Workplace Wellness Programme
Here are some tips for Personal Wellbeing at work or at home […]
Workplace Stress
Are you suffering from stress at work? Signs of Stress Physically you may have muscle tension, rapid heartbeat, shallow breathing or insomnia. You probably feel fatigue, get headaches, back trouble or chest pains or perhaps high blood pressure. Emotionally, you […]
Self Esteem & Self Worth
Improving Self Worth/Self Esteem Confident people treat themselves well Many clients come to me and over time speak about feeling ‘stronger’ in themselves. When I ask how (for them) that is coming about, inevitably the […]
Are you Passive? You may need to Assert
How to move from Passive to Asserting yourself Understanding Passivity You were not born passive, it was a behaviour you adopted that kept you safe. I meet many clients who are passive and I ask them, ‘Does that go back a long way?’ Invariably, it goes back to childhood and perhaps an angry or aggressive [...]
How to be happy
Some tips from Dr M Gaffney Smile more Begin today and focus on smiling more, maybe leave post it’s at the desk to remind you. Dr Maureen Gaffney says we need to take happiness seriously. If you smile more, you will be happier and […]
Do you want to improve you communication at home and at work?
How to communicate better Only one person needs to change to effect change between two people. Also, you cannot change anyone anyway, however when you make a change, they probably will respond differently! Feelings matter and cannot be ignored Feelings are at the heart of a difficult conversation, so you need to take time for [...]
Be Proactive, Not Reactive
Are you hurt by what others say? Do you have relationship issues at work or at home? Do you take offence to what another person says or does? Maybe they have been defensive with you, and you respond back defensively. This is guaranteed to result in conflict and the situation getting worse. An example of [...]
Listen, but don’t personalise what you hear
What others say is about themselves What another person says is about them, it is about where they are ‘at’ in themselves, how they feel and what is going on for them. It is not about you. Do you take things personally? If you hear what another person says as being about you, that is about [...]
Wellness – balance care of self with care of others
Are you great at spotting everyone’s needs, but lousy at spotting your own? Wellbeing means balancing care of others with care of self Many women are good at looking after others, but not so good at looking after themselves. Often, it takes an illness for them to be told to learn to ‘self care’. We [...]
Perfectionism, Perfectionist and Fear of Failure
Are you a perfectionist? How do you feel about failure? If failure is a problem, you may be a perfectionist. However you were not born a perfectionist. Perfectionism Perfectionism was a defense you adopted to keep you safe from someone else’s defenses whose focus was not on […]