Schurmann Counselling & Life Coaching

07/01/2024

Just sold 6 more workbooks to Voice of Hope - counselling clinic in Whitby, Ontario. Thank you for your support.

12/06/2023

I have reached 400 followers! Thank you for your continued support. I could not have done it without each of you. 🙏🤗🎉

09/16/2023

10/21/2021

They say it’s what you can’t see that usually kills you. So why is it that my hidden, silent struggles with ADHD are so often dismissed? Condemned? Ridiculed? The daily challenges are real, and really depleting when it feels like the whole world is wagging its finger.

10/21/2021

Since I was a child, I couldn't remember anything, and had no idea why! When I realized my ADHD caused a working memory problem, I invented this process to deal.

10/14/2021

Mindfulness — the act of directing one’s attention to the present — can help reduce stress and anxiety in overactive ADHD minds, improve mood, and round out an effective ADHD treatment plan. Here, learn how to practice mindfulness with a restless mind that could benefit from a reduction in wor...

05/08/2021

Forgiveness!

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you” – Lewis B. Smedes.

04/20/2021

https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.amp.html

The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.

01/02/2021

Build a Culture of Courage

Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the commitment to overcome it. Courage doesn’t mean you’re not afraid; it means you battle against your fear and confront it. Courage pushes you to resist the impulse to shy away from the things that stir up your innermost anxieties. Courage is required and must be a constant. It’s tiny pieces of fear all glued together.

Here are some helpful tips for building a culture of courage:

1) Set scary standards. Your level of excellence and expectation for your product or service or experience should almost be something that is nearly unattainable. Safe goals are set by safe leaders with safe visions. Give your people a goal that scares them, and you’ll produce leaders who know what it means to overcome fear.

2) Allow for failure. The road to success is many times put together through multiple failures. Allow for and even encourage your team to fail as they attempt to succeed.

3) Reward innovation. Innovation requires taking risks. And bold risks create bold team members. Rewarding innovation will challenge your team to grow in their roles.

4) Pursue the right opportunities. Not every risk is a good one. Be disciplined. Aggressively pursue a few things that make sense. Say no often.

5) Learn to delegate. This is one of the most courageous things a leader can do. Entrusting others with important tasks requires letting go and relinquishing control. Liberally pass responsibility and authority to your team. If you want your team to be courageous, give them the chance to lead.