Never before have so many of us had our lives completely up ended, shaken up, trampled on and then put down somewhere else. In a normal year, 30% of the working population will change jobs. In a year that we’re all still staggering through this will double, which works out at an unprecedented 19 million of us in the UK alone. The Word CV template must be on fire. Over the past 20 years we’ve helped thousands of … [Read more...]
Starting From Scratch After Lockdown…Again: Five Failsafe Things That Will Make All The Difference
So, just as we were all getting along fine, earning some money, going on holiday and being normal, and along comes a worldwide pandemic and wipes the slate clean. It’s like a global Etch A Sketch, we’re all back at square one scratching our heads, wondering how long our savings will last and whether to re-do our CV’s. Here’s a handful of things that will make the difference between hopeless resignation and quiet … [Read more...]
8 Ways To Increase Emotional Intelligence
I just Googled “8 ways to increase emotional intelligence” and was swamped with articles all saying the same thing about being empathic, being reflective, understanding emotions, seek counselling, life coaching or marriage guidance, managing criticism and all of that kind of stuff. All useful but nothing really that we all don’t already know, and all fairly vague. Here are eight things that will help you increase … [Read more...]
Coping With Financial Loss
12 Life Coaching Techniques to Deal With Financial Anxiety Grief, anxiety and depression, as a result of financial loss are as real and damaging as the loss of a loved friend or close relative. In some cases it's even worse. There can't be many other stories that illustrate this point more shockingly and dramatically than the case of Chris Foster. On a warm summer’s night in August 2008, Chris Foster, a … [Read more...]
12 Great Life Coaching Ideas to Reduce Screen Time
Do you know how much time people spend looking at a screen each day? Reports vary, but even the “official” figures, which are almost always rather massaged, suggest that globally, on average we spend around 7 to 8 hours every day peering into a screen. In America it's considerably more with an estimated average of 11-12 hours. Seeing as we are only awake for about 16 hours this is an awful lot of time for an awful … [Read more...]
My Life Change Holiday Really Has Changed My Life!
Dear reader, it’s difficult to decide where to start...so many things have happened since I decided to go to Thailand!!! (of all places) for a life change holiday. I didn’t know whether to choose the Life Coaching or Counselling Retreat option. I just knew this was what I needed and it just all felt right for me, and guess what... I was right. I emailed Chrissy and she helped me sort everything out, flights, … [Read more...]
Perfect Timing is a Myth: Stop Waiting and Just Do It
Sometimes it’s just important to get off the bus rather than wait for the perfect stop to come along, don’t you think? Do you know what I mean? We can wait our whole lives just looking out of the window at the world going by, pretending that we are just waiting until the perfect time to get off, until suddenly it’s too late. Existential Therapy explains that we do this because of our fear of death, apparently (I … [Read more...]
Do I Don’t I: How To Deal With Life’s Big Cross Roads
A little while ago an ex-student of mine who subscribes to The Life Change Blog wrote to say hello (Hi Wendie), and it reminded me of an exercise we used to do in class when I taught counseling skills. It’s a simple little Life Coaching exercise that helps us think more clearly about life’s dilemmas, the “do I don’t I” moments; do I get married, should I stay with my partner, do I re-locate for I job I don’t like, … [Read more...]
The Best Life Coaching Exercise In The World
Out of all the thousands of Life Coaching exercises this has to be the best. We often use it on our Life Coaching Holiday and it’s always really useful. If you have ten minutes and want to change your life this may be worth giving a go. Okay, grab something to write on. Sit quietly for a few minutes and think about the changes that you would like to make in your life. Be very clear in your mind what that change … [Read more...]
Life Coach Thailand
Thailand, the land of smiles; not really known for Life Coaching, Counseling or long history of therapy, or is it? For a while I wondered why there were no Counselors or Life Coaches or therapists in Thailand until I saw a monk in a temple conducting what I know only too well as a “family therapy” session. He was sitting on the floor cross legged under an open sided pagoda in a temple complex and sitting cross … [Read more...]