If you are continually sacrificing your time and energy to give to others but finding yourself depleted and perhaps even resentful in the process, it might be a sign to look within to discover what’s driving this seemingly selfless but actually unhealthy behaviour. Wayne Stickel, a leadership coach and founder of Mighty Ability, an organisation that empowers people living with disability to realise their vision, reveals the damage we can cause ourselves and others when we constantly strive to ...

Are you unable to stop sacrificing yourself for others? The unspoken reasons driving your unhealthy behaviour

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that mental health conditions are increasing worldwide. And yet the global median of government health expenditure that goes to mental health is less than 2%. Given the limited support and the fact that mental health conditions can significantly impact all aspects of life, the saying ‘prevention is better than the cure’ has never rung truer. In this article, Wayne Stickel, a wellbeing and effectiveness coach, shares why it is just as critical to de...

New ideas in maintaining our mental health and well-being

When looking for empowerment, most people look externally for inspiration. While there is a lot of good advice to be found, it is often of little use if we are already disempowered through inauthenticity to ourselves. In this article, Wayne Stickel, a leadership coach who is passionate about empowering people living with disability, explains how being your authentic self and having a healthy relationship with empowerment can support you and help build confidence to make positive changes in your ...

The elusiveness of ‘being empowered’. What does it really mean?

If you are living with disability, it’s likely you understand firsthand that your employment options are limited. For many, being self-employed or starting a business is a means to overcome the significant barriers to economic marginalisation and exclusion that exist for disabled people. However, starting and running a business presents its own obstacles and challenges in gaining access to the global marketplace for disabled people, including those living with a ‘hidden’ disability. In thi...

Building a business is hard enough, but what if you’re also living with a disability?

Do you prioritise self-care, or is it reserved for times of crisis such as illness, trauma or loss? If you answered the latter, you are not alone. Research shows that significant life challenges are the primary motivators for people taking on a self-care practice. But why do we only tend to value self-care during an emergency, health crisis, loss, chronic illness, burnout, etc. but not when things are running smoothly? What are the barriers that stand in our way? In this article, wellbeing and e...

Is self-care a modern-day buzzword or a necessity for wellbeing?

Being assertive can be challenging, especially when struggling with self-acceptance. In this article, wellbeing and effectiveness coach Wayne Stickel shares how he struggled with accepting his disability and how taking ownership helped him find a healthy relationship with assertiveness and learn to communicate clearly and unambiguously.

Why the world needs assertive and bold leaders living with a disability

If there is one thing that will kill off a vision, as well as relationships, possibilities, workability and more, faster than anything else, it’s resentment. As a leadership coach who specialises in working with people living with disability and someone who lives with a disability, Wayne Stickel knows how all-consuming resentment can be and how much it can be exacerbated when people with disability are treated differently from others. In this article, Wayne explains why the key to overcoming r...

Is your unwillingness to forgive causing you to harbour resentment?

In this article, well-being and effectiveness coach Wayne Stickel explores a critical question relating to who and how we are being in the world. Is contribution a two-way street? And if so, what are some of the challenges we face in accepting support from others? This article also reveals how contribution as a way of being supports us in manifesting our Unique Being – the person we were born to be – to the world.

Why do we resist the contribution of others?

It’s easy to make excuses when you don’t stay on track with your fitness. It’s even easier to make excuses when you’re dealing with the additional challenge of a disability or a difficult medical condition. The key, as well-being and effectiveness coach Wayne Stickel shows, is to take responsibility, recognise your autonomy and take ownership of your circumstances. The benefits that flow from improved health and fitness are well worth the additional effort required to stick to your goals...

Is responsibility weighing you down

In this article, well-being and effectiveness coach Wayne Stickel explores the experience of people living with disability in being open, truthful and willing to express themselves authentically. More importantly, he ponders the question: how can we become vulnerable enough to be authentic and genuinely comfortable in our own skin?

How vulnerability can free you of the hard shell of living with disability

Change your relationship with your disability through awareness and discover how to unlock your potential, engage with your ambitions and live your healthiest, most fulfilled life. As someone who has made his own journey from denial to acceptance, Wayne Stickel sheds light on how to come to terms with your disability, discard ways of thinking that no longer serve you, and embark on a pathway from resentment to acceptance.

Accepting your disability and living a fulfilled life

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A leadership coach with over 25 years' experience in leadership roles, Wayne knows what it takes to move forward and succeed. Like you, he knows the tough obstacles, challenging circumstances, and financial pressures. Importantly, Wayne has felt the exciting highs that are a result of intensifying your effectiveness.
Accelerate your Mission. Wayne, who also has a medical condition - a rare type of Spina Bifida - is renowned for his empathy, compassion, inspiration and honesty. Drawing on his expertise in coaching and business and relationship development, Wayne incorporates The Being Framework, Being Profile® and the Transformational Methodology within his programs. The application of these world-class tools ensure you will expand your influence and impact in whatever you endeavour to accomplish.

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Wayne Stickel

Well-Being and Effectiveness Leadership Coach ► Integrate all of you to be effective in fulfilling on your calling ► Intensify your Effectiveness-Amplify your Impact-Magnify your Message-Accelerate your Mission

Manly, New South Wales, Australia

Well-Being and Effectiveness Leadership Coach

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