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.

Bad weather? Still a good day!

Have you ever really looked forward to going on a vacation only to find that when you got to your destination that it was cold and raining?  Did you feel that those weather conditions somehow ruined your holiday? If you…
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You Can’t or You Won’t?

Let’s get honest here.  There are things you won’t do.  There are things that I won’t do.  But, how often do we disguise our “I won’t” by “I can’t”? What do I mean? Well, it can be anything.  Years ago,…
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Muscle building

Have you ever seen someone go through something terrible and wonder how they can continue to get up every day and, not only simply function, but go on to thrive? To turn tragedy into triumph or to take a bitter…
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A word of encouragement for you

Sometimes, when we are going through a difficult time, we just need a word of encouragement. Perhaps you’ve been experiencing some challenging circumstances or conditions. Well, then this message is for you. How I see you is probably very different…
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What it means to be compassionate

I was listening to my favourite radio station this morning and two researchers were being interviewed about their latest project.  Compassion. What a wonderful topic! You see, we all tend to bandy about the word without thinking through what it…
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Loopy Thinking

Do you know that the results you are experiencing in your life right now are the direct result of your loopy thinking? Are you… Not happy in your career?  Not happy with your weight or fitness? Not happy with your…
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Disconnect to Connect

I went for a walk in a park today.  It was a beautiful sunny day.  There were lots of trees and flowers. The birds were singing. It was just gorgeous. And I was walking behind a young man taking his…
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The 4 Deadly Ds: – #4 Delay

This week we have reached number 4 of what I like to call “The 4 Deadly Ds”, that is, the techniques that our brains use to keep us safe, secure and living life exactly as we are today. Deadly D…
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The 4 Deadly Ds: – #3 Distract

This week we continue on with exploring what I like to call “The 4 Deadly Ds”, that is, the techniques that our brains use to keep us safe, secure and living life exactly as we are today. I already covered…
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The 4 Deadly Ds – #2 Dissuade

In my previous post, I introduced the first of my 4 Deadly Ds – Derail – just one of the techniques the brain uses to keep us safe, or put another way, to keep us and our lives exactly the…
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