livepresent with Anne Whatley-Dale

15/10/2025

October is WorkSafe Month and I’m proud to be involved once again. It’s easy to think that working safely is only about what we do at work – or getting to and from work. To me, though, it’s always about safety beginning before we wake up and ending after we go to sleep. When you add the importance of quality sleep, it’s a continuous loop....

22/01/2025

Welcome to 2025! I'm a big believer in making every day feel like New Year's Day, which is another way of being present each day. With the optimism and excitement that usually goes with heading into a New Year. So, how has your year started? Have the first 22 days been the way you wanted them to be? Thought they would be?...

Welcome to 2025! I’m a big believer in making every day feel like New Year’s Day, which is another way of being present each day. With the optimism and excitement that usually goes with heading into a New Year. So, how has your year started? Have the first 22 days been the way you wanted […]

21/01/2025

Hello!

Yes, it's January 22, 2025.

I've been indulging in the summer of Tennis - some of the time courtside, and some from the loungeroom.

All the while with things on my mind like
- why are healthy conversations important?
- how is it that we often (unintentionally) look after our cars and pets better than we look after ourselves?
- how do we balance using AI with making sure we keep thinking for ourselves?
- have you noticed how many people say 'just get it done' and then 'it's not good enough to publish'?

Looking forward to sharing my thoughts and helping you excel AND be well in 2025 and beyond!

Back soon.

Anne

21/09/2024

A day to stop work and wellness colliding! - Hobart, Saturday 19 October 2024 -

What’s usually the first to go? The you things that have less impact on others. Exercise. Relaxation time. The meal you want instead of what’s fastest. Even sleep.

23/07/2024

Where's the link between wellness and communication?

Here are three keys to explain the link:
1. Communication is about what you say to yourself and others, combined with how you hear, respond or react to what other people say.
2. Emotions and emotional health sit at the core of our wellness model - our Barometer.
3. Our emotions and emotional health impact and influence everything in our lives - and the same happens in reverse.

A good example of how this works is to think about how good you felt after a good, healthy, conversation compared to how you felt after a challenging one.

Good, healthy conversations tend to leave you feeling respected, loved, cared about - and that you've either achieved what you intended to or are on your way to achieving it. There is no residual impact - although I like to think the warm fuzzy feeling you're left with is a great residual benefit! You may feel energised, and more able to go about your day with a spring in your step.

Challenging conversations can leave you pondering, with a lasting residual impact that's hard to shake. It might be what someone said, how they said it, or a combination of both, that sits in the background - especially when you've reacted in a way that you didn't want to. The impact can leave you feeling any range of emotions, uncertainty may rise and productivity is often affected.

What are 3 keys to start minimising the impact of a challenging conversation?
1. Step back and take a breath. The conversation has happened. You've responded the way you have.
2. Be kind to yourself and reflect on what you can take away from the conversation.
3. Decide how you would like to respond differently in the future - then plan to do that when you prepare for a conversation.

Of course this only touches the surface, so if you'd like to know more, let me know. You can reach me at:
[email protected] or visit us at livepresent.com.au

Have a great rest of the day - and remember, if you have the choice to be right or kind, always choose kind!

Anne

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12/07/2024

Is it time to talk?

Like it or not, humans are meant to talk. Which is often easier said than done, depending on the topic and who is involved.

Not long ago, we avoided email or SMS trains that went on forever, going down rabbit hole after rabbit hole. The rule of thumb was something like 'pick up the phone if the email is going to take more than 5 lines - or needs more than 2 replies'!

Now email and SMS trains being more the norm, regardless of emotion increasing -and understanding decreasing - with each keystroke. Emotions escalating. Damaging fallout and residual impact.

I get it. Some of us prefer talking and others don't. Times have changed. And sometimes we want - need - a record of the conversation.

All good.

Except there's still a place for a robust conversations. Of picking up the phone, standing face to face, or meeting online, especially when it's going to an awkward, scary or challenging conversation. Seeing and hearing body language signals help us understand the other person, and direct the conversation to its conclusion, usually in less time than it takes to write the email or SMS.

The real challenge is it's easier to bang away at a keyboard than talk. People are also likely to be less angry in a conversation than they are in an email or SMS sent in the heat of the moment.

The key to having a robust conversation? Preparation.

To find out more about robust and healthy conversations, you can join our Inner Circle at: https://livepresent.com.au/Join_Us/
or contact me at: https://livepresent.com.au/contact-2/

Have a great weekend!

Anne

05/06/2024

Prefer to listen to the blog? You can do that here: Why is it so easy to let work - outside the home and inside the home - run our lives? OK, I hear you say "It's because I need to... pay the bills / look after my family / meet these deadlines or I won't have a job to pay the bills..."...

When work and wellness collide, why does work - outside and inside the home - so often win? One clue lies in who the boss is.