Dementia - What is the end game?6/4/2020  Having watched vascular dementia take over my father’s life, I often asked myself the question “Where is the balance between supporting the person living with dementia and his/her family versus research and treatment options”? Dementia is a cruel and debilitating disease and its impact on people, families and friends is both challenging and shocking. The greatest challenge that I witnessed was constantly remembering that my father was not just a diagnosis or a statistic, he was a human being with feelings and human rights just like me. He deserved and had the human right to be treated with dignity and respect at all times.
 We are now living in unchartered and challenging times. As a global society we are rethinking almost everything that we do to make the necessary changes to meet our global survival need. On the home front I have been going through the many files on my computer to make access easier and to get rid of obsolete files! During this process I came upon 8 Steps to DE-CLUTTER Your Life, an article from the worldhappinessforum.org, November 2012. The first question I asked my self was “what is clutter”? My curiosity took me into the article to find an answer!
 Knowing about and understanding our Five Basic Needs as described by Dr William Glasser will help us to cope in this pandemic. It will help us to make choices that will keep us calm and significantly reduce unhealthy fear and stress. Fulfilling our five basic needs helps us to stay mentally healthy and enjoying life. Interestingly, our basic needs are of little interest unless they are threatened. And right now, for many our basic needs are being threatened! For some, all of the five basic needs are being threatened.
What is Leadership?18/3/2020  People often ask the question “What is Leadership?
In my view Dolly Pardon’s words sum up leadership perfectly. “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader. It would be fair to suggest that in today’s world an organisation or business’s greatest asset is its people, which throws the spotlight on quality leadership. Generation Equality.11/3/2020  The theme for International Women's Day on the 8th March 2020 was “I am Generation Equality: Realizing women's rights”. Achieving this outcome requires women to support each other and in the words of G.D. Anderson, 2013. “Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength. These are powerful words to contemplate every day and not just on International Women’s Day 2020.
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I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which I operate my business; the Wulgurukaba and Bindal people. I pay my respects to their Elders.
©Cathy O'Toole Consultant. All rights reserved. Website by Grey and Grey.