Author Archive: Vera Herman

Vera Herman is a transformation strategist, facilitator, speaker and coach with over 20 years’ experience in helping individuals and organisations design and build their visions and dreams, accelerate their business results, and create richer, more fulfilling lives. She is passionate about supporting people who are ready to explore, challenge and change any self-defeating patterns, and design, build and step into the lives they were meant to be living.

Get out of the way

Over his many interviews and throughout his teachings, Dr. Wayne Dyer used to frequently say: Let go and let God. There’s a lot of meaning in that quote.  Those of us who follow the principles of God, or if you…
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You can’t steer a parked car

I was listening to a podcast last night where a caller had rung in to ask the presenter what job she should go for, given her age and her previous experience. I laughed at the answer – not because it…
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Tuning into your intuition

We all have an intuition.  Sometimes we call it our sixth sense, gut feeling, instinct, or the still, small voice. Regardless of how we label it, our intuition is our internal guidance system and the better we become at paying…
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Whose journey are you on?

Let’s face it. Most people end up living the life that someone else – parents, schools, society – have set out for them. The fact that you are here, reading this article is a good indication that there is some…
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Just keep moving forward

Every little step counts.  Whether it be physical steps – if you are walking from one location to another – or taking any other action steps towards a goal, building your business or career, decluttering your house, choosing healthy eating…
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What it means to forgive

Forgiveness is for our own benefit, not the for the benefit of the person who has done us wrong. It is also a choice.  A decision. An action.  It doesn’t just ‘simply happen’. To paraphrase a popular quote: “To hold…
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Treat yourself with compassion

We can be so hard on ourselves.  We place these exceedingly high expectations on how we are supposed to behave, to think, and to do, and when we fall short of meeting those expectations, we struggle to treat ourselves with…
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Pay attention to what you’re tapping in to

If you don’t take notice of what your thoughts are, your thoughts will do their own thing and they will control you.  But when you pay attention to your thoughts, when you notice what you are thinking about, then you…
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