Get To The Root to Stand In Your Beauty
I have a very dear friend and colleague with whom I speak every week. She is one of the rocks in my personal support system and I hugely value our reflection and sharing time together. It’s incredible how often there are parallels in our experiences even though we are...
Be Strong, Not Tough
Every now and then in my executive coaching or workshops I hear someone describe some really unpleasant, fear based management practices. And some managers who take this kind of style and approach complain that people are too sensitive and should ‘toughen up’. Now, as...
Are You Comparing Your Insides To Other People's Outsides?
I was initially surprised by this, but actually it makes complete sense. I'm a coach, so I tend to write about how to improve your life and deal with what what gets thrown at us. I write what I know to be true, because I've learned it from my own journey and from...
What Can You Do When Change Is Forced On You?
I made my daughters proud last week, which in turn makes me feel proud! Their school has been forced into special measures and is being very quickly taken over by a Multi Academy Trust. This has made me very angry, because whatever the Ofsted report may say, it is a...
How To Network Like An Introvert
This is a guest post from Gayle Johnson - a freelance writer who works with businesses and causes that create positive change around personal wellbeing and community. www.redtreewriting.com When I ditched employment and set up my writing business a year ago, it was...
This Is Me: Why Self-Acceptance Matters
I'm done with worrying about whether I'm good enough. I'm realising just how much energy I waste trying to be...well, I'm not even sure what it is I've spent years trying to be! It's in-built with so many of us from an early age that we seek approval, like to be...
What Do Introverts And Smart Phones Have In Common?
We're just back from a lovely family holiday - just the 5 of us away for a week in Tuscany, staying in Florence, and also visiting Siena, Pisa and Lucca. We all took lots of pictures. When we 'pooled' them to show to friends and relatives back home it was really...
Why It Pays To Listen To Your Gut
I wrote about being really angry when things went wrong for me in this blog last week. Having got over it now, and being able to re-channel my anger into something more productive, on reflection it's very clear to me now that it was myself I was angry with. All the...
What To Do With Your Anger When Nothing Goes Your Way
Have you ever hit one of those patches when nothing seems straightforward or to go right, no matter how hard you try? I've had a few days that feels like it's been one effin' thing after another - in my anger it feels like it's all been caused by other people's lack...
Simple Support for Radical Results When Changing Your Behaviour Pattern
Change is hard. Often really really hard. We may start out with huge levels of determination and enthusiasm, but after a while the resistance we encounter, both internally and externally, can just feel too much and we return to 'normal'. For change to stick, there are...
An Open Letter To My Dear, Extroverted Friend
Please don't be hurt that once again I turned down your warm invitation; I know it's hard for you to understand. I love you dearly, but we're very different, you and I. I know at times I can be the life and soul of the party, bright, vivacious and sociable. I can...
How to Make Yourself Feel Better After An Argument With Anyone
I have three wonderful daughters, whom I'm very proud of. They are growing into independent, strong, intelligent and caring young women - all I've ever wanted. But, as any parent of teenagers will tell you, it ain't always easy! In fact, it's a good job my...