Smart goals are just goals optimised for easy achievement. We make SMART goals because that’s how our brains are most efficient at getting them done. Then we apply razor sharp skills to keep us on track. The science of goals As a driven man myself, I’m a fan of goal setting – it gives me …
Do you feel lonely? I want to talk about loneliness this week because I’ve had several clients ask me how to tackle it. Loneliness is a normal human emotion and it doesn’t have to be a problem for you, but if you label loneliness as ‘bad’, it increases your suffering and often generates further unwelcome …
Wondering how to be happy? It’s surprisingly simple but you may not have heard it this way. What I’m going to talk about today is how to generate positive emotions in your life, based on Brooke Castillo’s life coaching principles and how she teaches on happiness. This is the heart of the coaching work that …
Midlife crisis looming? So, you’ve hit that time. You’ve come here because you’ve had a bit of a flame-out. Your batteries are flat, you’ve lost interest in things you used to enjoy. The beauty of your life has faded and left you in a dull routine, wondering what it’s all for. The meaning of life …
Confidence comes from being yourself and sticking to your values. Not so much from knowing what you’re doing, more from knowing who you are and being happy with that. Easy to say, but not always so easy to live up to. When you can confidently be true to yourself and whatever you believe in, living …
Change your past? Your past is over. Yet it still affects you. If, like me, you have experienced difficult or traumatising events in your life, perhaps as a child, memories of your unresolved issues still mould who you are today. You’re probably still thinking about them, talking about them and most importantly living from the …
Type A personalities are competitive, time urgent, aggressive and suffer from chronic high stress. The term Type A personality was first coined in the 1950s by two cardiologists, Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman, who studied the risk of heart disease in association with Type A personality traits, prompted by how quickly their patients wore out …
Knowing how to change your life isn’t intuitive. Many of us pre-millennials weren’t taught as youngsters how to negotiate the kind of life we now find ourselves living – it’s not a world our parents and grandparents knew. So if you’ve come here because your life isn’t satisfying and you’re looking for change, you’re not …
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A lot of people ask me “What is a Life Coach?”, so let’s take a look here. Essentially a Life Coach is a coaching professional who gives you practical help to quickly achieve better life outcomes and increase your satisfaction in life. What does a life coach do? Life coaches work like any other kind …
