2010 is a significant year for both Wand Inspiration and myself. As I turn 40 this year, Wand Inspiration turns 7. Like good wine, both of us get better as we age.

Both of us have faced challenges and setbacks. I have learnt that I can’t run away from problems, but if I focus on the problems in my life and work, they get bigger and I get negative. It is more energising to focus on the possibilities I can create in my life and work. Thus – just as I coach my clients and participants to focus on the good that they will create in their lives – I have set some new goals for 2010, to continue my contribution to others.

This year I start a blog – www.wendywand.wordpress.com. I am putting my love for writing and my stand for authenticity into this blog. I am writing on leadership, relationships, parenting and health. Please share your thoughts with me when you read it. I appreciate your encouragement and questions.

My WAND team is also getting stronger as they get older. I am blessed with a wonderful team of committed, giving and loving individuals who inspire passion and purpose wherever they go.

I would like to congratulate Thaddeus for completing his 250 km run across the Sahara in Oct 2009. He will race across the Gobi desert and towards the Antarctica in 2010. Read about his experience in his blog www.dreamscomealive.com.

New programmes we are offering this year include:
• Mental health at the workplace. Collaborating with the Health Promotion Board, we will deliver lunch-time talks and workshops on topics such as positive thinking, stress management and work-life integration
• Women, Leadership and Life. We intend to empower women in making choices that will contribute to fulfilment in their many different roles as leader, executive, wife, mother and daughter, and still have time for themselves

Let us know if you are interested in any of the new programmes for the people in your organisation.

I wish you a powerful and meaningful 2010.

With joy,
Wendy Chua K. Wand