by Clare Myatt | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog
As a Mac fan living in Palo Alto at the turn of the century, Steve Jobs was a particularly fascinating character. I read Walter Isaacson’s biography on release and anticipated Danny Boyle’s 2015 movie with relish. It didn’t disappoint. It put a...
by Clare Myatt | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog
Dr. Bessell van der Kolk was one of the first trauma experts who made sense to me. Here’s a piece I wrote last year about the experience of attending one of his lectures in 1998: SPEECHLESS I am speechless, horrified, pinned motionless in my chair. Grainy images...
by Clare Myatt | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog
My friend and colleague Pete Hamill published his excellent book Embodied Leadership last year. I don’t find it easy to paraphrase or summarise, so am delighted he’s written this brief piece on leadership for Future Considerations. Highly...
by Clare Myatt | Sep 3, 2015 | Blog
Do you more easily relate to having had an adverse childhood experience than childhood trauma? For some, this descriptor will be a portal to exploring the consequence of such experiences, and if your curiousity is piqued, I highly recommend this...
by Clare Myatt | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog, Service
I’ve been researching and writing about resilience recently – the ability to bounce back from adversity. Some people seem to have innate skill here, others less so. Piques my curiousity. How is it that some people naturally interpret failures as...
by Clare Myatt | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog
I begin with an admission. On reading the title of Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler’s latest article “The Commodification of Mindfulness” (link below) I had to dive for the dictionary. “commodifyverb com·mod·i·fy \kə-ˈmä-də-ˌfī\: to treat...
by Clare Myatt | Aug 11, 2015 | Blog
There’s a lot of buzz about resilience at the moment. For good reason, it’s an essential component of surviving and thriving as a human being: survival of the fittest and all that. So when my colleague Tom Dillon asked some questions about resilience in...
by Clare Myatt | Aug 2, 2015 | Blog
If you read my last blog post you’ll know I’m in some turmoil. It’s as if the rug has been pulled out from underneath my feet. My belief system around addiction is being challenged. Today I read something settling and reassuring. William L. White* is...
by Clare Myatt | Aug 1, 2015 | Blog
Johann Hari’s book Chasing the Scream came highly recommended and I’m working my way through, skipping or skimming the overwhelmingly triggering parts (at least, when I can catch them in time). It’s an enormously thought provoking read. As...
by Clare Myatt | Aug 1, 2015 | Blog
Moved to tears by Monica Lewinsky’s TED talk “The Price of Shame” I offer a link below. What a brave and courageous woman. Several things really stood out for me – she referred to a time before the media furore surrounding her youthful choices,...
