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.

Should’a-Would’a-Could’a

I should have. I would have. I could have. (Also known as the should’a-would’a-could’a spiel). I should have started saving. But didn’t. I would have started that diet. But didn’t. I could have changed jobs. But didn’t. Regret. What an…
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Focus on the What. Let go of the How.

I heard a great quote this week: Getting ready is a stalling tactic. I don’t remember who the quote is credited to however, I think there is a lot of truth to it. So many of us plan, plan, plan…
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What if I do nothing?

Letting go of what you know in order to move forward into uncertainty is much easier said than done. Fear of the unknown is a common blocker that many of us use as a reason to stay stuck and ‘making…
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What are you waiting for?

This week, I sadly, and all too prematurely, lost a friend. She was vibrant, active, fit and, by all appearances, healthy. Out of the blue, she was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour. She had just enough time from being…
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Will it make you bitter or better?

Stuff happens.  That’s just life.  But why is it that some people manage to get through their challenges, leaving only a distant memory behind, while other people carry that baggage with them, metaphorically living out of that suitcase for years,…
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Reconnect with your spirit

  So many of us live in our minds and actions all the time. It’s all think, think, think and do, do, do. It’s not often that we take time to just be. It’s a busy world and we all…
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Loving yourself – warts and all

I recently had a conversation with a friend about a video link she had sent me.  In the video, a young woman was talking about her video blog on makeup and beauty and how she had received numerous judgemental and…
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Your decisions today equal your results tomorrow

Every decision you have made in your past has led you to be living the life you are living right now.  The big decisions and the small decisions – they all count.  It’s really important that you understand this because,…
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