Natalie’s Blog

Our Need to be Important
Is this something new or have we always been this way? The need to be important, or possibly the need to feel needed. With technology at our fingertips, all the time, with mobile phones that are... Read more

Life Coaching Tips for How to Manage Christmas Lunch
Each year, at this time of year, so many clients come and talk to me about how to manage their Christmas lunch. Many people worry about eating too much, drinking too much, putting on weight, managing ... Read more

How to Deal With Negative People
There’s no doubt that there’s one negative person in your life right now. They could be a friend, a work colleague or even a member of your closest family and knowing how to deal with negative peo... Read more

How to Resist Temptation
In this article I am going to describe some excellent ways on how to resist temptation, how not to fall at of the next hurdle of temptation and how to ensure you remain feeling empowered and in contro... Read more

London Life Coach Asks: What’s Your Next Goal
What's Your Next Goal? Last month I completed a 5K run, it was the first time I'd ever done a run and since running has never been my sport, I was extremely pleased at having achieved this goal. S... Read more

How to Deal With Passive Aggressive People Easily
Passive aggressive people can be very difficult to deal with, but this doesn't mean it's impossible to cope with this personality type. Whether it is a relative a friend or a colleague that possesses ... Read more

How to Motivate People
Learning how to motivate people is a useful skill whether you need to apply it at home or in the workplace. Mastering this is a skill that has been used by many successful leaders throughout time and ... Read more

Steve Jobs said “Your Time Is Limited”
When Steve Jobs said "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."  He probably knew that this statement would resonate with a lot of people in the world. Too many of us, t... Read more

How to Be More Outgoing and Social
How come some people seem to be naturally outgoing? Why are some people always the centre of attention at a party and why do some people seem to be naturally bubbly? If you are reading this article th... Read more

How to Be More Happy and Positive
Finding a way or method to feel more happy and positive is something many people search for or attempt on a daily basis. If you're one of these people then your certainly not alone as millions of peop... Read more

Life Coaching For Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
No doubt about it, cancer is a life-altering event. Life coaching through treatment and recovery is also a life-changing experience. Also known as health or wellness coaching, life coaching is a relat... Read more

London Life Coach Natalie Dee Completes the 5K Challenge
Sunday 2nd October came sooner than I could have imagined. After a very hot Saturday, and another forecast for a very hot day in London, I wondered what it would be like to run in the strong and ho... Read more

My 5K Challenge – Only 24 Hours To Go…
Just like the coaching clients I work with, when challenged, I also have the usual human reactions: nervous, yet excited, scared yet anticipating, desire to succeed, concerned how I'll manage. My 5... Read more

Natalie Dee, Life Coach – My 5K Challenge
Can I do it??  Will I succeed?? For me it's about being able to complete the 5K without walking and within a good time. I've been practising, at the most twice a week, which isn't very much.  ... Read more

Natalie Dee, Life Coach – My Own Challenge for 2011
Do we become who we are or are we what we become? I often wonder what came first, my desire to constantly strive and achieve more, and therefore personal development was naturally a part of how I w... Read more

Life Coaching And The Concept of Positive Thinking
Nowadays, the media, friends or relatives are telling you to think positive thoughts; and there are times when you can find that happy place by thinking quite the opposite... And it can be good for yo... Read more

A Good Argument In A Good Relationship
Ever wondered if it's OK to argue with your partner? As a life coach, I would say it’s healthy for couples to have a good argument once in a while and to air out differences. The essential ing... Read more

Gain Confidence Not Attitude & Land The Job | Life Coaching Advice
Displaying confidence without a negative attitude is an important manner to display when seeking any kind of job. Being confident is very important but it's even more important that you don't go over ... Read more

What’s Different About Life Coaching?
Another way of looking at life coaching: it is having someone to talk to combined with a way to get changes and results in life... I have met many people in all walks of life, older, younger, profe... Read more

The Definition of Age From Someone Who IS Aged
The joy of writing blogs is the lovely interaction I get from family, friends, clients and contacts in response to the various topics I write about. To follow on from my blog on 2nd September The ... Read more

