There are many ways to improve how you communicate with your team. Here are ten tips to improve this important facility, and how you can take advantage of them...
Resources for Business Owners Ready to Lead Their Community
Today we have a guest blog from Kelli Brewer who has written about how as leaders you can make a difference to your community, and to your brand, by supporting your local area...
A lack of self-confidence in life and work, can mean situations feel more stressful. Some issues that arise from a lack of self-confidence can link to problems at work...
Self-worth is an attitude towards yourself; a belief that you place a value on what you do, and who you are. It matters because without it, or if it’s low...
Self-belief is “confidence in oneself and one’s ability,” it stems from positive thinking, talking to others, plenty of practise and in some cases, training...
Primary to Secondary School – how we can make it a smooth and stress-free transition for our children.
Children all over the world will be moving on from primary education into secondary. Although for some the idea is exciting and welcomed, for others, it is quite terrifying...
People always say, “the best way to learn is through the mistakes that you make.” But what if we don’t learn from our mistakes, our misdemeanours, our failures?
Men and Mental Health; are men more emotional than women?
Many boys encounter what Dr William Pollack termed in his book, ‘The Boy Code’, a set of expectations on how boys and men should think, feel and act: “be tough, don’t cry, go it alone...
At some point in all of our lives we turn to a solution we hope will make us feel better; to cope with or to distract us temporarily from our problems...
I sat having a coffee this morning watching a little girl with her mother and wanted to reach out to the mum and say ‘make the most of it’ somehow because it all goes so quickly...
In this new blog series I’ll be looking at three core issues that many of my clients come to see me about – self worth, self image and self confidence...
For some people, overeating becomes a normal response to stress, and they find themselves putting on weight, often adding to their feelings of unhappiness...
Some “quick wins” – easy, practical strategies that you can start using in your life today and, if you follow them consistently, are guaranteed to improve the way you look and feel...
Being happy is a positive, optimistic and wonderful feeling but sometime between childhood and adulthood many of us lose sight of what happiness feels like...
Overcoming addiction. Seven steps to taking back control
If you completed the questionnaire in the last blog and feel ready and willing to take some concrete action towards overcoming your addiction, read on...
There’s a lot of talk in the media about how difficult it is to find work, and it can take some courage to challenge the pervasive cultural attitude that you’re lucky to have any job...
A study conducted just this month on parenting website NetMums found that nearly three quarters of women feared for their jobs when they took maternity leave...
Stress is a subject that has ebbed and flowed in the minds of industry because of the Press about it and the reputation it has for being a negative experience...
For many of us the reason we allow ‘stuff’ to build up in our homes is because we feel a sense of security when visibly surrounded by our possessions...
If you've been watching this programme you'll know that celebrities volunteer to go to Australia and take part in a series of trials where they are voted on and off...
Resources for Business Owners Ready to Lead Their Community
Today we have a guest blog from Kelli Brewer who has written about how as leaders you can make a difference to your community, and to your brand, by supporting your local area...
It’s 2019, so why is mental health still a workplace taboo?
The economic cost of poor mental health in the workplace is between £33bn-£42bn each year...
Imposter Syndrome – what it is and how to overcome it!
Impostor syndrome is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments...
How to be Happy
Everyone wants to be healthy and happy. So, what are the differences between happy and unhappy people? What is the secret to a happy life?
Self-confidence at Work
A lack of self-confidence in life and work, can mean situations feel more stressful. Some issues that arise from a lack of self-confidence can link to problems at work...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
PTSD is a serious illness. It’s characterized by symptoms of avoidance and nervous system arousal...
Time to Talk About Education and Mental Health
Mental health at school and university is less talked about but as important as mental health anywhere else...
Empty nest and surviving it – for both parents and students!
My children are now 18 and 20 years old, both have now gone to university at the same time...
Facing empty nest
When older kids go to Uni it’s like a halfway stage in that they move some of their stuff but do not completely leave...
Maternal Mental Health
Good mental health is hard to establish and maintain today without children, let alone throwing a newborn baby into the mix...
Precious Friendships
This blog is about friendships and what they do for us...
Making mistakes
Making mistakes and the impact that can often have if you’re in the public eye...
Stop Thinking, Start Living: Book review
My associate Georgina, has written a critique of the book covering the main points and what she recommends we put in to practice...
Do you think too much?
The essence of the book is that Richard believes those of us prone to thinking a lot may be at risk of encouraging mild to moderate depression...