Expert articles by coaches and nlp practitioners

I work with both career women and entrepreneurs and almost all of them tell me they have a fear of failure. The source of the fear does vary such as "I might appear stupid" or "I'm not good enough". But for both groups of women, the feeling can be paralysing and cause procrastination. That can then lead to us playing small, not moving out of our comfort zones and not taking up new opportunities. If you'd like to conquer your fear of failure then I have four proven secrets to share with...

My all-time favorite author Maya Angelou had a great insight about resilience: “I’m not sure if resilience is ever achieved alone. Experience allows us to learn from example. But if we have someone who loves us, I don’t mean who indulges us, but who loves us enough to be on our side, then it’s easier to grow resilience, to grow belief in self, to grow self-esteem. And its self-esteem that allows a person to stand up.” I just LOVE this wisdom of this woman! It is...

Reading Reading educational or fictional books allows us to abstract and leave our minds, just for a little bit. Expand your knowledge means you are spending your time in a fulfilling and useful manner, sparking creative thoughts and stretching your imagination. If you read a book a week in your specialism, you’ll have read a full degree worth of information within just one year. Within just five years, you’d be one of the most educated people in the world in your field. Though...

You will have horrific tragedies in your life. There will be illness, death and misery around you. How will you handle it? As we face the suffering of life, it’s often useful to find ways we can attribute meaning to our life that gives us the way forward and paves a path of light in the darkness we can often clearly see in the world. Your possibilities What can you achieve? What does the future hold? The possibilities are truly endless, and capitalising on the time you have left on...

Fear can be paralysing. It can stop you from moving forward and achieving your full potential in your life. For example, you want to change careers, but you are scared that because you have no experience people won’t take you seriously, so you decide that the easiest option is to just remain in your current job and effectively stay in your comfort zone. Your brain’s number one job is to keep you safe. If the brain senses any type of fear then it will do everything it can so that...

While setting goals increases our chances of success exponentially, most people don’t have written goals. Partly because often we don’t take the time to really stop and think about what we want in life. Or because we are so busy thinking about the things we don’t want, it’s hard to see what we do. If we do take the time to set meaningful, realistic goals, you’ll find a reason to strive and to stop wasting time on things that don’t add any meaning or value to...

When I was growing up my Dad did his best, he was always saying "parenting doesn’t come with a manual". He tried his best, but he didn’t have a clue. He genuinely believed that enforcing his beliefs and values on us was a necessity, an obligation of parenting. If he was around today, he would have crumpled under the strain. Now when children grow up they don't always leave home, some go off to University then come back as matured independent adults, some stay at home, living in...