A Little Love Life Coaching For Women Over 40
In your 40s? Looking for some love and dating advice? Then this post is written just for you as here we are going to share with you some top tips and advice on how to find great dates and luscious lov... Read more

How to Feel Happy all the Time
Exactly how can anyone feel happy all the time? How can you achieve it? Perhaps you have been feeling low or you have experience moments of real depression. Perhaps you have experience moments of grea... Read more

A Life Coach, Someone I Can Just Talk To…
"I need someone I can just talk to, say anything to, like a friend but with no agenda, no opinions, no judgement. Life is complicated and sometimes it all just gets to me, and I need to just let it... Read more

Life Coaching And Why Happiness Is Good For You
In the Express online, in March 2011, I came across this great article about happiness: Why is happiness so good for you? Because the more contented we are the fewer stress-related illnesses we su... Read more

The Definition of Age From a Life Coaching Perspective
I came across this article online, "I hope when I finally grow up I will become a Real Old Person" on the Guardian website, from January 2011. It questions what our definition of age is now that so... Read more

What We Believe, We Create – Change It With Life Coaching
Most of us are familiar with the phrase "a self-fulfilling prophecy". It works on the same principle that whatever we believe in we constantly create. This applies both for things we believe we ... Read more

At A Crossroad With No Map – Ask A Life Coach
Life brings us many and varied challenges at different times in our lives. Sometimes we feel strong, centred and able to make decisions, which either are at one with our goals and dreams, or simply... Read more

The Gateway to a New Me
Taking the time to make changes is as important as making the decision that it's time to make a change. When we want a new outcome in our lives, sometimes we are in a hurry, and we want it right no... Read more

A Life Coach Will Ask What Do You Need Right Now?
Do you ever have so much going on in your life, so many things you need to do, that you feel overwhelmed and don't know where to start? As a life coach I hear this regularly, it's one of the first ... Read more

Over 40 Career Choices
Are you finding it a challenging to get the job you want? Perhaps you are heading in the wrong direction or think you are not equipped with the resources you need. Whatever your challenges are they ca... Read more

The Impact of Life Coaching
There's nothing quite as lovely as the response of my clients as they experience their own change work in the coaching sessions. Just the other day, at the end of only the second session with this ... Read more

What Others Think of Me Matters, A Life Coaching Perspective
Worried about what other people thing of you? As a life coach, this is a common issue that I hear again and again in coaching sessions with my clients. Many of us fear being scrutinised, judged ... Read more

Slow Down, Be More Creative With or Without A Life Coach
I love the talks on Ted.com "Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world" and so inspiring which is what drew me to become a London life coach in the first place! This talk caught my att... Read more

Life Coaching From A Different Perspective, The Disorientated Duck
This is such a lovely and unusual story of unspoken communication between a lady and a duck, that I decided to share it here on my blogs.  Personally, as a life coach, I think there is a perspective ... Read more

Life Coaching Looks Into Hiding Behind Your Job Title
So often people identify themselves by their job titles; they introduce themselves in social or business events by their name and then their role. In my work as a life coach I come across this need... Read more

The Heart of Life Coaching, There’s No Age Limits To Your Ability to Achieve
As a life coach, who works constantly with people who want to go further and do more in their lives, I love these stories of people who achieve things beyond our expectations! This one is about a 9... Read more

London Life Coach Asks: Do You Blame & Complain?
Complaining? Your Life Is Full of Abundance I was sent a link the other day to a video which tells a very simple story: Don't Blame, Don't Complain. Watch this video and take from it whatever yo... Read more

Life Coach Yourself Through a Mid-Life Crisis
Do women have a midlife crisis? Okay if I'm going to get straight to the point I think the answer has to be yes. Of course it's different to the male form of a midlife crisis or certainly what we perc... Read more

No Limits to What Us Women Can Achieve
There's no limit to what women are achieving at 40+ I came across this article about a lady in the USA called Laura London and she really is an inspiration!! At 45, and only 5'2", married for 20... Read more

