by Stephanie Barros | Sep 5, 2017 | SPARK
Act with Authenticity. As mentioned in my post 5 steps to Ignite Your SPARK, ‘A’ is for ‘Authenticity’. So why do I say “Act with Authenticity”, surely that is an oxymoron? I have found that over the course of my life I have... 
by Stephanie Barros | Sep 5, 2017 | SPARK
The P in SPARK is for Performance. My performance is something I have always been conscious of. Even when I was ‘asleep’* I was always acutely aware of how I was performing. Particularly in relation to what I perceived as the performance standards of... 
by Stephanie Barros | Sep 5, 2017 | SPARK
In my last post I described how I re-lit my own SPARK after spending so many years ‘asleep’. The first of which started with my Spirit. Regardless of your beliefs, albeit religious or otherwise, I do feel that most people understand we all have an inner... 
by Stephanie Barros | Jun 2, 2017 | SPARK
I was asleep for 40 years. Let me explain. For all my life, I had lived by the plan laid down by my family, society and culture. I was a relatively ‘good’ girl, did well at school, went to university, got a good job, got married, bought a house and had a... 
by Stephanie Barros | Jun 2, 2017 | High Performance
For a long time I struggled with the idea of ‘purpose’. The daunting questions of “Why am I here?” and “What’s my ultimate mission?” just seemed to overwhelm me. And the more I thought about it the more anxious I became. So of...