Feel Fab Facing Your Fears
Does the thought of facing your fears fill you with dread? Perhaps you've been told to take a leap of faith and get out of your comfort zone. But the thought of doing this leaves you feeling anxious and far from fab about yourself. I’m referring to the kind of fear...
Wellbeing at Work | Facilitating Open and Productive Discussion with Images
As an employer are there pro-active steps you can take to support your employee’s wellbeing at work? Because if you do it will help improve performance, increase productivity and reduce sickness and absence levels. Is there anything within your organisational...
Have the confidence to ‘Blow Your Own Trumpet’
Women, do not be embarrassed or lack the confidence to blow your own trumpet. Humility doesn't mean hiding your success. I co-facilitate workshops in schools. One of the exercises is like a psychometric test designed for young people to help them identify their...
The Pebble and the Poppy: Using mindfulness to deal with disappointment
During a recent training day, I took part in an exercise in being curious and non-judgemental. Working in pairs we were given a pouch with two unknown objects in. We were then instructed to choose one and while it was still in the pouch describe it and say how we...
Learning To Let Go: 5 life lessons from 5 years in business
I’ve learnt some important life lessons during my five years in business. Looking back I realised that the unexpected ones have been the most powerful and useful. Because they’re the ones that enable me to continually transform personally and professionally. My hope...
Read This If You Feel Stuck
According to the Cambridge dictionary the definition of the word stuck is ‘Unable to move, OR set in a particular position, place or way of thinking’ So when you say 'I feel stuck' you believe that you can't move forward and there’s a real sense of stagnation....
Transition and Transformation: 5 Steps for transforming positively through change
September marks a specific time of transition for many as the academic year starts. For many parents this means children have gone to school for the first time or have left to start university. Bringing with it a sense of anxiety and uncertainty but also hope and...
Take Care of Your Comfort Zone: Stop breaking and start stretching it instead
How often have you been told to break out of your comfort zone to achieve your goals and dreams? But when your confidence has been knocked, doing something outside of your comfort zone feels daunting and scary. After all, you’re being asked to step into the...
Ten Songs to Motivate and Inspire You: 2
The right song can really lift your spirits, motivate, re-energise and inspire you. That's why, together with members of my Facebook group, I've compiled another motivational playlist. Whatever you're trying to achieve or whatever you're going through at this time, we...
Five ways to maintain your motivation
Do you still feel motivated in March? Three months into the year when the energy, enthusiasm and excitement of the New Year has well and truly passed. March is often associated with newness and renewal because spring’s approaching. However, if you used the New Year to...