How I can make a difference in your life
Early one morning a man was walking along the beach, watching the ocean waves breaking on the shore, and he saw a most unusual thing. He saw that the beach was littered with thousands of starfish that had been washed up on shore and were dying in the sun. Far down the beach in the [...]
Regaining your Confidence and Self Esteem after Divorce
I gave a talk last night to a group of separated and divorced people about how to regain confidence and self esteem after divorce. This is a time when you’re likely to be feeling at rock bottom – your whole life-style has changed and your place in the world has shifted – but if you [...]
Assertiveness
I gave a talk to a group of divorced and separated people this week on assertiveness. Assertive behaviour is clear, honest and direct communication which enables us to get our needs met without interfering with the rights of others.
Assertiveness is directly linked to self-esteem – let’s face it, if you act aggressively or the reverse, [...]
Divorce Coaching
Divorce coaching and support is something I am working on with many clients. Having a coach who is objective and non-judgmental at this traumatic time is one way to cut through all the information and opinions being thrown at you from all sides. The coach’s only agenda is to get you to see realistically what [...]
Redundancy
Coping with Redundancy: So, you’ve been made redundant – what happens now?
You hope it’ll never happen to you, but how can you best deal with the nightmare in the current economic climate if you find yourself being made redundant. Success coach Adrianne Morris shares her suggestions for dealing with your worst case scenario.
Firstly, you need [...]
What is Coaching?
I see myself as a Coach in the mould of Socrates, who was not the kind of coach who told you what to do: his method was rather to ask a lot of questions to enable seekers to find out the answers for themselves. I like that. I might even change from being a coach [...]
Anger Management
Ten Ways to Deal with Anger
Anger wells up within us whenever we perceive that we have been wronged, but how we deal with the situation will determine whether the problem escalates or is resolved. Here are 10 ways to resolve a toxic situation:
1. Take a deep breath ….and wait… take a few more…
The Cascade Shower: Don’t lose your job!
DON’T GET CAUGHT IN THE CASCADE SHOWER!
Will the last person left in the building please switch off the lights? Is that you…..
Harry S Truman said: “recession is when your neighbour loses his job – depression is when you lose yours” Make sure you don’t lose it!
Co-operating not competing at work….
Lynda Gratton, is a professor at the London Business School, and has just published a book entitled “ Hot spots: Why Some Teams, Workplaces and Organisations Buzz with Energy and Others Don’t.”
So when I saw an article by her in the Sunday Times, I propped it in the just-emptied toast rack and read it [...]
Glad to be alive? or staying under the duvet today …….
Did you wake up this morning feeling amazing, glad to be alive, fulfilled and contented with your life. If the answer is yes, then you are very lucky indeed!
But if you are like the majority of the population, you woke up,… frowned,… mentally ran through the problems the day was likely to throw at you, [...]