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Bring out your inner beginner! (Resisting Change #2)
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Bring out your inner beginner! (Resisting Change #2)

Making changes

Bring out your inner beginner! (Resisting Change #2)

Using a beginner's mind might be the key to overcoming resistance to change How many times do you reject the idea of something because you've done it, or something similar, before? Where you think there's no point because you know it, it didn't work, you won't get anything new? Or you're doing something familiar on autopilot and not getting the same benefit as you used to?I know I'm terrible for this! But I also know that means I can miss out [...]

Emma Byers2025-04-02T11:39:50+00:002 April 2025|Categories: Making changes|Tags: imposter syndrome, resistance to change, self confidence, self esteem, stretching comfort zone|Comments Off

Overcoming resistance to change
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Overcoming resistance to change

Making changes

Overcoming resistance to change

Are you slamming on the brakes? Change is hard. Did you know we are hard-wired to resist it? Our wonderful amygdala, the part of our brain responsible for our survival instinct, perceives familiarity as safety and difference as danger. And it therefore activates the body's fear responses when there's something new. So new things; different things can induce resistance. And that's what I've been talking about this week with those who have been noticing this cropping up (sometimes in [...]

Emma Byers2025-03-20T13:41:05+00:0010 March 2025|Categories: Making changes|Tags: imposter syndrome, resistance to change, self confidence, self esteem, stretching comfort zone|Comments Off

Kindness – helping others to help ourselves
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Kindness – helping others to help ourselves

Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem

Kindness – helping others to help ourselves

It was Random Acts of Kindness Day on Monday (17 Feb). I'm not a fan of these arbitrary days but there's definitely something in the idea of kindness. The world feels very tribal right now. Many people are full of fear, feeling defensive and separate from those around them. It feels like we've lost a a shared sense of community, even humanity. I really believe that the antidote to this is kindness and connection. And the added bonus is that the [...]

Emma Byers2025-03-20T13:32:39+00:0021 February 2025|Categories: Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem|Tags: imposter syndrome, self confidence, self esteem|Comments Off

Self Improvement without Self Annihilation
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Self Improvement without Self Annihilation

Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem

Self Improvement without Self Annihilation

In traditional life coaching, there is a great emphasis on self-improvement, sometimes it seems at any cost. And I truly believe that we are at our best when we develop, learn and grow, at all ages. But recently I've been having conversations about finding balance in the quest for change. Because if the root of that desire for improvement is self-hatred, or a need to annihilate huge parts of who we are, then that doesn't feel like improvement at all. [...]

Emma Byers2025-03-20T13:27:28+00:0014 February 2025|Categories: Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem|Tags: imposter syndrome, self compassion, self confidence, self esteem, self improvement|Comments Off

Finding Wonderful, Unique You
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Finding Wonderful, Unique You

Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem

Finding Wonderful, Unique You

I've had a heavy week of copywriting this week - it sometimes works out that way. Along with my holistic life coaching, I provide business coaching for solepreneurs, helping - amongst other things - these talented people to tune into their uniqueness as the basis for all of their marketing positioning. I also do some “do-it-for-you” services for these same people, writing new websites and creating social media strategies (even building the odd website here and there!). As part of [...]

Emma Byers2025-03-20T13:21:09+00:0024 January 2025|Categories: Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem|Tags: imposter syndrome, self confidence, self esteem|Comments Off

The Introverts’ Social Survival Guide – for Christmas and Beyond
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The Introverts’ Social Survival Guide – for Christmas and Beyond

Confidence, Introvert, Self confidence, Self esteem

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 [...]

Emma Byers2024-12-06T15:06:26+00:006 December 2024|Categories: Confidence, Introvert, Self confidence, Self esteem|Tags: accept yourself, authentic self, fear of socialising, introversion, introvert, overcoming shyness, quiet confidence, self acceptance, self confidence, self conscious, self esteem, shyness, socialising, socialising as an introvert|Comments Off

Creating environments that support and align with our goals
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Creating environments that support and align with our goals

Confidence, Goal setting, Self confidence, Self esteem

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: [...]

Emma Byers2024-11-19T15:52:29+00:0019 November 2024|Categories: Confidence, Goal setting, Self confidence, Self esteem|Tags: build self esteem, building self esteem, celebrate yourself, confidence, holistic life coaching, quiet confidence, self confidence, self esteem|Comments Off

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

Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem

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 [...]

Emma Byers2024-10-10T16:59:08+00:0010 October 2024|Categories: Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem|Tags: authentic self, authenticity, be kind to yourself, build self esteem, building self esteem, celebrate yourself, confidence, external validation, holistic life coaching, inner critic, negative self talk, negative voice, nurturing self esteem, quiet confidence, real you, self acceptable, self compassion, self confidence, self esteem, self sabotage, unconditional love|Comments Off

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

Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem, Stress, Stress and Anxiety

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 [...]

Emma Byers2024-10-10T16:59:45+00:0026 September 2024|Categories: Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem, Stress, Stress and Anxiety|Tags: a new perspective, be kind to yourself, build self esteem, building self esteem, confidence, holistic life coaching, inner critic, negative self talk, negative voice, new perspective, nurturing self esteem, quiet confidence, self compassion, self confidence, self esteem, self sabotage|Comments Off

The Self Esteem Series #2: Building self esteem by dialling down the negative self-talk
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The Self Esteem Series #2: Building self esteem by dialling down the negative self-talk

Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem, Stress, Stress and Anxiety

The Self Esteem Series #2: Building self esteem by dialling down the negative self-talk

Dialling down the negative self-talk so self esteem can flourish One of the most common themes from my coaching space is self-compassion (or at least the lack of it). Many of my clients are high achievers who have been using punishment, stress and self-annihilation to motivate themselves (but uh-oh, it’s not working anymore).The negative self-talk is constant, with a cruel inner critical, always telling themselves they’re useless, lazy, stupid, less than, not good enough…(the list goes on…). And they sprinkle [...]

Emma Byers2024-10-10T10:02:45+00:0016 September 2024|Categories: Confidence, Self confidence, Self esteem, Stress, Stress and Anxiety|Tags: affirmations, be kind to yourself, build self esteem, confidence, holistic life coaching, inner critic, negative self talk, negative voice, self compassion, self confidence, self esteem, self sabotage|Comments Off

Bring out your inner beginner! (Resisting Change #2)

Overcoming resistance to change

Kindness – helping others to help ourselves

Self Improvement without Self Annihilation

Finding Wonderful, Unique You

The Introverts’ Social Survival Guide – for Christmas and Beyond

Creating environments that support and align with our goals

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

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

The Self Esteem Series #2: Building self esteem by dialling down the negative self-talk

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