A Lifetime of Personal Power

A Lifetime of Personal Power

The 7 Times Table of Life’s Challenges and Opportunities. Geschreven door Dr Janin Vansteenkiste.

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The 7 Times Table is a signpost to traverse life’s journey, through ups and downs and at crossroads, towards the human potential that awaits at each new 7-year phase.

Some years in our life pass with a sense of growth while others feel more like a steep decline. Some years feel like we are losing the plot, making us anxious about coping and ‘being normal’. The 7 Times Table in this book offers you a reliable signpost, helping to choose direction if you are stuck or at one of your life’s crossroads. Discovering more about the distinct human qualities that each new seven-year cycle holds shines a light on your journey. Seeing the road ahead makes it easier to make the next steps. There are typical challenges and opportunities attached to each cycle, explained through authentic experiences of fellow humans. How did they struggle out of their crisis and manage the change? The 7 Times Table is a fresh look at the unique promises within your own life.

Over de auteur

Dr Janin’s teenage dream was to become a flying doctor in Africa but, along the tightrope of choices and destiny, her career took shape in coaching people and their projects. She has a PhD in industrial and medical sociology (University of Leuven) and practical training in organization development and coaching (Centre for the Art of Living, Johannesburg and Centre for Social Development, Sussex).
Her passion for awakening the power of human development underlies her coaching practice.
www.drjanin.co.za
She grew up in Belgium (Mortsel near Antwerpen), worked in Leuven, Ghent, Bloemfontein and Pretoria and for years lived in a magical cottage in Waterlandkerkje (Zeeuws Vlaanderen).
In 1997 she returned to South Africa, to Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha).
The book weaves together real-life stories of her two homelands.