Choices You Make
“I have a great job, but I just can’t seem to get on with my manager,” a young client, in her mid-twenties, finally opened up. “I love the job and the people. It’s just him. He makes me crin... Read more

Confidence Over 40
Mid life crisis, over the hill, past it, we have all heard them right? Phrases and sayings like this seem to be 10 a penny and you only have to spend five minutes watching or reading any type of moder... Read more

A Life Coach’s Perspective: If I’d Known In My 30s What I Know In My 40s
If only I'd known in my 30s what I now know in my 40s! This is my own personal point of view, as a life coach, having studied personal development for over 25 years, constantly learning and changin... Read more

Feels Like Time’s Running Out
Often I've heard my clients say: "It feels like time's running out..." This can be with regards to a career change, relationship change, desire to settle down and get married and many other areas o... Read more

Happiness Is…
Happiness is...  knowing you have something to look forward to. There are some people who believe they will be happy if they have a new something or other... new house, car, designer trainers or h... Read more

Does Life Begin at 40?
I remember when I was much younger people often used the phrase "life begins at 40" and I remember that feeling of really looking forward to being 40! Now that I am 40-something, I hear people talk... Read more

Surfing at 40!
At what point does a little voice in your head say "I'm too old..." Too old for what?  To lose weight, change career, be fit, take up a new sport, hobby or other interest? How often have we hea... Read more

Make Changes, Experience New Outcomes
Many of us live our lives like the "Repeat" option on an ipod, the same tune again and again. Only when we take the time and make the effort to make changes, do we open the door to experiencing new... Read more

I See Myself As “Different”
Ever had that feeling where you feel "different" to everyone else? When we are growing up some of us that "fit" into certain groups of friends or crowds of people and some of us feel that we don't ... Read more

Self-Encouragement
We start our lives being encouraged to do new things; as babies we're encouraged to walk, as toddlers to speak and to draw, as infants to write and do sport and we are generally given positive feedbac... Read more

Confidence Crisis at 40
Many women are very worried about approaching or turning 40. In the Daily Mail on 30th June 2011, the results of a survey carried out by Clarivu Total Vision Correction shows that many women found ... Read more

Life Coaching is Different…
Life coaching differs to chatting with friends and family. Friends and family tend to give advice or opinions skewed by their own experiences and preferences. Coaching helps a person uncover... Read more

Life Coaching Looks At Feeling Anxious About Presentations…
Life coaching covers a wide range of areas including feelings of anxiety and the one that particularly stands out for people is feeling anxious about presentations. It is well known that one of... Read more

Personal Growth and Development – Expert Help Will Guide You
Having a professional coach to help you with your personal growth and development is a great way to kickstart you into achieving your goals and dreams. Personal growth and development is your route to... Read more

Change Your Thinking
How can you change your thinking? Think about the language you use the, words you use to describe how you feel and what you think. NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming focuses on our use of la... Read more

I feel like a fraud!
Working as a life coach with professionals in a variety of industries is very inspiring and very interesting too. You may be surprised to hear that sometimes very senior successful people, who are ... Read more

Personal Development Plans For Managers and How They Can Help You
A good personal development plan for managers is something that gives you methods and techniques to work on and develop that are in line with the needs of your company. A large part of these methods a... Read more

Annual Reviews – A Personal Growth Perspective
Critical feedback is essential for our growth and development in the working world. If we only get compliments on what we do we will not learn where we can do differently or better, and therefore w... Read more

Choices vs Shoulds
What is the difference between "choices" and "shoulds"? Have you ever noticed how often people use the word "should" when they talk about things they are doing, aspects of their lives, family commi... Read more

People in Our Lives
People come into our lives for "a reason, a season or a lifetime". The reason could be to teach, to guide or to show us something that we needed to know at that point in time. A season could be ... Read more

Exam Question Errors, Follow Your Intuition
This week students have been faced with an usual experience of exam question errors in the AS-level and GCSE end of your school exams. On the BBC website student Well Edwin Li Ping Wah, who sat one... Read more

Be More Flexible
In a recent life coaching session, my client was very focused on "having to do things a specific way or not at all", and she found that this put her under immense pressure. With a reframe of what s... Read more

