A room in an abandoned building, with nothing started and no evidence of change

As you think about the exciting and compelling future that you want now, how often are you giving up before you’ve even properly started?

I’m fairly confident that we all, at times, think about things we’d like to do and have. Those fleeting daydreams of a better future. We allow our imaginations to run a little bit wild. And then we turn back to reality. The dreams, the aspirations, the hopes, all gone in an instant. All too frequently, […]

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If you take seven steps towards happiness, do you start now or do you wait until it all gets really bad?

Over the years I’ve worked with a lot of people who tell me that all they want is to be happy. If only I had known sooner that you can take seven steps towards happiness! Obviously, we’re all different and we all have different ideas about our own happiness. And when people say things like

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When your head is overflowing with ideas about what you want to achieve, leaving you so overwhelmed that you don’t know where to start, what do you do?

People access coaching for many reasons. Some have an idea, a plan, and are just not sure where to start. Others have a few options that they wish to explore. Additionally, there is a group that has the feeling that life could be better, and they’re just not sure how. Further to this, some have

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What’s the actual purpose of completing training if you’re not really interested and don’t see any value?

I’m fairly confident that most of us have, at some point, wondered why we’re completing training. It may have been while we were in education. Alternatively, it may have happened in the course of employment. There is also the possibility that you voluntarily signed up for some training as you pursue a hobby or interest.

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If you believe that today is going to be a good day, how is it actually going right now?

I read far too many supposedly motivational messages around the theme of today going to be a good day. This literally means that at the moment today is something other than a good day. It’s possibly an awesome day. Alternatively, it may be a terrible day. There’s the chance that it’s an exciting day. Or

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Rusty chains holding you back.

How powerful are your limiting beliefs that hold you back now and routinely prevent you from accessing all the opportunities that in fact are open to you?

Ever wondered how powerful your limiting beliefs are? You make your plans. You set your goals. It’s all with the aim of achieving what you want. It all sounds great. And then it doesn’t happen. Apparently, it doesn’t seem to matter how positive you are. Something holds you back when you consider the future, your

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Are you choosing to focus on what you want now, or are you repeatedly distracting yourself with all that you don’t?

If I tell you not to think of a blue tree, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Odd, isn’t it? This happens because you can’t think about not thinking about something without thinking about it first. Now think about that! So, what you really need to do is focus on what you want.

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How can we all possibly be doing the best we can with the resources we have when so many seem deliberately to do badly?

One of the presuppositions of NLP is that everyone is doing the best that they can with the resources that they have available. In other words, our behaviour and the behaviour of others is the best that we can all do in that moment. This, quite frankly, seemed hard to accept when I see so

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A group of three people, in silhouette and with a beautiful sky as the sun sets, jumping for joy at their success

We have the option of succeeding, the feedback from doing, or accepting the failure of trying. Which one is it?

I am, like most coaches, keen for my clients to succeed. Consequently, I work with them as they make their plans, establish their goals, and then get out there to make it happen. We are then faced with three possible outcomes: success, feedback, or the failure of trying. There will be times when we do

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An image of children playing. They are in silhouette form, backlit by the setting sun. They are running downhill, rolling tyres as they go

Challenging children today to overcome the reality of their recurring fears and irrational phobias now

It would be great if we could keep fear and phobia, anxiety and distress, out of childhood. Or, at least, the more extreme forms which become debilitating and limiting. It’s concerning that mental health services are overwhelmed, and waiting lists for support and treatment continue to grow. And it’s particularly worrying for parents, who see

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