Useful Articles by Life Coaches
Challenging our own Questions
December 21st, 2011 by Alan Keyse
The nature of the questions I ask of life can condition the answers I receive and these may often reinforce beliefs I already hold. If I care to look, the questions of others are often far more illuminating in areas I did not think to explore. To ask questions of our environment, our safety and ourselves is fundamental to us: it kept us alive in the wild, it is what we have to do constantly in order to make daily & life decisions. The decisions we take and the choices we make are...
Job Success & Fulfilment
December 20th, 2011 by John Fitt NLP Coaching
Do you love your job, or does your job fail to provide you with enough satisfaction and fulfilment! Your job takes up a big part of those waking hours. And when you do not have job satisfaction often others parts of your life will be affected in a negative way. Conversely enjoying the work you do and getting that satisfaction and fulfilment from your job can give you that all important energy. And searching for a new job or career may be a process that is going to involve time and...
Beating the Winter Blues
December 16th, 2011 by Sasha Smith
Many of us are feeling the strain as the Winter nights start to close in. Those cold, dark mornings and evenings often add a mental weight to us as we struggle to come to terms with the end of the ever elusive British Summer. So how can we overcome this Autumn melancholy? One of the biggest factors in mental health that is taken for granted is your living environment. Since we can’t control the outside, it’s time to rebuild the inside. Cleaning and reworking the home is not...
Single and Introverted
December 16th, 2011 by Sasha Smith
Being single is always a mixed bag. On the one hand you have the freedom to find yourself and explore the world uninhibited by the responsibility of a significant other, and on the other hand feeling the isolation and longing that inevitably emerge intermittently. But of course the aim is to embrace being single, to enjoy it and to thrive in the freedom and the potential for self-exploration. And to help us to embrace this independent lifestyle, we have many sources of inspiration in the media....
The Stress of ‘Me’ Time
December 16th, 2011 by Sasha Smith
If you’re someone who prefers to be occupied or achieving all the time, it can be very hard to find moments of guilt-free relaxation. You may find that taking some time out becomes more of a stressful experience than your day-to-day tasks and chores. So how do we just ‘switch off’ for a while when engaging in a truly passive activity such as watching a film or listening to music can make the mind run riot instead of letting it rest? Simple; work with what you’ve...
Resolutions; New Year vs New Month
December 16th, 2011 by Sasha Smith
Many of us are already thinking about our New Year’s resolutions, even if we don’t end up making any, let alone keeping them! At this point, it’s all still very exciting, thinking about the life we might create for ourselves in the next year. We’re feeling festive, ambitious and hey, we don’t have to start till January, so it’s easy to think big! But how many of us have actually kept a New Year’s resolution? I’d be willing to bet very...
The Dilemma of Redundancy
December 15th, 2011 by Sandra Greatorex
Not knowing for certain whether you are going to be made redundant or not puts you in limbo. This can be a difficult time as it has a major impact on everything else in your life. The uncertainty can also impact on the way that you think about your employer as it is a very emotional time. Uncertainty can make you feel insecure and bring with it an element of fear. It causes quite a dilemma. It will create a lot of ‘what if’s’. In your head you will have...
Getting what you want by using what you already know
December 14th, 2011 by Paul Stonehouse
Have you ever wondered why some things come into your life easily, while getting other things is a struggle? Wouldn’t it be great if you could have the things you struggle with coming to you as easily as some of the things you take for granted? Before you read on, just pause for a moment and think of what comes into your life easily. It could be money, friendships, partners, career advancement, health, love, car-parking spots – pretty much anything under the sun. There will be...
The Importance of 'Self Compassion'
December 7th, 2011 by Alan Keyse
The Dalai Lama says that it is “…through compassion that we gain the conditions for genuine happiness”. The compassion of which he speaks is for everyone and also, I believe, due in full measure no less to ourselves. If we are not prepared to treat ourselves as equally deserving as anyone else, how can we possibly achieve serenity of mind and happiness? For a variety of reasons the ‘self’ honesty and openness that is required to do this does not always come...
Coach Your Brain
December 5th, 2011 by Gary Hales - Brain Coach
COACH YOUR BRAIN "I also hope that the ability to modulate brains will be used more widely to enhance those mental qualities that give sweetness and meaning to our lives, and to eradicate those that are destructive...taking control of our minds...this could make our lives immeasurably better". (Rita Carter, Mapping the Mind, 2010) Many of us spend many hours in the gym working on improving our physical health (at the very least we think about doing it!). We also try and purchase healthy...
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