Rest and recharge.
This will be my last blog for a month or so as I will not be coaching throughout December. December is a busy month for most people and historically I have coached most years BUT it tends to be intermittent...
Read moreChristmas stress: A quick festive check in
How are we all doing in this run up to crazy month? How far on are you with your Christmas preparations? Perhaps you’re ignoring Christmas all together and have no intention of getting caught up in the madness? If you...
Read moreOversharing: Is it really a bad thing?
We’ve all done it – found ourselves in a situation where we’ve got carried away in the moment and have overshared information, all of which we’ve then regretted. Why do we do overshare? Oversharing tends to happen when we want...
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Coaching or Counselling?
The roles of a life coach and a counsellor can overlap, but they have distinct differences so these are the things that you need to consider when trying to decide which support would be most beneficial to you – Focus Read more…
Why do people use a Life Coach?
This is a question I get asked frequently. I suppose the same people might ask why someone would use a personal trainer? To be honest, it’s like everything, down to personal choice. If you want to get fit and healthy Read more…
18 years of life coaching
It was actually 20 years ago that I qualified to be a Life Coach. I studied on what was then, an open learning course through Newcastle University, 2 years of learning, clocking up coaching hours all done around a full-time Read more…
The fear of change.
Life coaching is a tool that is often used to help support those who wish to make changes in their lives. Change can be scary; you know you need to do it but you’re not sure how. Sometimes there are Read more…
The joy of re-invention – wear the red shoes
This blog topic is probably aimed at individuals of a specific age group—formerly labelled or sometimes still referred to as “middle-aged”—wherein those seeking change might be unfairly labelled as experiencing a mid-life crisis. You might be reading this, and although Read more…
Feeling drained? A do not disturb weekend can boost your productivity.
You will be very familiar with the term self-care. It’s something that comes up across all mediums, something I have talked about on numerous occasions to the point where we sometimes switch off because it’s just been “over discussed”. Or Read more…
Beat the summer holiday stress with these anti-anxiety tips.
As we head into June (and hopefully some more sunshine), more often than not, the sunshine brings with it the dreaded summer holiday anxiety. This can come in several formats – First, we have the classic “Oh my god, it’s Read more…
Asking for a “little bit of help.”
“I hate asking for help” – so many people tell me this whether it’s clients or friends, it seems that the concept of asking for help is still something people struggle to get their heads around. Asking for help isn’t Read more…
Surviving a grit your teeth week.
We all have them. Those weeks when you know you have a lot on or you’re going to have to do some things that are tough or not particularly enjoyable and you’re just going to have to grit your teeth Read more…
My house, my rules: the joys of being a grown-up
A few weeks ago, my body clock was completely up the creek thanks to a combination of menopause, insomnia and a mind filled with one hundred and one things to do. I seemed to be waking around 4.30am and then, Read more…