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Call out your Shame!

2nd July 2018

Shame. Ugh. It really is one of the worst feelings isn’t it? On the Rising Vibrational Scale it’s right the way down at the bottom. Shame comes from the most negative, destructive thoughts and drives the same feelings. If left unchecked, shame can have a devastating impact. Shame shows up everywhere and we need to…

Corporate Contortionists.

15th June 2018

Lou Banks

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Feelings and emotions are everywhere. We’re human. Humans have lots of feelings and emotions. So why in business are they rarely encouraged or spoken about? We’ve all heard the term ‘PMA’ (Positive Mental Attitude) or listened to conversations around how to stay motivated, driven and passionate. But you won’t often hear dialogue around resentment, anger,…

Calling out the men.

30th April 2018

Lou Banks

change, feel good at work, feeling better, growth, Self Awareness, self development, social pain, stress, transformation, work

How do you feel when you see a grown man cry? A close friend. A brother. Your Dad. If it makes you feel uncomfortable, you’re not alone. The Cure sang ‘Boy’s Don’t Cry’ in their classic 80’s anthem. It’s built into our collective psyche. Men aren’t supposed to cry. It’s just not what men do…

Why we love the movie Inside Out.

23rd March 2018

Lou Banks

change, feeling better, Self Awareness, transformation

Have you seen the film Inside Out? It’s the story of 11-year old Riley and her emotions – Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust. When Riley moves with her family from Minnesota to San Francisco, her emotions are thrown into chaos. She struggles settling into her new home away from her friends and her hockey league…

The Power of ‘What?’ and ‘Why?’

26th January 2018

Lou Banks

change, feel good at work, feeling better, growth, Self Awareness, self development, transformation

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Goal setting is a big part of January but so many of us are back on the booze/cigs/meat/sugar/wheat/dairy and sat on the sofa in our shiny, unused trainers by the end of the month. So let me ask you this. WHAT exactly is your goal? Write it down. Look at it. On a scale of…

Why Rising Vibe?

18th December 2017

Lou Banks

feel good at work, feeling better, feeling good, finding relief, growth, transformation, work

Good question. It’s one I’ve been asked quite a lot by both friends and colleagues. The meaning is very significant and resonates deeply with me. So let me explain. Rising Vibe is ultimately, about FEELING GOOD. We all want to feel good, but quite often we don’t. Why is this? How can we start to…

We all want to feel good, right?

21st November 2017

Lou Banks

Imagine genuinely feeling good every day. For real. No pretending. When people ask how we are and we say ‘fine thanks’, we really are fine. Imagine that?! Well, it’s possible. In my keynote speech at the Spa Life International Conference last week in Birmingham, I talked about how, by controlling our thoughts and managing our…

Set your boundaries and then reinforce them!

26th September 2017

Lou Banks

boundaries, Making it Stick, Self Awareness, self development

Let’s get one thing straight about setting boundaries. Boundaries are not selfish. Boundaries are self-CARE. Selfish is getting stranded on a desert island with a group of people and eating all the food. Selfish is sailing off into the sunset in a 4-man lifeboat and watching our friends drown. We’re being selfish when we’re concerned…

Discomfort verses Resentment.

7th September 2017

Lou Banks

boundaries, growth, Self Awareness, self development

I’m just going to come out and say it. I hate going to the park. I just don’t enjoy it. Never have. Never will. This isn’t the time or the place to go into why, but there it is. The park SUCKS. So when the kids were little, where did I spend the vast majority…

Pay attention to your thoughts, because thoughts become things

6th April 2017

Lou Banks

growth, Learning, self development

In other words, it’s time to get wise to all that chat going on inside our heads, because what we think about can manifest as reality. You’d be amazed how often people talk to me about their fear of presentations. They just hate them because they believe they’re not very good at them. The closer…

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