Fear of Failure, A Common Life Coaching Issue
In life coaching fear of failure is a common issue often quoted by people I meet, my coaching clients, who feel they are unable to achieve something they want to achieve. What if we could reframe t... Read more

Love Tennis! Men’s Finals 2011 French Open
I love playing tennis... only thing is I'm not very good at it! Watching Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer play in the men's finals at the 2011 French Open (also known as Roland Garros) yesterday was ... Read more

When The Student Is Ready…
One of my favourite sayings is ""when the student is ready, the teacher appears". Personally, in my life, this has happened again and again. Only five months ago I received an email "just at... Read more

Why Take a Personal Development Course
Taking part in and completing a personal development course is a great way for you to implement positive changes in your life. There are many different courses available and of course you need to do y... Read more

Sexualisation of Children
In the news this week there is a huge focus on the over-sexualisation of children and how the media can do something about this. Whether the media and the exposure to media will be able to change m... Read more

A Lion Called Christian
This is one of those beautiful and unusal stories where a couple from Australia found themselves the owners of a lion cub they bought in Harrods, London. The story demonstrates the power of connect... Read more

Commuting Habits in the UK
According to the latest report about commuting, reported on the bbc.co.uk today, the average person takes 30 minutes to get to work and most people, except Londoners, travel by car - well, that'... Read more

Slut Walk – Interpretations
The slut walk was prompted by a Canadian police officer whose advice to women is to avoid rape by not dressing like a slut. Radio 4 Woman's Hour asks the question:  If you dress provocatively ... Read more

The Power of Words
Communication is the most important way of connecting with others, this can be verbally in the way we speak, the tone of our voice, the words we use, or visually, through the use of body language, our... Read more

Why Personal Development is Good For Everyone
You can become happier, healthier and more successful if you continuously try to better yourself...... This is exactly why personal development is good for everyone and this doesn't mean that yo... Read more

Relationships: Value What You Have Today
We are social creatures and we get used to being with people, so when they go, it can leave quite a gap. There are times when the end of a relationship becomes very clear; this could be a partner, ... Read more

Nature Nurtures With Flowers
There is a restorative value in taking a walk in some of the beautiful public gardens in the UK; this year I visited both Kew Gardens and RHS Wisley. Being surrounded by so much green is very r... Read more

Demotivated Today
Know those days when you feel demotivated and not in the mood for doing anything? We all have days like that, my coaching clients, my friends and yes, me too! So what do you do on a demotivated ... Read more

Beyond Limits!!
Razy Gogonea - Britain's Got Talent 2011 Audition - itv.com/talent It's really quite amazing what we can do, how far we can go, if we are driven, inspired and motivated. In this stunning perfo... Read more

Can You Be Friends With Your Ex?
This question was discussed on Radio 4 Woman's Hour on Monday 16th May 2011 There are differing views on this matter, depending on what does "being friends' imply?  Are either of you already i... Read more

How To Become A Better Team Leader
It is common for many people to think that stepping up and leading a team is simple and easy to do. However for many people this is a great challenge. After researching some successful team leaders th... Read more

Life Coaching Looks At: Finding Time or Making Time?
When people start to work with me for life coaching, they often say to me "It's so difficult to find time to do all the things I want to do and see all the people I want to see..." My question back... Read more

How To Climb The Corporate Ladder Fast
If you are aiming to climb the corporate ladder and you want to do it quickly, then I have some good tips for you below. Of course there aren't any magical answers to get results instantly, but follow... Read more

Are Physical Relationships Superficial?
Is a relationship which is predominantly physical, based to a high degree on physical attraction and sexual desire, superficial? Would two people stay together for very long, if the only interest... Read more

Anger: Is it them or is it Me?
When you feel anger towards someone else, are you really angry with them, or are you angry with yourself? Although most people will say they're definitely angry with the other person, on deeper ref... Read more

Pure Coaching
People often ask me what I do, what areas of coaching I cover. Although in the world of coaching there are a variety of labels for the various areas covered by coaches, personally I define what I d... Read more

