Watch any “feel-good” movie where a character has to overcome an obstacle of some form and you’ll hear the friend say something like “You can’t win until you’ve failed!” or words to that effect. Through history we’ve heard time and again how to really be a success you have to have known failure. Why is [Read more…]
Five Minute De-Stress
Stress can hit us at any time, for any reason, and having a quick way of dealing with it to get you past those next few moments can really help. At those times, it’s important to clear your head and give yourself time to gather your thoughts together so that you can deal with whatever [Read more…]
Write your anger
Anger is a powerful emotion. It’s completely normal to feel angry in some situations and it can be healthy to get this anger out. A bottled up emotion is just a time bomb waiting to go off! Anger is an uncomfortable emotion, which is why a release is always good. Psychologists deem there are three [Read more…]
Successfully Busy
It is said that if you want something done ask a busy person. This is finebut when you’re asking remember you’re asking a busy person! Think about how much that person has on and what they’re doing. – Is your request an especially important one? – Is something that only this person can do or [Read more…]
International Women’s Day – Thank you.
There are many influential women in my life and I’m grateful to them for the lessons they’ve taught me over the years. From my early steps into this world to where I am now there has always been a woman behind me, in front of me, at my side, helping me in some way. On [Read more…]
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Is it?
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” What do you think about this phrase? It’s true isn’t it? A lot of the speaking work I get is because people know me and know what I can do. They contact me and ask me to speak at their events because they’ve either heard me [Read more…]
Imagination can lead you to…
“Infinity plus one is bigger than one plus infinity!” I heard those words spoken the other night by mathematician, pianist and author Eugenia Cheng. Initially my reaction was ’What? Don’t be stupid!’ but I carried on listening to what she had to say. I can’t explain it the way she did so if you want [Read more…]
To do list and not to do lists, now that is a question!
Before qualifying as a Life Coach I used to use “to do” lists to prioritise my tasks. I didn’t realise it at the time but I wasn’t using them to their full potential. I’d write my list out, give the task a high, medium or low priority and sometimes put a due date on them [Read more…]
Motivation, or lack there of!
Motivation can often be a struggle event for the most motivated person. I used to spend the day saying “when I get home I’ll go for a walk,” but when I got home I’d have some dinner, then sit down for five minutes and those five minutes would become thirty. By the time I thought [Read more…]
Not all heroes wear capes.
Happy new year! How are the resolutions going? Did you make any? Broken them yet? So what if you have. New year is only a date, start again, give it another go. I made a few but to be honest most of them were started before the new year. A new year is a great [Read more…]