by Dominique Dennery | Jan 8, 2021 | Coaching, Compassion, Leadership
Traditionally, the third Monday in January – known as Blue Monday – is said to be the saddest day of the year. The highs of the holiday season, spent with family and friends in a normal year, are gone. The days are short, dark, and cold. Credit card statements, often...
by Dominique Dennery | Nov 30, 2020 | Compassion, Genuine Conversation, Genuine Life
It’s been about six months since George Floyd was executed on camera and our cultural conversation received an electric jolt. In Canada, since then, we have had our own terrible incidents of police violence against Black and Indigenous people. I want to check in and...
by Dominique Dennery | Nov 4, 2020 | Coaching, Compassion, Genuine Life, Perseverance
Since about March (at least here in North America), we’ve almost all been affected by COVID-19, in at least one way or another. Whether we or our loved ones have lost jobs, kids have been without sports or school, household income has been slashed, or your work life...
by Dominique Dennery | Jun 22, 2020 | Change, Compassion, Leadership, Personal Development, Relationship Development, Transition
We know getting back into the office after the shutdown is going to be challenging. But there are things we can do to ease this transition for ourselves and our coworkers or employees—and this is a prime opportunity to rethink what kind of work culture we are creating...
by Dominique Dennery | Jun 15, 2020 | Accountability, Compassion, Transition
A little while ago, I blogged about Rick Hanson’s Red Brain, Green Brain model and how it can help us to understand mental wellbeing and regulation. I suggested that this model is particularly helpful in understanding why so many people’s mental health is suffering...
by Dominique Dennery | Jun 5, 2020 | Compassion, Fear, Spoken word
Experiencing segregation in the 1960s When I was a child in the 1960s, I travelled with my parents and younger sister to spend summer holidays with our US family in Hampton, Virginia. My uncle and aunt worked at the Black College; one was a French teacher and the...
