A meaningful life isn’t built on perfect choices
One of the questions I hear most often in coaching isn’t about careers, promotions or leadership. It’s about meaning. It usually arrives disguised as something else. Am I on the right path? Have I made the wrong choices? Is this really how I want to spend the next ten years? What if I’ve missed my […]
Strengths-Based Development: Improving from a Place of Strength
This week I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Dr Zen Goh, Chief Examiner of the Professional Development unit I teach into at Monash University. Zen is creating a series of interviews for our students and invited me to speak about my twenty-plus-years’ experience of learning about, working with, applying and teaching strengths and […]
Why I love the ‘Orange Army’
Here I am in London in 1996 during the UEFA European Championships. I’d just moved to the UK. I was finding my feet, making friends and slowly building a life that felt like home. Football (or soccer, as we insist on calling it in Australia) had always been part of my upbringing. My dad was […]
Reflections from the IPPA World Congress 2025 in Brisbane
I’ve just returned from my 4th International Positive Psychology (IPPA) World Congress. Admittedly, I went with mixed feelings – excited to be reconnecting with people in the field and to be listening to and learning with researchers and practitioners from around the world. But I also felt some trepidation and a deep wondering about the […]
Being a Swiftie’s Mum
Myth-busting women in leadership and confidence issues
Women lack confidence. Women have imposter syndrome. Women don’t ask for what they want. More information – what else do you need to know that will help you trust your decision-making and at what point are you prepared to not know? More time – does every decision need to be made “now” – if you […]
Why Nations and workplaces are talking about Loneliness
Angelina’s Presentation to International Positive Psychology World Congress, Vancouver 2023
decision making, innovation, and overall company performance. More confident and assertive, (but not aggressive or bossy); Less emotional – more gritty and resilient, (but not too hard); Faster at making decisions and getting to the point, (but still thoughtful, considered and data driven)
My learning from IPPA World Congress 2023
Rethinking Post Holiday Blues
