Expert articles by coaches and nlp practitioners

Q stands for 'quality' When you are finally at the stage where you know what you'd love to do in the next stage of your career, it's important that your message about who you are and what you can offer, both verbally and written, is excellent quality. This isn't the time to be vague and fuzzy about what you want because once you have that clarity about your future career, this clarity must lead to a quality expression. For example, your LinkedIn profile needs to clearly state who you are,...

Do you ever feel a total emptiness inside as if something is missing and you can’t work out what it is? I’m not talking about the feeling you get when you have experienced a loss or maybe a shock, I mean a feeling that can’t be explained and won’t go away, no matter how much you try to get on with things. The feeling of emptiness inside is a way of telling us that we are off-course and not leading the life that we want to live. It is highlighting the importance of...

Every year, a particular month celebrates 'random acts of kindness day' and it’s food for thought. What if we were to be kind every day, as a focus, to ourselves and those around us? How good would that feel! It is certainly worth considering such a positive impact. ‘No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted’ Aesop. How true is this. I mention kindness to ourselves as a foundation for wellbeing. Being kind to ourselves helps with feeling good, calm and safe....

Stress, tiredness, burn-out and anxiety are all issues that we are seeing a lot of right now and the number one reason for this is that they are all not taking good care of themselves. AKA putting your oxygen mask on first before you help others. So if this is something you struggle with doing – and especially if you do it for everyone else above yourself – stay with me for my top three tips on essential self-care. Back to basics I am talking about the big three – exercise,...

You want to write, don’t you? You want to see your book in bookstores. Fans waiting for you to sign their copy. Your name in lights, your favourite actors saying your words. ‘And the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay goes to -‘ and then Meryl says your name! Wow. So what’s stopping you? It’s impossible! Only the top five percent become the next JK Rowling or Lin-Manual Miranda. What if you were just in the top fifty percent? Blimey, I’d be happy with...

Finally, the sun is shining for most of us. A welcome relief from a long grey winter! It’s the perfect time to decide to make the changes you need to have your best summer yet. Here’s some ways you can capitalise on the extra energy the warm weather brings. Get out of your routineRoutines can be useful, but they can also feel wearing if we don’t have a break. Over the next couple of days, plan to do something differently. Change your route to work or get off a stop earlier...

You have your comfortable same old life that does not change day to day. If I think back to when I worked as a projects director a few years ago it was tiring and relentless, however, I grew into who I am today. If I just stayed working as a restaurant supervisor 25 years ago (stayed safe), living in a bedsit and earning the same money every week I would not have grown at all. I understand that life gets in the way, family, kids and the world generally but have you grown? If you think about...

It is sometimes possible to fool ourselves into believing that we want change in our lives, but in reality, all of our energies are directed towards keeping us as we are. The principal reason for the dividing gulf is fear. We are unhappy, unfulfilled, perhaps envious of others, low in confidence, but still, there is comfort in our present state. We are familiar with our world, and change inevitably means moving away from our comfort zone. Is it time to weigh up the pros and cons of staying or...