of the 2018 Pendulum Summit. Hear more from Martyn on Pendulum Talks.

The problem in business and education is that we separate feeling from knowing. We teach about verbal intelligence, maths and performance IQ, but not about recognising the inner-life of experiences or managing surging emotions.

We’ve created environments of complete disengagement....

Meditation can take many forms. Years ago (in my youth), I thought that there was just one style – like all the photos I’d seen – with people sitting cross-legged, wearing robes, chanting Om. I’d decided that that, wasn’t for me. To be honest, I was also constantly moving, running through my life, so I definitely wasn’t the type of person who could sit still for long periods of time, nor do that thing with my legs. Back then, I was terrified of anything...

Marci Shimoff was speaking at the 2018 Pendulum Summit; she is one of the world's leading voices on happiness and a New York Times bestselling author. Hear more from her on Pendulum Talks.

Happiness is the one thing we have wanted from time immemorial.

How many of you would like to wake up in the morning that little bit happier? We all do. We have an epidemic of unhappiness in our society. One out of every four women are on antidepressants. We have more than we’ve ever had, yet...

Most entrepreneurs get lost in the maze of figuring out what makes an investor bite and thus fund one business plan versus another. The people with the money have a set of rules and invest in things that the poor and middle class are not even aware of. To successfully raise money, you must understand the rules that the rich use to make their investment decisions.

If you wanted to find the formula or rules that the rich use, the best way to approach this problem is for you to write the...

James Caan CBE is one of the most respected business titans in Britain. He was speaking at the 2018 Pendulum Summit. Hear his presentation in its entirety on Pendulum Talks.

Through life you must continually reinvent yourself.

It’s rare that your journey is one straight line. Life is full of twists and turns, and to be successful you must have have the ability to adapt and change course. The underlining ingredient in this journey is passion. Working hard for something we...