Ahhhh the lead up to the annual Christmas break is exciting and so desperately needed, then you have some fun holiday time eating, drinking and having fun, all on a stress-free time frame. You are relaxed and carefree and full of enthusiasm for what the new year will hold for you, how it will be [...]
The most common way to shape our perspective of ourselves and our world is what we choose to believe about ourselves and the world around us. Over many years of coaching I have seen how beliefs have unnecessarily destroyed lives, livelihoods, relationships, self-confidence, happiness, health and ultimately success in life. What is a belief? It [...]
We all have interesting people in our lives and sometimes there are the ones that we sometimes call high maintenance or tricky! The person who is always complaining or sees the negative side, the one who is never satisfied, the one who constantly judges others or perhaps the one who is always RIGHT! But no [...]
With Mental Health Awareness coming up next week, combined with an ongoing demand for mental health workshops in business, I decided to write about human connection. After many thought provoking discussions it has made me realise how incredibly important it is to feel connected. Many studies and research show that as social animals, humans need each other. [...]
Attending a funeral is personal and emotional and in the last few years I have attended more funerals than I would like to. Some loved family members, my parents, friends and others as a support to bereaving friends. Some were tragedies, some from illnesses that consumed and some just the end of a life well lived. [...]
Look around you, how many people are going through life robotic like, on autopilot, busy being busy every day, week, and year. The path to who knows where……a spectator of life. Watching other’s lives progress while theirs stay stagnant and the feeling that life is passing by becomes more and more of a reality and spectator [...]
Ever since I can remember I have always been fascinated by human energy and the effect it has on other individuals and situations. I realise after becoming more aware and studying human energy just how significantly it can impact people and situations both positively and negatively. Seriously… you should be paying attention to it! Have [...]
In recent times, I have been pondering vulnerability and the cycle of its existence in my life. As a personal development and wellbeing coach I ask my clients to open up completely, to drop any façade and just come in raw and deep. Now this doesn’t often happen by itself and it takes a conversation [...]
Over the many years I have been coaching I see that attitude, responsibility and ownership of ourself and our life is the key if we are to develop strong resilience and create a flourishing life. We can all probably agree that, the negative voice in our head seems to shout the loudest when we [...]
Bruno Mars told us “You’re amazing, just the way you are.” But do you believe it about your partner? Are you guilty of trying to change your partner to how you’d like them to be? Of course, it’s natural and healthy to want your partner to grow as a person, to expand their potential, and [...]
