The Introverts’ Social Survival Guide – for Christmas and Beyond

Do you find socialising as an introvert tough?  Are you missing out on opportunities in work, romance, friendships and life because of this? Do you punish yourself because you're the other one that can't to this?  Then you might need my Introverts' Social Survival Guide for Christmas (and Beyond)! This time of year can be tricky for us introverts.  Work dos, big social gatherings, packed houses and long family stayovers – it can be tiring, overwhelming and easy to [...]

Creating environments that support and align with our goals

I'm a big advocate of creating environments that support and align with our goals.  I passionately believe in using the non-conscious parts of our body and brain to help us stretch for those things we want to achieve as well as our plans and intentions. And shaping the environment around us can make a huge difference. I'll share a few things we've been talking about this week, in how to shape a work environment that's conducive to your goals: [...]

2024-11-19T15:52:29+00:0019 November 2024|Categories: Confidence, Goal setting, Self confidence, Self esteem|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Creating environments that support and align with our goals

The Self Esteem Series #4: Self-acceptance & making peace with the real you

So many people are being so hard on themselves right now.  In fact I'd go so far to say it's as if they're at war with themselves, or at the very least getting in their own way.  Self-acceptance is tough.So I'm talking about more ways to work with, rather than against, ourselves  Looking at how to become our own support system and cheerleaderAnd imagining just what might be possible if we can be on our own side, and supporting ourselves [...]

The Self Esteem Series #3: Changing your perspective to build self esteem

It regularly makes me sad and mad in my coaching space when I see such impressive people struggling to see the gifts and value they bring.  And wow it's so wonderful when those same people benefit from building their self esteem, moving from being their own biggest enemy to their own support system, even their own cheerleader . A key tool in building self esteem is tapping into a different perspective.  Seeing something from another angle and outside of [...]

The Key to Confidence – Playing to Your Strengths (Confidence Part 3)

Prefer to listen rather than read?  You can hear an AI-generated voiceover of this blog here: Wow, my little blog on confidence has become a series, and it feels like we're still just touching the surface! But we're doing great things, and it feels like the next logical step is to start looking at how we can tune into what we're great at (and our Zone of Genius). This also means considering what [...]

5 Tips to Boost Your Self Confidence (Confidence Part 2)

Prefer to listen rather than read?  You can hear an AI-generated voiceover of this blog here: Ok, so following on from last week's blog, we've shifted those deep, dark beliefs about confidence being a bad thing, and we'd like some of it. Not too little, not too much - just a delicious balance of calm confidence, quiet power, and assurance and ease with all we are and all we can do. Sounds good, [...]

2023-07-05T13:02:08+00:0015 July 2022|Categories: Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on 5 Tips to Boost Your Self Confidence (Confidence Part 2)

Let’s talk about the C word…Confidence (Part 1)

Prefer to listen rather than read?  You can hear an AI-generated voiceover of this blog here: Confidence – nice thing to have, yes? Knowledge of and belief in your skills and abilities, a calm relationship with your own strengths and areas of improvement, an ability to communicate what those are so others know what you’ve got covered. No biggie you’d think.  But yet when this comes up in my coaching space, there’s times [...]