Coaching, Training and Hypnosis from Not A Blue Tree

Coaching

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What do you do when you suddenly realise that the decisions you made in your late teens and early twenties were the wrong ones?

Many of us make decisions in our late teens and into our early twenties which have an effect on the next thirty, forty or even fifty years of our lives. For some, this works out well, and I know many who are reaping or have reaped the rewards of those early decisions. Others struggle to …

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Is the contagion of stress stressing you out or, rather than on the edge, are you feeling laid back and in control?

We’re all aware of what stress is, or at least I assume that we’re all aware. There’s enough out there about the nature of stress, the risks of stress, and, seemingly, an endless number of ways of managing it. The message, it appears, is simple: stress is bad and we must take steps to destress. …

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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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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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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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Are you making really superficial changes now to avoid the profound and lasting changes that you deeply wish to make?

I recently found myself reading a number of articles about how to improve on a budget the look of your home. Nothing about profound and lasting changes. Just some quick fixes. This ranged from painting a feature wall to dying your bedding. It all seemed so easy, and it struck me that life can be a bit …

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