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Deri’s blogs and video posts include emerging information, tools, tips, and strategies for living a positive, mentally-healthy life – at work and beyond!
We Called It a ‘Walkie Talkie’—We Didn’t Know It Was Also a ‘Brain Gain’
My friends, Audrey and Jacqueline, and I started walking over the last few years – especially during the long winter, in-between our southern get-aways. We knew we loved our “Walkie Talkie’s”; the exercise, connection, and camaraderie were always invigorating. What we did not realize is the real brain-boosting power of combining walking and talking; improving…Have a Mindful Vacation!
Summer is such a wonderful time as we all head off to locations near and far to spend a little quality time with family and friends.? I relish this time.? I have two teenagers and find myself embracing each moment with them more and more every year. I noticed an article on Mindfulness??in PsychCentral recently.?…
Are you ‘holding on’?
‘I can’t let it go.’? John was exasperated as he said this to me.? His co-worker had ‘wronged’ him 3 years ago, and John was hanging on to the anger and resentment he felt toward this person.? And, he knew he was doing it. ‘Yes, you can.’ I said to John.? ‘And, the gift will…
Positive Leadership
Think of the last time you were engaged, energized and productive at work.? What was going on? I?ll bet a lot of what contributed to that engaging, energizing and productive experience had to do with a positive leader who knew how to create an engaging work environment. All too often, we leaders focus?our time on…
Ten Tips To Revitalize Your Recognition Strategy
Employee recognition is not just a nice thing to do for people; it?s the right thing to do for your team and for your organization.? That is, if you want to keep benefiting from the positive outcomes your team members create for your business! Every week I am in a different workplace interacting with different…
Four-C Employee Engagement in Your Organization
How engaged is your team? Engagement is really about energy ? maximizing the amount, quality and direction of energy of the people who are a part of the organization.?? Of course, we want high, positive energy directed toward achieving the organization?s goals. How do you four-C engagement in your organization? Consider these four sources ?…
Vulnerability, Love, and Work
Vulnerability, Love, and Work It?s Feburary; the month of Love! What does Love have to do with the workplace? Well, everything I believe! (Maybe not in the way you are thinking?hang in there.) As a Speaker, Trainer and Human Resources expert, I live and breathe healthy workplaces. I believe our workplaces reflect our homes and…
Beat the Workplace Winter Blues
Ten Tips to Beat the Winter Blues in the Workplace Winnipeggers are a hearty bunch to survive our winters, but when late January rolls around, many people start to feel the blues with so much white stuff around ? especially at work. Here are the top 10 tips to help beat the blues in winter…
Wake Up to Your Habits!
We all have habits ? how we move, the way we think, how we associate feelings. We have preferences for what we do. You can learn to notice and potentially change some of these habit patterns by using quick strategies?which over time, can help you develop new habits. In the work that I do with…
Sweet Caroline: On Optimism and Joy
?I?m a bit of a troublemaker? she said, eyes sparking, after she caught my eye and sauntered over to where I was seated with my mother. ?I can tell?, I told her?.?and good for you!!? ?Well, you have to be a troublemaker when you?re 98, you know?, she said??and I am going to live to…


