Useful Articles by Life Coaches

Stress and You

February 2nd, 2012 by Katalin Swann

The stress beast rears its ugly head from four corners of our lives, health, career, relationships, and finances.  It has been documented that people who suffer from health issues are prone to high levels of stress and anxiety.  Stress can also come from family life, from a break up or from tension with your spouse.  You might feel stressed at work due to strained relationships with your colleagues or superiors or due to feeling underappreciated or overwhelmed by the workload,...

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THE MINDSET OF WELL-BEING. The difference between being happy and having well-being

January 30th, 2012 by Ann Griffiths - MA in Coaching & Mentoring Practice

Think for a moment about someone you know that makes you feel energised and happy. Now think about their main characteristics. You may come up with things like; they smile a lot; they’re interested in others; they are open and always find ‘good’ things to say. Now think for a moment about someone you know that makes you feel down and who zaps your energy. When you identify their characteristic you may come up with things like; they rarely smile’ they always find a...

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How to Stay Positive and Motivated in Difficult Times

January 25th, 2012 by Madeleine Morgan

One challenge clients often ask me about is how to stay motivated – for instance, when their business or career is hectically busy and they feel like a hamster in a wheel with no time to enjoy the journey…or when they’ve experienced a personal set back…. or when it’s just a really grey, cloudy and wintery day, again. One thing I’ve found helpful is to have a really strong sense of purpose which is more important than being upset or daunted and inspires...

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Your Rules!

January 22nd, 2012 by Dawn Moss

Is it time to review your Rules structure?  How and what is it that has two people talk to the same person or witness the same event, and have different feelings, perceptions and beliefs about the person or event?  What is it that makes people fight, whether in their family or community or between religious groups or nations?  How do we evaluate whether or not we are good at something or know if we have failed or succeeded?  Answer = Rules! So what do we mean by...

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Thinking differently - go beyond the problem

January 19th, 2012 by Richard Searson MPNLP

We all have times when we face issues or problems and become stuck. For some being stuck is the worse place to be, however it is at times like this when real thinking can start to occur, where opportunities can emerge and learning takes place. Remember the brain will take the path of least resistance, however the skill is ensuring the correct decision for you. As a coach it is my role to support clients in this way and to look beyond the problem to a place that is "not problem." This may seem a...

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Are your beliefs holding you back?

January 12th, 2012 by Gary Hales - MBA

Are your beliefs holding you back? If you want to have the life you dream of and achieve your goals then you must identify and remove your biggest obstacle – your limiting beliefs. Your beliefs determine and drive your behavior so you need to understand what they are.  Firstly you need to know that a belief can be described as a strongly held opinion that you may have about yourself or the world around you.  Your beliefs create a recurring thought pattern that will continually...

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Are you happy and successful at work?

January 12th, 2012 by Gary Hales - MBA

Are you happy and successful at work? We spend so much of our lives at work but how many of us are doing a job that we are happy in and being successful at? To achieve success and happiness at work, it’s important that you are using your strengths as often as possible.  Now it’s unrealistic to expect a job to be 100% perfect all the time but ideally you should be using those skills which you are strongest at, and enjoy doing, 70-80% of the time.  If you’re not then...

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How to Regain the Sparkle in your Life

January 11th, 2012 by Gill Tyldesley

The car will not start, laundry mounts up, food keeps disappearing from the cupboards and your job is a bore! Life can sometimes be a roundabout of meaningless annoyance and you feel as though you are walking up the down escalator. The list of things that you should do continually outweighs the list of things you want to do, ten fold. On you trudge. It’s no surprise you have lost touch with friends and feel you are not exactly a joy to be with. At home confrontation with the...

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Can you get the salary you deserve ?!

January 11th, 2012 by Michelle Lucas - AC Accredited Coach

In recent years “the recession” has been a justification for employers to justify keeping a tight lid on the salary pot, reminding employees that job security is more valuable than a pay rise. In the past, whilst it may not have been your only motivation, changing jobs was almost always a sure fire way of getting a better salary. However, in the current climate can you get the salary you deserve? Know your market worthFirst of all, find out what the “going rate” is....

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Brave moves in difficult times

January 11th, 2012 by Michelle Lucas - AC Accredited Coach

This is one of my articles which look at how our employment relationships are changing as the recession continues to have an impact. If you like this one, there will be more to follow ... With the current levels of unemployment many of us will think twice about leaving our current employer even if we are not satisfied with our work.  But what are the long term effects of staying in a role or an organisation that doesn’t suit us? How strong is your dissatisfaction? There’s a...

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