Category: * Coaching
Sick of Suffering for Others? Stop Being a Martyr!
How can you give so much but feel so empty and angry? If you’re a martyr, you’re selfish and you’re not giving freely. You tell others you are, but you’re not. And because of this you’re suffering in silence… and causing it all yourself. The motivation of a martyr is to sacrifice themselves for someone else […]
Stop Fixating On Your Ex and Focus On Yourself!
Let me tell you a bit about one of my clients, I’ll call her Molly… Molly came to see me towards the end of 2009. She’d been divorced for six years and in all that time hadn’t stopped obsessing about what her ex-husband was up to. In the beginning, she would talk about only one […]
How To Survive Thanksgiving Tantrums and Torment With Your Crazy Family!
Thanksgiving is less than a few days away and you’re planning a traditional holiday dinner, which includes a golden turkey as the showpiece of the meal. Although the Mercy for Animals Foundation conducted an undercover investigation on the abuse these birds are subjected to – it is NOTHING compared to the amount of stress and anxiety […]
Superstition Makes You Stupid!
Do you have to follow some little daily ritual or your whole day goes pear-shaped? Then stop for a second. And think about it. Actually think about it. Then stop for a second. And think about it. Actually think about it. Your life being great is not dependent on getting out of bed with your […]
Stop Saying “I’m Fine” When You’re Not
There are a couple of great untruths in this world: Ticking the box to confirm that you’ve read the Terms and Conditions, telling your kids you’ll help them find the packet of skittles that you ate a few hours ago, and replying “I’m fine” every time someone asks you how you are. This is a […]
Is ‘Happy Ever After’ Just a Hollywood Dream?
Valentine’s Day can be very special. Tempting chocolates, fragrant flowers, a delicious breakfast in bed, can all give you that wonderful inner glow that comes from knowing that you are very special to your partner. But once the comforting afterglow has faded, and ‘real life’ rudely interrupts again, sometimes it can seem as though your […]
Over 50 and forever single? Are you emasculating men?
In a recent article, Kate Mulvey bemoans the fact that as she approaches 50, she is not yet married, putting this down to the fact that men are unable to cope with a woman ‘outshining’ them. She refers to recent research confirming this, saying ‘I have lost count of the times men have rejected and […]
Revenge is Never the Answer!
The trial of Chris Huhne and ex wife Vicky Pryce For those who have not been following the trial of Chris Huhne (ex member of Parliament and Energy secretary in the UK) and his ex wife Vicky Pryce (a respected economist) over her claiming that she took his speeding points has been quite the drama […]
Divorce New Years Resolutions Busted Already? Try This
How are your new year’s resolutions going? We are 3 weeks in and by now 56% would have given up on the goals they set for themselves. Sad statistics indeed! What separates the ones who achieve their goals from those who resign and quit? This year has started completely differently for me to other years. I […]
Are you single or living alone? You’re not alone on that one!
Single life: What it really is Claudia Connell on Mail Online gives a painfully honest account of how she came to be living alone in middle-age. Now in her 40’s, Claudia talks of how her single life, once embraced and celebrated for its exciting perks, has lost its gloss. Claudia wrote in Mail online: “I […]
