Cathy Caswell
CATHY is president of The Healthy Living Plan Inc. and holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration. She has managed a successful corporate career in marketing and sales. In 2013, she encountered Logosynthesis®, a guided-change method developed by her cousin, Dr. Willem Lammers. With curiosity and intrigue, she has been training in the method and exploring application as a tool for both personal and leadership development. Her work is to share the philosophy and the method to help individuals and organizations to build resources by neutralizing reactive behaviour and creating space for more constructive working relationships, especially in diverse, dynamic environments.
Most Code of Conduct documents highlight the need for respect. Yet lack of respect is a key concern in most organizations, with a significant negative impact on individuals, teams and the overall entity. The lack of courteous acknowledgement of...
Comments, situations, and personalities trigger us all. Our response is quick, decisive and closed. These triggers are often so instinctual that we don’t even question whether our reaction is rational or appropriate. We are operating on the level of...
We are conditioned to believe that we need to ‘fight harder’ to win.
We love the stories of the underdogs that ‘fight hard to win’ against a towering opponent. We ‘give it our all’ to win matches, individually or as...
‘Holding Space’ creates a feeling of safety for the team.
This past summer, I attended a working conference to further my training in Logosynthesis®. Willem focused the group on understanding that his role was to ‘hold space’ for the group...
Transformation occurs when we learn to dissolve the feelings of ‘urgent’ to allow us to better focus on ‘important’.
I was raised in a farming family where we focused on getting the work done first and then we could have...
I have been conditioned to embrace rational in an irrational world. I propose that in a world of change, uncertainty and diversity, we benefit from shifting our perspective.
Human behaviour is driven by both rational thought and irrational feelings.
We acknowledge...
We live in a society where we are empowered.
If you don’t like the house you live in, move.
If you don’t like the relationship you’re in, leave.
If you don’t like the job, transition.
I enjoy a wonderful life because I feel...
As we look to enhance health and productivity, we benefit when we have maximum access to our personal resources. As humans, our personal resources encompass body, mind, and spirit.
We naturally focus on what we can see, measure and understand....
Our Culture Dictates Our Operating System
We are programmed with family norms, societal norms, and corporate norms. This programming ensures that we don’t need to stop and think every time a decision is required. When we operate in a normative...
Trust Is More Powerful Than Control
Control and trust are two words that are frequently used when we speak about successful individuals, organizations, and nations. With control, we build and tax our resources to meet demands and to deliver planned...