A recent study has overturned earlier research on working mothers by finding that mothers can go back to work after the birth of their child without putting their wellbeing at stake, reports the Guardian. The new study was led by New York’s Columbia University School of Social Work and was published recently by the Society read more »

Over half of all new mums decide to return to work as a result of mounting financial pressure, with 56% admitting they were unprepared for the financial impact of having a child, reports the Guardian. 52% of new mothers return to work after the birth of a child because of financial worries with one in read more »

The UK’s first ever female chief constable Pauline Clare will be sharing her life coaching skills with everyone over the internet. The former Lancashire Police chief constable who retired back in 2002 has now retrained as a consultant specialising in working with top business executives and holding life and team coaching sessions. Mrs Clare aims read more »

Recent research from an Oxford University professor has found that putting toddlers into a nursery could actually aid their development as many children have been found to benefit from spending hours away from home. Kathy Sylva is the professor who authored the study and she specialises in educational psychology. She says that her research shows read more »

Each month Life Coaching Directory has many visitors to the site each one searching for something specific. It’s important to us that we and our counsellors publish content which is relevant to what people are searching for and this is why we perform a monthly keyword summary. Last month we took a look at the read more »

Each month Life coach directory is able to see the most popular search terms our visitors have used. This is a fantastic tool as it allows us to make sure our content is catered to what people are really searching for. This month there were numerous searches conducted and listed below are the five most read more »

Stress affects students throughout the year, but with final year exams and projects approaching American colleges are doing more to help their students reduce symptoms. The Wellness Resource Center (WRC) and Student Health Center (SHC) are organisations which offer care to students who need help dealing with the pressure of exams. The WRC offers wellness read more »

It doesn’t really come as a huge surprise that Britain is in the midst of a concentration crisis. Technology means we are constantly bombarded with email alerts, phone calls, texts and tweets, so how are we expected to clear our minds and concentrate? The Art of Concentration is a new book penned by health writer read more »

Find yourself unable to sleep as you are worrying, unable to concentrate because your anxious, on edge if things don’t go as planned, teary and emotional from anxiety or constantly receiving comments on how much you worry? If your worry is growing into an all consuming monster and the above sounds like a perfect description read more »

You have an extremely important deadline looming for a report at work. It needs to be on your bosses next at 9am the next morning and you have only written the first sentence, so what do you do? Put on the kettle, do some research, have a bath, do a brain storm, walk the dog? read more »