As a life coach, one of the key areas I work on with clients is adopting a growth mindset. Our thinking styles, which most psychologists agree are laid down early in life, largely determine the way we approach a new challenge or any kind of…
With my career and life coaching clients, a large part of my work is around helping clients to develop confidence. We often think of confident people as those who are comfortable in all kinds of social settings or the quick thinkers who effortlessly speak up…
You’ve probably heard me say many times that our brains have a strong negative bias. We remember painful events from childhood and easily recall moments in our lives when we were criticised, made a mistake or embarrassed ourselves. Even clients approaching middle age tell me…
Life coaching clients often come to me to talk about how to create happy relationships. In almost all of our long-term relationships (whether with partners, friends, family members or colleagues), our feelings can wax and wane. Even when we are deeply connected to another person,…
Liz Bull from Lizzy C Photography is a professional headshot photographer. She and I met almost fifteen years ago when I was working in the city and she had not long started her first business. At the time, she was the youngest business owner I…
Almost all of us get caught in the habit of overthinking at times. We replay our past mistakes and worry about the future in an effort to make sense of the world or to mitigate risk in some way. While analytical thinking and problem-solving can…
Many life coaching clients come to me because they’re wanting to overcome imposter syndrome. The first step is learning to identify your imposter type and once you’ve done that, learning to change the way you interact with yourself. If you’ve ever minimised your accomplishments and…
I knew Jane Reiseger’s work long before I knew her personally. I had admired her beautiful bed linen designs so I was delighted when she came to see me as a client. Jane is a true artist in the sense that her style is entirely…
There’s a Positive Psychology exercise I’ve written about on other occasions that’s called best possible self. It’s where you describe the person you would love to be and the life you’d ideally be living. While it’s hugely helpful to think about how you’d like to be in…
