Therapists specialising in Life Coaching

"Whatever you think you can do and believe you can do, begin it.
Action has magic, grace and power in it." Goethe
I love the idea that action has magic, grace and power in it.  I was reading this morning and had one of those aha moments.  You know what I mean, that s...

My last article on the I-CAN-DO model of coaching proved more popular then I expected and so I've decided here to cover another basic model. The (T)GROW model. Again, this acronym puts you in the right frame of mind to start working on your goals. After all, the aim of coaching i...

Set goals

Setting career based goals sounds as if it's common sense but it's easy to overlook. Setting goals - both for the short and long term allows you to plan how to get where you want to be.

First of all identify where you want to get to. Then break th...

When we go to our doctors for depression all too often we are prescribed medication and sent away. I'm not denying that medication does work and if you want to take that then I see nothing wrong in that. However, many people are unwilling or unhappy about this option and therefor...

Christmas is, for many, a time when relationships are foremost in their minds.  But for some, it is a time of deception, when the printed words of peace and love are in direct opposition to what they really feel inside.

As a professional coach I am mindful, albeit sad t...

Interestingly it depends on your perspective of the world and whether you believe things happen to you or you make things happen!

Our current financial crisis is causing a great deal of change in the world, for many enforced and out of their control.  However, a d...

We all do it at the start of a new year we have the best intentions to make this year better than the previous years. Are goals are written down  or put to the fore front of our heads. We get signed up to our local gym, swearing this year will be the year we obtain th...

Fear is the reason so many of us don't reach our full potential. It's the factor that keeps us from taking that first step towards what it is we want and deserve. What lies beyond our fear is not whatever it is we are afraid of but great things that could make our lives so...

The thing with goodbyes is that they are essentially sad. No matter how often you say them or to whom, goodbyes just drip with melancholy and sadness. What I have discovered in the weekend is that you can get better at them. Sadly, you can get used to them too, which is a litt...

As we approach ‘Mothering Sunday’, most of us remember our Mother on this special day.  Most also remember both our parents on their other special days.  However now it could be time to go beyond cards and flowers.

We all owe a deep debt of gratitude to our parents for ...