Relationships: To Settle or Not To Settle?
Ever walked away from a relationship, looked back months later and said to yourself: "I'm so glad I didn't settle for him/her, I can now see it wasn't right for me." People do "settle" in relations... Read more

Presentations: Your Audience – Your Mirror
People mirror us; those traits we like in others, exist in us too;those traits we dislike in others, we dislike in ourselves too, although we tend not to see or admit to those! Many clients who I wor... Read more

How Can I Become More Confident
There are many of us that have particular areas in our lives that we are not confident with, and having a low self-esteem can be socially crippling and make people very unhappy. It's therefore incredi... Read more

Creating Time
My clients are often very very busy people, like many of us they have multiple projects to attend to in the work place as well as the rest of their life to somehow keep in balance. On a life coaching... Read more

An Inspiring Individual
PC David Rathband, blinded by a gunshot to his face by Raoul Moat is an example of a truly inspiring individual. Despite all he has been through, he set himself a goal to complete the 2011 London M... Read more

Happiness and Fulfilment
Regardless of the number of hours you spend at the office, the amount of time you spend with your family, your children and your partner, it is essential to remember to look after yourself. Neg... Read more

Kate Middleton Confidence and How This Effects You
Kate Middleton Confidence The confidence of Kate Middleton on her wedding day to Prince William has to be admired. With literally billions of people watching her every move, live, she seemed to cope ... Read more

Listening – Do You?
My work demands that I really listen, fully focused and with 100% attention. And yet all contact with people require the basic communication tool of listening; notice how much you really do liste... Read more

Top Ways To Increase Confidence
Having greater confidence in yourself will help to improve many aspects of your personal and professional life. Achieving this isn't too difficult when you follow some of the steps below. Aim to work ... Read more

Your Relationship: Enhancing or Frustrating?
Having been there too, I know that although I believe a relationship is meant to be enhancing, where two people bring out the best in each other, this doesn't always happen. Often a relationship, whi... Read more

What’s Next?
This is the second blog of two dedicated to my new friend, Peter. How do you decide in life what to do next or where to go from here? In my life this question seems to come up for me rather more... Read more

Look Within
This is the first blog of two dedicated to my new friend, Peter. When clients come to me to talk about relationships, they often say something along the lines of: "I want someone to love me."  Or ... Read more

Staying Connected
Whether it's your mobile phone, your computer, emails, text messages, facebook, twitter or any other methods of communication, nowadays there is a requirement to stay constantly connected. Ever not... Read more

Motivated by a Robber!
I heard a story on Radio 4 the other day about a lady who lost 7 stone in weight after she had been robbed in her home and the robber had said to her "You're fat!" There's no telling in life what m... Read more

Taking Care of Myself
There are those very long days when it's almost ALL work... yes, I have them too! I know how important it is to relax, to de-stress; it's good for me, for my well-being, for my on-going functioning... Read more

Benefits of Executive Coaching
You have probably heard of life coaching as it has become more mainstream during recent years. Well, executive coaching comes under the same umbrella concept of life coaching. This division of self-im... Read more

Benefits of Career Coaching
What exactly is a career coach? How can they help you? What are some of the benefits from this type of coaching? These are perhaps some of the questions you have asked when considering working with... Read more

Benefits of a Life Coach
What exactly is a life coach? Actually this is similar to any kind of coach in the field of sports, be it football, tennis, individual or team sport. But this time round a life coach is more focused o... Read more

Finding Balance
On days like today, where I am booked out right through with coaching clients until late in the evening, I find ways to create "balance" in my day and make sure that I'm not working non-stop from very... Read more

More Benefits of Life Coaching
Perhaps you are at a stage in your life right now where you don't know exactly what to do. Maybe you don't know what you really want or perhaps you are confused about your future. This could be the ex... Read more

Enlightening and Inspiring
Working with my own coach on a regular basis really challenges me sometimes, well actually, most of the time! This morning I was going over all my notes from the past few months of coaching ses... Read more

