Storytelling includes sharing tales or narratives with one or more listeners using your voice and gestures. This is a powerful tool for expressing attitudes and feelings, on personal life experiences and background. Various cultures globally create stories as a way of making sense of the world.

We use this practice powerfully in Cultural Diversity Coaching to give participants an opportunity to understand each other’s diverse backgrounds. The debriefing session is helpful in unpacking Assumptions (Positives & Negatives), Stereotyping, Prejudices, and encourages deeper conversations that lead to building synergy in the team. This process leads to improved relationships, team synergy, and enhances performance and results delivery. This is an ideal opportunity for the staff to get to understand, and to embrace each other’s Cultural Diversity.

Enjoy Heritage Day Celebrations with your family and friends!

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By Thuli Tshabalala

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Most of us feel better when we’re with others. Individuals with a large social network, those with strong interpersonal skills tend to be happier than those with few personal contacts. What is needed here are real relationships, not those we have accumulated on social media that we hardly know. Having a conversation with a friend or family member can produce oxytocin – a good feeling hormone. Conversely scrolling through social media can serve to heighten feelings of loneliness and depression. Extroverts are happier than introverts. Another factor in the happiness mix is a person’s ratio of expectations to accomplishments. Setting goals is important, but if you set your sights unrealistically high, you may not meet those goals and fall into unhappiness. One’s perception and the ability to set a realistic frame of reference are key to achieving happiness.

As we look forward to celebrating our heritage day in South Africa, there is a lot one can remember about us as a nation that can contribute to our happiness. Change is in our blood and bones – it is in our DNA. We are hard-working, innovative, friendly and forgiving. Let us never forget that our collective will achieved a negotiated peace. We have changed our leadership.

What is inside us is greater than anything in the outer world. We have the power to change our thoughts, feelings and intentions. We can create our own happiness!

By Gail Cameron