A few years ago I attended a coaching training programme for companies who could provide coaching to SMEs via a government grant which would pay for the coaching. It would be fair to say that it was pretty poor quality. […]
Asking Great Questions Using NLP
One of the key things I have learned from NLP is how to ask great questions that really uncover useful information. There are certain ways of using language that can presuppose lengths of time, energy or other useful measurements. As […]
Motivation for Exercise When You Hate It
Think about something you absolutely have to do every day. You might not particularly enjoy doing it, but it’s part of your routine such that, if you didn’t do it, it would feel completely wrong to have missed it. For […]
Hypnosis Scripts – Tips to Reduce Stress and Anxiety
I think we can all agree that we experience some sort of stress or anxiety on a daily basis. Here Gemma talks us through her top tips to reduce such feelings and make our lives more stress free! By Gemma […]
How to Complete Your “To Do” List
I’m one of those people who make “to do” lists on a clean piece of paper and ideally with an ink pen. I’m not sure why writing it in ink makes me feel better about it, I think it just […]
Why Life is Like a Catapult
Ok, it’s one of those analogies that I came up with in the shower yesterday morning. But I’m seriously chuffed with this one. Such that future clients, NLP4Kids practitioners and the companies I mentor are going to get “the catapult […]
Step by Step – Making Goals a Reality
To avoid total overwhelm, whatever the challenge you face, you must take it one step at a time. If you continually look at the bigger picture and overall aim you run the risk of overwhelming yourself into frightened-bunny-in-the-headlights mode. The […]
Not the Right Tools: Leadership and management
I have this friend who is highly articulate, imaginative, creative and pretty darn intelligent. She is the only person in my immediate network who has been educated at Oxford university (studying a degree in Classics). To be honest and with […]
Dealing with Disappointment
There are different kinds of disappointment and depending on your own attitude and mindset you may experience the more severe kind more often. There’s the kind of disappointment that has you think “wow that’s really disappointing” and gives you a […]
Thinking Sideways
I recently saw a programme with Peter Jones – The tall one from Dragons Den – and he was talking to successful entrepreneurs. Interestingly it wasn’t just about how they’d made their millions but a study into what makes them […]