What Do We Need?
I was in my local shopping centre recently and saw loads of people sitting on the floor in a long queue and I stopped to ask the security guard what was going on. The iPad 2 - it had just come out ... Read more

He Inspires Me
I often have lots of ideas but not as often do I follow them through. Working with my new marketing guy Richard, has greatly inspired me recently; his knowledge, insights, and generally having some... Read more

The End of One Chapter…
I've often found that when I close one chapter in my life a new story begins, as happened today. Yesterday I reached the end of the last line of a particular story in my life and this afternoon I t... Read more

Don’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover
Just seen Mr Hall on Britain's Got Talent - having watched the judges faces when they saw him come up on the stage, looking rather fuddy-duddy, Mr Hall took everyone by surprise - his performance was ... Read more

Creative Well-Being
Having just finished dinner and still feeling hungry it was time to be creative... Avoiding the biscuit tin and various fab flavours of crisps, I went to the quinoa jar and decided on the healthy o... Read more

Ending Your Relationship
How do you do it? What's the best way nowadays? I hear that some people text or email each other to say "it's over". Maybe it's my generation but somehow I can't quite imagine going about it tha... Read more

Why You Should Hire a Life Coach
Why should you hire a life coach? What can they help you to achieve? What exactly does a life coach do? All important questions and some that you have no doubt asked yourself as you journey through yo... Read more

Life Coach London – 3 Top Tips to Boost Your Self Esteem
Are you one of the many people looking to boost your self-esteem? Perhaps you are unmotivated or too harsh on yourself, leaving you feeling guilty and lost. Hopefully this article will give you some g... Read more

Get a Life Coach – Never Walk Alone
No man is an island. No one can live alone without a friend or family to talk to on a daily basis. When things get rough, you need a different perspective and that can be offered by someone without bi... Read more

Telephone Life Coaching – Does It Have to Be Face to Face and Is It Effective?
People always strive for the best. They try to go the extra mile just to make their lives better, be it for their personal gain or for their upward career move. That is why for some who know the benef... Read more

Life Coach London – Telephone Life Coaching Benefits
Have you heard of telephone life coaching? This is one type of life coaching session that is both helpful and effective. It is an awkward thought, at first. How can telephone life coaching be a succes... Read more

Telephone Life Coaching, A Better Way?
You don't need to go in person. You only need a telephone to speak to your coach and you can avoid many of the hassles of travel or for some people the challenge of speaking to a coach face to face. ... Read more

How to Find a Good Life Coach – 3 Top Tips
Discovering where and how to find a good life coach is crucial as you are in the selction stage. It doesn't matter if you are a business professional seeking the edge over your competition or if you a... Read more

Stress and Your Laptop
One warm afternoon, my friend’s son wanted to show off his strength to me. “I can easily lift your laptop. Look.” He lifted it off the chair, and then asked. “How heavy is it, Natalie?” ... Read more

What Are the Top Five Mistakes Fathers Make and How to Avoid Them?
The role of a father in a child's life is as important as that of a mother. The child relies on him for self confidence, love and strength. A good father sets an example before his children by perform... Read more

Have The Self-Confidence And Persistence To Achieve Your Desires
We are now half way through the year 2008. Yes, time has flown by. This is a great time to take an inventory. Take a few moments to ponder over where you are now. How far down the road are you on your... Read more

The Top Five Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them
Teachers play a crucial role in the lives of their students by not only facilitating learning but also by shaping their personalities. A teacher works as a life coach by helping students learn bet... Read more

Life Is Like A Boomerang
If you smile to a stranger, more than likely that stranger would smile back at you. If you help someone with a presentation, that person will probably return the assistance when required. It se... Read more

Top Five Mistakes Husbands Make and How to Avoid Them
Husbands need life coaching as they can make mistakes which may create problems in their marital relationships. A little caution can help prevent mistakes and remove hurdles in the path of to achi... Read more

I’m So Lonely At The Top
They Don’t Like Me… It’s so tough making those unpopular decisions… No one wants to talk to me… They all avoid me… I feel so lonely at the top. These, and many more of the same, are wor... Read more

