A gate opened up to sunshine - benefits of life coaching

What are the benefits of life coaching?

What are the benefits of life coaching and why is it something that you should consider? As I celebrate 10 years as a Life Coach, I would love this to be the year YOU experience the benefits of life coaching for yourself. Get in touch for your free taster, or read on to find out…

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No entry sign - what are you labelling yourself with

Would it make a good tattoo? Labelling yourself

What are you labelling yourself with this week? And should you be labelling yourself thus? These are the final two cognitive distortions that we will look at in this current series of musings: Labelling yourself and “should” statements. What we label ourselves with is linked to how we view ourselves and how we talk to…

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How good is your mind reading?

How good is your mind reading? Might be a useful skill in some walks of life, or on some days. Perhaps if you own non-communicative teenagers, you might desire the ability to get inside their heads and actually get some idea of what is going on in their lives. Maybe you are applying for a…

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Still practicing gratitude with your jar?

It has suddenly become very autumnal. All around us the trees are turning, the evenings suddenly are dark early. Hat-boot-jumper season has returned. And inevitably, the shops are not only full of Hallowe-en stuff but also Christmas stuff. [Random side note – one popular budget supermarket that we frequent is selling Christmas puds with a…

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Looking through the eye of a mask. Is this mine to do

Is this mine to do?

Is this mine to do? That has been the phrase in my mind often over these last couple of weeks. In our own particular situation, this relates to our newly empty nest, and one of our fledglings who is in the early stages of settling into new life in halls in a different city. Do…

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branches on a beach with skewed skyline

On emotional reasoning

Last time I was musing about our three centres of intelligence. When we can identify where we primarily operate – our head, heart or gut centre – we are then also empowered to notice where we can get stuck. This awareness allows us to then make different and better choices to recruit the other two…

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Jar of good things gratitude practice

Gratitude practice: filling your jar of good things.

Spring is very definitely sprung, and here in Glasgow we have actually enjoyed some warm and sunny days. Hanging washing up on the line outside is one of those small but most precious pleasures that is mindful in the doing and fills me with such smug satisfaction. Wandering around where we live we see folk…

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