by Jo Banks | Oct 9, 2019 | Inspiration, Self Development
Our brains are designed to be risk-averse. It’s an in-built safety mechanism to keep us safe from harm. There is around a five second lag between having a thought and taking action in which the brain quickly assesses the ‘risk’. The problem...
by Jo Banks | Oct 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Excessive worrying is a huge issue for many people. In a group of fourteen people (my usual workshop size), there is always at least two excessive worriers who will admit to it! It has been proven beyond doubt that ‘the mind can’t tell the difference between...
by Jo Banks | Oct 9, 2019 | Inspiration, Self Development
As the demands placed on us both professionally and personally, increase on what seems like an almost daily (or even hour by hour) basis, I have seen a steady rise in requests for my full and half-day resilience workshops. These are structured courses which provide...
by Jo Banks | Feb 27, 2019 | Inspiration, Self Development
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always tried to be as perfect as possible in most areas, not least, in my writing. I used to agonise over everything I wrote attempting to make it as accurate as possible before publishing. I would pore endlessly over a...
by Jo Banks | Jan 2, 2019 | Inspiration, Self Development
I’m happy to say that I had a very productive 2018 and have met or exceeded most of my goals including writing three new books and launching my ‘Your Dream Job’ online training programme, amongst others. No mean feat I can tell you, given my crazy schedule, and yet I...