If you have recently experienced an incident which has set you back in life such as a messy break-up, a redundancy or a bereavement and are looking for help and advice to help you bounce back then listed below are some tips to help you get back on your feet: 1. Lean on your support read more »

We all love to do it but we all hate to be the hot topic, psychologist Dr Pam Spurr explains why our water cooler conversations aren’t always harmless and what to do if you become a victim. Curiosity is a natural part of human nature, we all wonder what is going on in the lives read more »

We have known for a long while that snuggling up on the sofa with a good book is a sure fire way to wind down, but now a psychologist has taken this a step further and has compiled a ”reading list for the soul” which aims to help stressed out workers deal with the stresses read more »

According to a recent US study, having a good network of friends and neighbours boosts survival chances by around 50%. A team of researchers from Brigham Young University conducted a meta analysis of almost 150 studies which looked at survival odds and social networks. From the results they calculated that having very few friends is read more »

School’s are calling in assistance from life coaches to help children as young as seven improve their learning and self-esteem, reports the Daily Mail. Demand for life coaches within the education system has grown at such a pace that one company has ten times the amount of business they had this time last year. Life read more »

Indie game developer Happy Blue Fish has created a fun and inventive new game which has the potential of increasing people’s awareness of wellness coaching by making it accessible to the masses. The Okinawa Game, which is being called the pocketsize wellness coach is an easy to use APP which will soon be available to 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 »

According to a recent study worrying whilst you are ill can prevent you from getting well. According to researcher and psychologist Professor John Weinman, the more anxious the patients were the longer their wounds would take to heal. The patients who experienced little to no stress healed at twice the speed. The researchers measured levels 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 »

Relationship counselling body Relate has found that exam tension in students is having a knock on effect on their families, especially parents and siblings, reports the Guardian. Relate is now offering advice to parents on how to cope during exam time after finding that they are also suffering with stress caused by irritable teenagers and read more »