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Mapping a Path to Success
April 8, 2018Over recent years there has been a considerable rise in both the number and popularity of books/dvds and seminars on ‘achieving your dreams’. Whilst no one should fall into the trap of believing that positive thinking alone can change our lives undoubtedly our attitude and state of mind has a huge impact on what we […]
Questions to ask when Managing Behaviour
March 24, 2018It is easy when faced with difficult behaviour to let it become a battle. As the adult we imply intent which simply may not be there – the child probably isn’t behaving that way just to make our lives difficult. One of the ways to prevent a battle mentality is to approach with curiosty […]
Learning to Live Your Dream
March 18, 2018This was first published in Affinity magazine but I still get lots of people saying they want to live their dream – so I thought it might be helpful for people to add this as a blog post. ‘Live the dream’ is a phrase we’ve all heard, many of us may have used and some […]
Clearing the Road Blocks to Your Success
March 11, 2018As I’ve mentioned before there can be a lot of obstacles on the road to success. Some will be individual but some are common to lots of people and it is useful to think about what is stopping you experiencing the success you want in any aspect of your life or business. So here are […]
How to Easily Add Studying to Your Already Busy Life
March 2, 2018Many adults who return to study after a break or perhaps enrol on a course for the first time since they left school, find adjusting to study a difficult transition. That is not surprising but there are some simple steps you can take manage some of the trickier aspects of that transition so it […]
5 Positive Habits you can Help Your Children to Develop
February 10, 2018As parents we want our children to grow up to be healthy and resilient, both physically and emotionally. Teaching your kids these habits will help them to do exactly that but like anything else they need to be taught about them and see you as the adult modelling them. We often put a lot of […]
Learning to Live in the Here and Now
February 4, 2018If you have read some of my previous articles you will know I am a fan of mindfulness, not least because it can help us live in the present. This article was first published in Affinity magazine but I think it may be useful for readers of my website. I came across a quote recently […]
Thoughts, Attitudes, Words and Behaviour
February 4, 2018I worte this for Affintity magazine a while ago but the message bears repeating. Thoughts are amazingly powerful and influnece both our words and actions. Thoughts Thinking really is the beginning of everything. Any invention, accomplishment or activity begins with a thought. Surely that should give us the message that thoughts are powerful. They are! […]
Why you should give yourself permission to do these 10 things today
January 28, 2018Life, and business, doesn’t always go as planned and as we are all humans we might not always deal with life’s challenges in the best way. But to be successful we all need to give yourself permission to do these 5 things and not let our inner critic, or anyone else tell us otherwise. Say […]
5 Reasons to Attend a Live Event
January 16, 2018One of the things people often ask, both in person and on forums and online groups is whether or not live events are worth the time and expense and if I’m honest we have probably all experienced some events that have been disappointing. But there’s a danger in assuming that all events are only as […]