A significant part of the coaching process is creating an exciting and compelling future. Obviously, you can only do this if you establish where you want to be. Essentially, you have to be very specific about that future. Vague ideas of being richer, fitter, happier just don’t cut it. Some people avoid making those specific […]
I recently attended a half-day workshop about rapid induction, getting people into trance quickly, and having fun with the process. It was very different from previous trainings which I’ve attended. Importantly, I’ve come away with lots of new ideas, lots of questions, and a desire to rethink how I use hypnosis. It’s all good stuff.
One of the presuppositions of NLP is that everyone is doing the best that they can with the resources that they have available. In other words, our behaviour and the behaviour of others is the best that we can all do in that moment. This, quite frankly, seemed hard to accept when I see so
Life is so much easier if you get along with the people around you. It makes the good times sweeter. Conversely, it helps you get through the bad times with a little less pain. Creating those positive connections seems to happen without any real action. However, you are almost certainly aware of those people who’ve
I am, like most coaches, keen for you to succeed. Consequently, I work with you as you make your plans, establish your goals, and then get out there to make it happen. Once you do this, there are three outcomes in life: success, feedback or failure. Pick one now. There will be times when you
It would be great if we could keep fear and phobia, anxiety and distress, out of childhood, or at least the more extreme forms which become debilitating and limiting. It’s concerning that mental health services are overwhelmed and waiting lists for support and treatment continue to grow. And it’s particularly worrying for parents, who see
I recently found myself reading a number of articles about how to improve on a budget the look of your home. Ideas ranged from painting a feature wall to dying your bedding. It all seemed so easy. It struck me that life can be a bit like that. We can make some superficial changes which
There is a plethora of self-help books, articles, websites and the like out there. The vast majority genuinely want to assist change and support people into making those changes as quickly and painlessly as possible. Many perpetuate the myth that it takes 21 or possibly 30 or possibly some other random number of days to
You trust your memories. You rely on your senses to inform you about the world around you. Crucially, you trust your mind, both conscious and unconscious to process and store all that’s happening. Additionally, you assume that when you think about the past, you’re presented with an accurate representation. Yet, nothing could be further from
A while ago, I read an article about millennials. It was not very complimentary, with recurring themes of entitlement and laziness. Who, I wondered, are these dreadful people? It turns out that millennials are those born between 1981 and 1996, and it seems that being born between those years makes you, according to some, the