It’s commonly known that introverts regain their energy by being alone after a social activity. They need quiet time to recharge. Being with lots of people, in lots of noise, for long periods of time, makes them exhausted. It’s not about being ‘unsociable’ – they are very sociable people – they just prefer it to […]
If you weren’t a ‘germ-phobe’ or ‘touch-phobe’ before, you surely must be on your way now. This pandemic has changed human behaviour faster than any Change Management Consultant could have achieved in a series of intensive workshops. Conversational small talk online or across a street now follows the same agenda; how scary it is for […]
There are many issues that can be brought to coaching. One that I am seeing a lot of recently is burnout caused by compassion fatigue. This is a type of exhaustion and a reduced ability to empathize or feel compassion for others. It happens to people in caring professions because they are exposed to the […]
One of the biggest challenges we face in building our confidence and resilience is… ourselves! Our negative self-talk is possibly the most disempowering aspect of our mind. It’s an extension of our survival instinct, honed over millions of years of evolution. Our mind is always watching out for danger. In today’s world actual life and death […]
Are you a parent? Have you ever stopped to consider what your parenting goals are? We plan short journeys in the car, and yet we rarely, if ever, stop to think about how we want our children to be raised; what values we want to instill in them, what behaviours we want to […]
Last week I had a coffee and lovely chat with a business colleague who is also a nurse and now runs her own business. We were joking about the first aid kits we carry around – like most nurses we carry around band-aids and other bits and bobs – not in case we need it […]
Busy people often don’t think they have time for coaching. But there’s coaching principle called ‘Pausing for Performance’… …and the best example of how it works is think how you’d feel if you worked all day and through the night. How productive would you be the following day? If you have ever woken up refreshed […]
There is plenty of guidance and advice for exam students at the moment online, but what about their worried parents, guardians, aunties, uncles, grandparents, and all who love them? I have created a video guide for anyone who has an exam student in their midst and it is available to view now in the new Parenting section […]
We all know that stress doesn’t feel good, but did you know what effects it has on your individual organs? Here is a tour of your body in the minutes after a stressful trigger… SKIN: pales as blood diverted to vital organs. HEART: begins to pound, sending blood around body carrying sugar (energy) and hormones […]
How effective are your conversations? Or a more direct question would be…how often do you listen – really listen – to someone who is trying to convey their feelings to you? There are plenty of quotes about the subject such as “You aren’t learning when you are speaking” and “We have two ears and one […]