by Real Wisdom | Jan 30, 2021 | Children, Teens, Parenting and Education, General Interest - Coaching, Wisdom, Leadership, Leadership Skills & Competencies, Integral Leadership, Mindfulness - Art of Awakening, Thinking
This is a story of Luck. And a story of getting lucky. More reliably. ‘Good Luck!’ When we want to wish someone well we may say ‘good luck’. Mostly it is a well-worn greeting, often a throw-away comment if we’re honest – something we say in the absence of anything...
by Torsten Henschel | Sep 11, 2017 | Children, Teens, Parenting and Education, General Interest - Coaching, Wisdom, Leadership, Inspiration, Leadership Skills & Competencies, Integral Leadership, Lean Transformation
Given my coaching work and experience, what are my thoughts on school education for the digital age? My client organizations employ young people described as ‘Millenials’ and ‘Generation Y’. What can we learn from their experiences? Any...
by Torsten Henschel | Feb 5, 2017 | Children, Teens, Parenting and Education, Emotions, EQ and the heart, General Interest - Coaching, Wisdom, Leadership, Inspiration, Leadership Skills & Competencies, Integral Leadership, Mindfulness - Art of Awakening
She said she felt as if she had been treading water her whole life. “What if you stop?” I asked. Either you sink or you float. The very moment you give up struggling with the water, if you’re going to float, you have to put your faith in the water...
by Torsten Henschel | Sep 30, 2016 | Children, Teens, Parenting and Education, General Interest - Coaching, Wisdom, Leadership, Leadership Skills & Competencies, Integral Leadership
As a parent I understand: sometimes I need to be firm to be kind. I have read parenting books that tell me this, other parents share this advice, my parents …. More importantly, when I draw the line with my little boy, resistance inevitably takes the shape of...
by Real Wisdom | Oct 22, 2015 | Children, Teens, Parenting and Education
Have you, as a family, developed and used Rites of Passage with your children? Today our little boy turns 10. On the weekend I will be privileged to guide him through his first family rite of passage – his own ‘Karoo to Coast MTB Challenge’. As an integral coach, I...
by Real Wisdom | Jun 23, 2015 | Children, Teens, Parenting and Education, Leadership Skills & Competencies, Integral Leadership, Mindfulness - Art of Awakening, Prioritization Tools & Procrastination, Seeking Purpose, Connecting with Soul
It is test week time for our little boy at school. I’ll help him, since discipline in studying does not come easy at 9 years of age (or any age?). Lego and marbles, never mind the attraction of technology… so many distractors… Observing myself and...
