“Dignity is a quiet strength which reflects your deep honor and self-respect. It … portrays a calm awareness and generosity of spirit regardless of the environment or circumstances.” Susan C. Young Think of someone you know, with a strong moral compass, who is not swayed by passing fancies, who is dependable and trustworthy. Who doesn’t give [...]
I am writing this at a time when a viral pandemic has girdled the earth. Lately there seem to be hopeful signs that its virulence is easing, we can only hope that this is so. But what is certain is that many have been affected, either in their employment, their family life, their health and, of [...]
Sarah: One of the key questions in relation to education is: What are you educating? What is the fundamental nature of the student? Gilbert: That’s a great question. It’s really asking about the nature of a human being. What happens in the classroom depends on what you understand a human being to be. I'll give you [...]
And he held up his hands with his two index fingers pointing at each other with a small space between the fingertips. “What happens in that space between teacher and a pupil is all that matters,” he said, “if there's love and intelligence and creativity and wisdom at that point, then everything will be fine. Then [...]
Sarah: True being is what it's all about. True education is about educating the human being, which is a spiritual being. That's what our school was founded on. We're going to practice a little bit of the being exercise now. It's a very simple one, and for children there’s obviously a very light touch, nothing forced, [...]
Reconnecting A conversation between Dr Pat Bacilli and Sarah Mane, author, broadcaster and founder of Conscious Confidence Pat: Sarah, tell us again how our listeners can get access to what you’re teaching. Sarah: I've created a two-part video series that can be downloaded for free, and it's called “Design Your Own Alignment Guide”. Alignment [...]
Coming into Alignment A conversation between Dr Pat Bacilli and Sarah Mane, author, broadcaster and founder of Conscious Confidence Dr Pat: We're talking about this transition to adulthood. It’s so important because there are consequences for both child and parents if we don’t teach this healthy, nurturing, powerful process. I did some homework. So, let's [...]
Principals and Discipline A conversation between Dr Pat Bacilli and Sarah Mane, author, broadcaster and founder of Conscious Confidence Dr Pat: I'm really struck by the word ‘discipline’, because it really talks to Conscious Confidence. Discipline is really necessary to awaken that knowledge of guiding principles of life. Every culture has a different way of [...]
The Phases of Learning A conversation between Dr Pat Bacilli and Sarah Mane, author, broadcaster and founder of Conscious Confidence Dr Pat: We're going to be talking about transitioning to adulthood, what it means and why is it all so hard now. So tell me Sarah how did you get interested in this issue? [...]
My Interview with Ian Graham (a retired CEO) on Leadership with Conscious Confidence “I don’t promise; I only deliver” About ten years ago my husband and I took up ballroom and latin dancing. I could write a whole series of posts on the physical, mental, emotional and, yes, even spiritual benefits of dancing. We [...]
