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Birthday parties are great – cake, savoury finger-food treats, bowls of crisps and other party delights.  We’re used to celebrating someone’s significant age, or life-milestones and achievements.  Yet we are less vocal about our personal rites of passage – our first and last times. I was privileged to be part of a dear friends ‘crone […]

What happens when we put ourselves out there, step out of our little modesty bubble and put ourselves forward for a task or an award – and then fail?  It’s not the nicest of feelings to be not wanted, to come second best, or not shortlisted at all.  It’s only natural to have our pride […]

The Mayo Clinic recently reported the health benefits of positive thinking and stopping negative self-talk.  We may have been brought up in an environment of glass-half-empty or culturally surrounded by thinking that limited a positive outlook.  However, just like any other muscle in our body, we can train our minds to move from a negative […]

There’s no choice.  I’ve only one or two options.  I can’t see a way out of this! Common words of despair when we feel we have no choice about a difficult situation or dealing with a difficult person.  But do we really have no choice?  As part of World Mental  Health Day we are reminded […]

The phone rings – it’s my coaching client calling for their bi-monthly coaching session scheduled for 30 minutes.  Like many Co-Active Coaches in 2002 my coaching sessions tended to last 30 minutes, every 2 or 4 weeks and over 3 to 6 months. A very much ‘little-and-often approach’ to personal development. With headphones on, I […]