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Whatever stage you’re at with your life, choosing to see a life coach is a big decision. It can feel like a big investment to make - not only a monetary investment but one that requires your time and effort.

But, once you’ve decided to undertake coaching, how do you choose which professional to go with? There are so many factors that can affect our choice and, in unknown territory, it can feel a little overwhelming.

To help make the process easier, we’ll walk you through how to use...

"We only do well the things we like doing." - Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, French novelist Do you enjoy a tasty meal? Often it can be something to look forward to at the end of a long day or it may be enjoyed with friends and family. We all have a different favourite meal; some people have more exotic preferences than others, others will always choose pasta, some simply love a tasty roast dinner. There are so many different recipes and meals to choose from, all with a unique combination of...

Did you, like many others, make resolutions as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve or during the “Crimbo limbo” period? Do you think about setting yourself goals or good intentions at the beginning of a new year? Or is it something you may ‘get around to’ at some point. Are you now thinking that there are other ways you want to live your life this year, or anything else you think you need to give up, add or change in your life? There is nothing wrong with...

Between social media ‘time spent’ popups, articles flooding the news, and the introduction of screentime monitoring applications as standard across many phones, it’s hard to go a day without encountering something or someone that has an opinion on how long we’re spending on our phones.

It’s easy to feel judged for how we use our phones - sometimes, with good reason. One study unveiled millennials check their phones up to 150 times each day. Other generations aren’t close to those...

There is truly nothing to fear in making changes. I have worked with many people over the years who don't try to make changes because they fear that if they did, it would inevitably end in failure. Emotionally it is easier to stay as they are even though they are unhappy, and their actions continue to hold them back, rather than them putting the effort into making a change only to have it slapped back in their face when it doesn't work out as they hoped or planned. Not so much what other...

Bring your life into focus One of the challenges we are often faced with is that whilst we know something must change for us, we lack the clarity of both what to change exactly and what it is that we want instead. How many times have you sat down and given actual thought to the things you want in life? Right now, how many goals have you set for yourself? At the start of the year, people often set some new year resolutions, but months in how many have stuck with them and how many were actually...

We all need help from time to time From speaking to people, I often hear 'I don't need a coach, I'm going to do it on my own'. There is no doubt people have both the capacity and capabilities to make changes on their own; the question which then arises is why don't they? When I speak to them at a later date, they say the same things as before about feeling frustrated at work which is then spilling over into their home life, and nothing has changed. This then increases the level of frustration...

There are many different approaches, with varying degrees of success. From the classic overwhelm based procrastination, to the feet-first leap at the other end of the spectrum, there are plenty of traps to fall into. A more common-sense approach would be those methods that are neither inaction nor massive, terrifying leaps, but rather taking one step at a time. But then what’s the first step? What order do they all go in, and how much time and space do they need in between...

When I started my personal development journey, I wanted big long-lasting change and I wanted it now. Except I was sporadic with my efforts. I’d always been all or nothing. I’d throw myself into the latest solution that was going to fix everything, but usually the 'solution' wasn’t sustainable, and eventually, I’d give up or lose my way, unable to maintain the momentum consistently and long-term. I’d half-heartedly try to change things and then get p****d off when...