Spring is here, and we’re now into British Summer Time. Hopefully we’re in for lots of sunshine. The weather over the weekend was perfect, and I bet many of you will have taken the chance to do some gardening. Did you feel sore afterwards? Well that’s not unusual. Whenever we do...
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Improving team performance with MindSonar
When I worked for a large organisation, I was responsible for delivering complex projects involving multi-disciplinary teams. As wit most such projects, there were sometimes problems arising from misunderstandings arising from the different pers...
MindSonar® - a tool for transformational coaching!
During the time that I was working in a large organisation, I took a number of personality and working style profiles to inform re-organisations and recruitment. I also studied a number of such tests during my management training...
Turning setbacks into success
Whatever your plans to reach your goals in life, there will be times when you go off course. The more challenging or long-term the goals, the more likely this is to happen. The way you regard these times has a huge impact upon how successful yo...
Two steps to begin your success
Do you ever wonder why you haven’t achieved a particular ambition or dream that you’ve had for a long time? You’re certainly not alone if you have. Many people have long wanted to do something – whether connected with their career, their lifest...
Reaching agreement could be easier than you think
I’m fascinated by the different ways in which people use language . For me, understanding how and why a person is using the words they ar e is key to really understanding the meaning of what is being said . In fact, many conflicts are based on misund...
This is probably the number one myth about stress
I was r ecently invited to speak about stress to a group of about 55 people. I’m always happy to accept such invitations because stress management is a favourite topic of mine and I enjoy speaking to groups who are interested in discovering how...
Is anger wrecking your life?
A favourite quotation of mine is, “ Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned” . I like it because I ’ve seen the damage that anger can cause in people who are unwi...
Life lessons from a terrier
Steve and I were on holiday recently, with our two Parson terriers, Eddie and Juno. Eddie is very keen on being in water – rivers, the sea, ponds, even the deep puddles on Burbage Common. He is always keen to get in and to have a paddle or a swim. Af...
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Have you ever thought about how wonderful your muscles are? You really should give them a second thought! They move us around and enable us to do all of the everyday things that make up our lives. If I were to write down here everything that muscles do for us it...
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I often think of myself as a quick-change artist ! I don’t mean that I’m one of those people who change costumes or characters frequently, but that I work with people to enable them to change their lives quite quickly . Most of us have experienced, or will experience, a time...
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I’d like to share an observation I made recently and then ask you a question. I was looking fo r photographs to use on my website and blogs . I searched for the word “health” and what came up surprised me; most of the images were of stethoscopes , people in...
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Have you, like me, noticed that there is a lot of talk about mindulness nowadays? Mindfulness is about learning to direct our attention to our experience as it unfolds here and now, rather than living in our heads. Too many of us spend our time being depressed about the past or...
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Happy New Year to you. Have you made lots of New Year's resolutions about being healthier and fitter this year? Do any of them include improving your sleep (quality or quality)? It's not a resolution I hear often, yet it's the one which would probably bring the most benefit, and which...
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Every January the gyms become busier, the salad section gets depleted and so-called slimming products fly off the shelves . Magazines (online and off) are filled with advice about goal-setting and making change. Yet, every year, everything's back to normal by February with very little to show for early January's...
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As the nights get longer and you stay indoors more and more, it can be useful to start thinking about the future and what you'd like to make of yourself over the coming months, in oreparation for the new year. Often, this involves looking back to - to learn from past...
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Are you looking forward to Christmas? It’s often said that Christmas, and the preparations for it, are extremely stressful for many people. Firstly, there are the possible financial concerns for anyone with a number of presents to buy and more mouths than usual to feed. Add to this the cost of...
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Have you ever wondered why massage makes you feel so good? If you’ve never had a massage, do you wonder what all the fuss is about? Well, recent scientific research has provided some evidence that helps us understand what changes take place in our bodies during massage. It turns out that...
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1. Focus only on the things that you can change or influence. Feeling powerless is a major contributor to stress . Yet, so often, we get worked up about the t hings we have absolutely no influence over – new parking arrangements near work, the actions of complete strangers, bad news...
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I was reminded recently that humans have a great capacity for noticing new things , yet we readily lose sight of things that haven't altered for a long time. It's part of our survival mechanism. Very similar things happen with many of my clients too. They book in with known problem...
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