Little did we know that ‘pivot’ would be one of the most used words of 2020. Businesses have had to recalculate long-established income streams and revise processes overnight. Employees have had to adjust their working practices. All of us have had to completely rethink most elements of our lives: social, personal, working, financial, education, child-care, […]
I had a couple of big speaking gigs last week and I was nervous. (Yes, I’m a coach who works with people to help them overcome their speaking nerves but I’m human too! Also, I’m actually glad that I still get a little nervous because a) it keeps me sharp and b) it means that […]
For a long time now psychologists have noted the importance of warm physical contact between children and their caregivers. Researchers at Yale discovered something really interesting about the importance of temperatures in adults – and specifically how holding a hot or cold drink can affect behaviour and attitude. This is backed up by neuroscience and […]
Do you find yourself having great ideas for your business when you are at traffic lights or in the shower, but then get caught up in the busyness of business and life? Days, weeks and months go by and the idea remains just a wishful thought. For various reasons you haven’t been able to take […]
How long did you celebrate your last big success? An hour? A day? With the demands of modern life we tend to quickly acknowledge a success and then move on to the next challenge, sometimes barely noticing what we have achieved. A large part of success comes down to your mindset – so how can […]
Do you have days when you feel despair about your financial situation. Those days when you have too much month at the end of your paycheck, or if you are self-employed you might be worried about a quiet month with another quiet month ahead. One of my favourite films is Hope Floats, starring Sandra Bullock […]
This is something I repeat often to my coaching clients and in #ResilienceWorkshops… RESILIENCE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF ADVERSITY! Just because you are going through a challenge does not mean you are not resilient. In fact, just by getting up each day, working your way through it, wondering about the best solution, […]
When you can’t control what’s happening, learn to control how you respond. That’s your power. Most of our responses are primal. We are operating with the same physiological tools that our caveman ancestors had, but we have very different ‘threats’, so our responses are often not appropriate or they are out of proportion to the […]