Top Five Mistakes Long-Term Employees Make, and How to Avoid Them
Rapid changes in the corporate world and fast technological development stress the need for adopting new ways and shedding old methods of work. A company's growth depends to a great extent on the grow... Read more

Tips to Stay Focused on Success Even With Life Setbacks
Most of us have met failure at some point in life: in business, examinations, relationships or achieving goals. Joshua J. Marine, the famous philosopher once said, "Challenges are what makes life inte... Read more

Get The Results You See
Champions and successful people in all fields and areas imagine or visualise their outcomes daily. They imagine the results in advance, before actually or physically participating in the event or situ... Read more

Top Five Mistakes New Employees Make and How to Avoid Them
New employees need efficient coaching during the first few weeks at a job. They are among unfamiliar people, new norms and a new culture. A majority of managers understand that the new employees need ... Read more

Why Not Empower Others To Be Better?
How would you like to inspire and motivate other people to lead better and more fulfilling lives? Especially your loved ones? “I have benefited so much for our sessions that I want to encourage m... Read more

Top Five Mistakes Sisters Make and How to Avoid Them
Sibling conflicts can affect relationships between children and cause worries to the parents more than we realise. Coaching children to accept each other's differences and be at peace with them gives ... Read more

Develop a Passion
Highly successful people are eager and energetic. They are filled with purpose, passion and commitment, and they have found a way of making a living doing what they love. If you love your work you ... Read more

Top Five Mistakes Students Make and How to Avoid Them
Students need life coaches to guide them and educate them through school years and life. They rely on teachers and parents for love, guidance and self confidence. School years offer fun and excite... Read more

Accept and welcome change
I am sure many of us have experienced dramatic changes in our lives in one way or another. Some changes, or new circumstances, may have been melodramatic whilst others may possibly have been dull or l... Read more

Top Five Mistakes Wives Make and How to Avoid Them
Without a huge amount of effort, married life can be satisfying. Wives can consider finding ways to avoid behaviour that creates disruptions and rifts in their relationship with their husbands. Fo... Read more

It doesn’t have to be OK
In a recent coaching session my client was worrying about a move she had just made and the disruption it brought to her life. What with getting used to her new environment, the new people she was deal... Read more

Top Five Mistakes Mothers Make and How to Avoid Them
A mother plays a vital role in her child's life. She not only provides her child with love, care and confidence but also encourages him to be successful. Like a life coach she watches over his activit... Read more

The wonky boomerang
How many times have you noticed that when you really want something and put lots of effort in one direction, something strange happens - you get what you want but from somewhere totally different. ... Read more

They’re Showing Me the Money – but Should I Quit Today?
Contracting: it brings in the money, but in some environments it can often be very difficult and unrewarding.  What do you do when you hate going to the office and the people you are accountable to, ... Read more

Top Five Mistakes Managers Make and How to Avoid Them
Managers play the role of business coaches by leading and directing the professional lives of their teams. They assist their employees in gaining self confidence, efficiency and satisfaction. Mana... Read more

Re-package the Pain
When my client used this phrase the other day, I thought it was so great I asked him if it would be OK to share it in a blog. Just like many of us, there’s often some not-so-desirable administrat... Read more

Relationships: You’re Not the Only One
Both men and women come to me with various relationship questions.  This week the issue was that my client was unsure how much longer she should wait for her boyfriend to propose.  It was something ... Read more

Top Five Mistakes CEOs Make and How to Avoid Them
CEOs aim at implementing fresh programmes that can help improve the management of their organisation effectively. Their role as business coaches signifies strong leadership and promotion of fertile de... Read more

Ever Wondered if Rich People are Born with Confidence?
Many of my clients often ask me this question: Were rich and successful people born with self-confidence, or did they have to also work at it? In other words, were they born with self-assurance, po... Read more

The Blackberry!!
The Blackberry!! A typical issue that comes up again and again in sessions with my professional clients is how to manage the Blackberry when going on holiday.  Most often it comes down to the questi... Read more

