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.

Aren’t you tired of hearing excuses?

How often do we catch-up with friends or family members who complain about their current circumstances?  Their conversation will be about how difficult life is, the way other people are treating them, what everyone else is doing wrong, or how…
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Be open to growing through learning

I took a long drive to visit a country town with a friend a few months back.  We visited a studio of an artist we both admired, and afterwards, we discussed the beauty of his work as well as just…
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Resitting tests

There is a preacher whose sermons have taught me a lot about life.  I remember listening to one of Joyce Myer’s talks where she said that we are blessed to have a God who gives us lessons and tests and,…
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Letting go

A friend of mine recently suggested that I write a post about decluttering.  Sure, I was happy to.  Although I had already written one some time ago, I could do a refreshed version.  However, as the conversation went along as…
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Looking at the bigger picture to find balance

Everyday life comes with a variety of problems we need to deal with – relationship issues, health issues or financial issues. That’s no surprise.  But it’s how we look at those issues or problems in the context of our entire…
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What’s your vision?

Have you ever created a vision board? I remember when I first created mine.  I did it with a slightly sceptical mindset.  A part of me wanted to believe that I could manifest the life that these images were depicting…
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Dreams in action

Much of the work I do with VerityHearts is about supporting people in creating their dream lives.  It’s about helping people not to focus on their current circumstances and conditions, and instead, to open their eyes, minds and hearts to…
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The resonance of our thoughts and words

In a previous blog I quoted Eleanor Roosevelt, saying that “All the water in the world cannot drown you unless it gets in”. That quote got me thinking more deeply about water and about references I’d heard made about a…
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To forgive or not to forgive?

I was listening to talk-back radio earlier this week where two guests were discussing the topic of forgiveness. The commentator kept bringing up different scenarios and asking whether the guests believed the wrong-doer should be forgiven, or if he should…
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