A Lifetime of Personal Power – Second Edition
At every age we can use our human potential of unfolding our talents, defining our identity and awakening the hero in us.
Dr Janin signposts an encouraging journey through all the stages and changes of life. This 2nd edition includes a brand-new chapter “Onward from 63!” with an inspiring message about the magic in growing old. It weaves together real-life stories from her two homelands: Belgium and South Africa. Buy Your Kindle or Paperback Version on Amazon. Click here to shop.
A Note from Dr Janin
Our biography is a journey through the stages and the changes of life. We tend to think about age categories as periods of 10 years. But scientific and spiritual research shows that our life’s journey is subdivided in 7-year cycles. Each cycle holds distinct challenges and opportunities to acquire new qualities as we grow. I wrote this book after many requests from clients, who wanted some insights into biographical coaching and real-life examples. These, I weave together, with selected examples from both my homelands: SA and Belgium.
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Viva Academia
The landscape of South African universities is in turmoil. Some institutions have already lost their credibility. Others must clean up their governing practices. Their organisational sustainability is at stake. Student grant management has sunk into a quagmire…
Ongoing and renewed student protests are but one signifier, but an important one, of what is going wrong.
Dr Janin looks back at her involvement in the Belgian student politics that were part of the ’68 social movement and observes South Africa’s most recent student protests.
Comparing these different times and situations motivates her plea to reinforce the engagement power of universities. Engagement within, with student-centred learning and development and with fair workloads for dedicated academics. Engagement without, with curricula and research addressing local and global solutions. As crucibles of knowledge-based leadership, universities have a unique social charter to fulfil. Changing times and changing challenges call for changing practices.
Tried and tested approaches combined with new initiatives all can contribute to open mindsets and a vibrant higher learning experience – the essence of academia.
Taking an alive academia into the future begins with listening to the voices of the youth.
A Lifetime of Personal Power
Truly we all walk that tightrope between choice and destiny. Often we find ourselves on the rope without a balancing stick! This cahier offers you a balancing stick.’ ‘If you want to pursue your path in life empowered by a clearer understanding of the human biography, and encouraged by the stories of others, read on.’ ‘There are indeed challenges and opportunities at all ages. Knowing that there is a new source of power to be found, with every seven-year time gate we pass through, is enlightening. And it gives hope.’ ‘At every age we can use our human potential of unfolding our talents, defining our identity and awakening the hero in us.
In her second cahier, Dr Janin shares her views on how you can transform the passage of time in your life into a passage of personal power. This book is based on her daily work of coaching people and their projects.
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