Top Five Mistakes Boyfriends Make and How to Avoid Them
Often guys make careless blunders in relationships, causing a break up. Some boyfriends need coaching from their more experienced friends or even an external life coach, who can help them to learn to ... Read more

Do you Feel you Lack Self-Confidence?
“Oh my word, I have been lumbered with making a Health and Safety presentation to my department. I’ve never done this before, and I can’t get out of it. Help!” Elaine said anxiously as she too... Read more

Top Five Mistakes Girlfriends Make and How to Avoid Them
There are more single girls than single guys. These girls are charming, eligible and are pursuing careers but one reason behind their remaining single can be the mistakes girls so often make in a rela... Read more

Step up and plan your future with total belief and self-confidence
I just happened to read this whilst on a train the other day; it got me thinking how many of my clients say they can’t plan today, yet alone tomorrow or the future. When I ask them why, the response... Read more

Top Five Mistakes Brothers Make and How to Avoid Them
Sibling rivalry has always been there. Very often children fight and have disputes that are resolved soon after they originate. Working with a life coach can help them learn how to get along better wi... Read more

How to Take Responsibility for Change
If you manage or supervise others, both in the home as well as in the work environment, you may find the information in this blog useful. Staff can often seem to let you down, behave in ways that a... Read more

Myths of Appraisal Systems
Much has been said and written about performance appraisals, their importance in meeting the company objectives and staying at the cutting edge of competition.  Here are some myths about performance ... Read more

Procrastination, an age old problem!
Again and again, clients come to me with the problem of procrastination in the workplace.  Does this sound familiar?  It may well, for none of us are unique on this one.  For some reason we all te... Read more

Working from home with too much going on…
A lot of my clients are self-employed and tend to work from home where, as we all know, there are always numerous distractions and therefore lots of reasons why actual work doesn't get actually done... Read more

Is your CV giving away too much too soon?
Typically, clients use life coaching for career changes, and this week my client wanted to use a session to review his CV. Although the first thing I'm usually asked is my opinion on the existing C... Read more

How to Manage Trauma with Life Coaching
Managing Trauma with Life Coaching Surprising numbers of people have the misfortune of experiencing various traumas in their lives.  Why or how this happens is very individual, yet what we all face ... Read more

Life Coach Yourself Back to Work
Life coaching myself back to work after a short break away... Four days ago, at some silly o'clock in the morning, when the sun hadn't shown it's colour in the sky yet, I was met at my front door by ... Read more

Awareness and Beauty Through the Eyes of a Life Coach
Awareness and Beauty Sitting in the back row of one of the smallest aeroplanes I have ever flown in, as the plane took off, blue skies above me and the ground slowly growing smaller beneath me, I was... Read more

Make Your Life Exciting!
Make Your Life Exciting! Ever wake up with that feeling "oh no, another day"  where you know you're just going to be doing the same old thing you've done before and will continue doing again and aga... Read more

Gifts and Lessons in Life
Sometimes life sends us gifts and sometimes it sends us lessons, it's about recognising which you are being sent at any point in time. Some of the greatest gifts in my life are the wonderful people ... Read more

Change that Grey Feeling
Do you ever wake up and feel that your own world seems so grey?  I know how you feel because like many people I’ve had mornings like that too. Yet, I know that thoughts and feelings can change fro... Read more

On a Sunny Day, Delay Your Desk Work
On a sunny day like today, it’s easier to think of ’sunny’ thoughts and generally have a more positive outlook on life and whatever situation you are facing.  Today I made the most of the great... Read more

What Does Your Intuition Tell You?
Again and again we experience a ‘feeling’ inside us that tells us something very different to what we ‘think’.  Yet we don’t follow our intuition and most of us regret it later. How much t... Read more

The Evidence is There But You’re Not, Yet
How often is the evidence for what we need to do right in front of us but we just can’t see it? I was watching an old episode of CSI, New York, when Mac Taylor said to Danny (one of his staff) "T... Read more

My Client Found the Best Solution for Himself
Got a great email from a client I coached recently who was concerned about a client who he thought he was about to lose.   My client used the coaching session to find a way that he felt comfortable w... Read more