Archive for the ‘Career’ Category

Stress relief for American students

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

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 »

The art of concentration

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

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 »

Are you a serial worrier?

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

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 »

Overcoming Procrastination

Friday, March 5th, 2010

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 »

Tips to overcome shyness

Friday, February 19th, 2010

We often discuss the issue of shyness on Life coaching directory, because it is something which often ends up having a huge impact on your life. Today we have a few tips which will help you to gently build up your confidence. You only need to take baby steps, implementing one of the below each read more »

Confidence Boosters

Monday, February 1st, 2010

There are certain situations in life which can deal a real blow to your self confidence. Ups and downs are natural, but if we have to have them we would like to deal with them as gracefully as possible. Allaboutyou have come up with some great pointers to help you push through some of life’s read more »

Find your purpose in life

Friday, January 29th, 2010

As part of The Times “10 steps to a better you”, was advise on how to find your purpose in life. Below are a few of the best tips. If the January blues left you sighing, “What’s the point? Why are we here anyway?”, the answer lies in finding your purpose. This is something which read more »

When should women stop searching for Mr Right?

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

According to author Lori Gottilieb, once you hit thirty it is time to settle for Mr Second Best of Mr Right Now. Gottlieb is the author of Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr Good Enough, which is published in the UK next week. She believes that women who refuse to commit unless they read more »

Tried and tested life coaching techniques

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Below are a few techniques that have been tried and tested with success by many a life coach. Take a look and you might just find something that will help you on the path to achieving your goals. Don’t shout about it If you have made your mind up you are going to change something read more »

Positive Affirmations

Friday, January 8th, 2010

A New Year, a New You. If you want to bring about some positive change in your life then what better time to do it than the start of a brand new year. Why not try some positive thinking techniques which are used in life coaching and Cognative Behavioural Therapy (CBT) such as creating a read more »