Specialisms

I am highly trained as a generalists and can coach on any aspect of life. However, I specialize in supporting women mainly aged 35 to 55 years of age to regain their power, enabling women to aspire to greater expectations, to believe and to achieve these desires.

one or more of the following areas detailed here may be involved; moving forward towards positive individualised outcome goals.

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Confidence and self-esteem

 

We are more motivated if we are doing something which we believe in and value. We also need belief in ourselves to promote the changes and to believe that our dreams and goals can manifest and we can move forward to a positive outcome.

Confidence

Confidence and self-belief are both hugely important in virtually all aspects of our lives, yet though we aspire to have more of each, we often struggle to find them.Our confidence and the belief we have in ourselves (or lack of) shows in many ways; in our behaviour, our mood and even how we walk, talk and use our interpersonal skills. Individuals who lack confidence and self-belief will often find that various areas of their lives begin to feel the effects, with relationships, career, lifestyle and state of mind all begin to suffer unless positive action is taken to build upon and improve these important qualities.

 

Do you lack confidence and self belief?

If an individual doesn't believe in themselves, who else is going to? The good news for individuals suffering from low confidence and self-worth is that they are both things that can often be developed through confidence coaching. The first step is to acknowledge the current level of self-esteem and then find a way to build upon this until confidence and self-worth become deeply ingrained qualities.Self-confidence and self-esteem are usually considered to be made up of a variety of factors, including social confidence, physical presence, status confidence, stage presence and peer independence. Your body language, your behaviour, how you speak and how you react to different situations can often portray to others how confident you are and how much belief you have in yourself. Those with confidence are generally more positive about themselves, whereas those lacking confidence often think negatively about themselves and could benefit from some confidence coaching.If you are lacking confidence and don’t have much self-belief you may feel:

• shy and uneasy

• uncertain of who you are and what you want

• sense of worthlessness

• negative thoughts about yourself and your abilities

• uncertain of yourself

• unable to relax and enjoy certain situations you’d like to

• little sense of direction in your life.

 

Alternatively, if you are full of confidence and self-belief you may feel:

 

• comfortable facing new challenges

• at ease in social situations, and able to be yourself

• excited about new opportunities

• great sense of achievement

• confident about your ideas and opinions

• greater enjoyment of life in general

• respected by other people

• sure of yourself and what you want.

 

Confidence and self-worth can be developed through confidence coaching either with a professional or by yourself, however it may take some time to build up your current level. The benefits of this are usually enormously rewarding and well worth the effort.

How can life coaching improve my confidence and self-belief?

Life coaches can often help individuals learn different techniques for developing their confidence and self-belief. Coaching is designed to raise an individual’s self-image and help them create a more positive outlook of life and themselves. Life coaching may be able to help you assess your current levels of self-esteem, challenge your beliefs about yourself and help you build a new, positive self image, with indestructible levels of confidence.If you truly believe in yourself, so will others. Deeply ingrained confidence and self-worth will make life more enjoyable, exciting and satisfying.

Self-confidence, self-esteem and self-image

While all of these terms combine to describe the way you feel about yourself and your abilities they do have subtle differences and some people can posses different levels of each. For example, you may have high self confidence, but low self-esteem.

Self-confidence or self-belief

Self-confidence or self-belief are generally considered to be the way that you feel about your abilities, skills, behaviours and looks. Someone who has a high level of confidence may trust and be happy that they can complete tasks to a high standard, learn things quickly, or appear attractive to others. By definition, self-confidence means to trust or have faith in yourself.However, confidence can also be described as the way that we project ourselves to the outside world. We don't have to truly feel confident in our abilities, looks or capabilities in order to appear confident to others. Many people can portray an image to others of complete confidence while shaking with fear on the inside. This is an often used protection method used by many to cover up for a lack of self-esteem or other feelings about themselves that they would rather not acknowledge or show.

Self-esteem or self-worth

Self-esteem or self-worth describe the way that you feel about yourself regardless of your achievements, looks or other things you may feel confident in. It is closely associated with self-respect and pride in your yourself. If you have high self-esteem you have a good or favourable opinion of yourself and are happy in your own skin.Self-esteem can be to do with the way that we rate or appraise ourselves against others. This can cover many desired things such as whether we think we are as attractive, intelligent, loveable, worthy or successful as others.Having a low self-esteem can cause havoc with your mood. Feeling that we are worth less than others may lead us to strive for perfection but never feel we have achieved enough, or constantly trying to please others. Those with low self-esteem or low self-worth may feel depressed, guilty, low and they may try to prove their worth to others. They may avoid situations that could cause fear, anxiety or challenges they feel unable to cope with or conquer.

Self-image

Self-image can be explained as a mixture of the above (confidence and self-esteem). It encompasses the impressions you have of yourself, covering things like abilities, skills, looks, age, sex, intelligence, successes, career and more. It also covers how you feel about yourself and the impression you have of yourself.

The power of positive mental attitude.

Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably right" - Henry Ford PMA  has become a buzz word but that's because more and more people are realising its positive effects.There are countless ways to improve your self-confidence and some may work better for you than others. The main principle to remember is that you need to truly believe in yourself in order to start making a difference to your confidence levels. It has been proven many times that if you lead with your thoughts then your body will follow. This can be seen in successful sports people, medical miracles, and in children who are usually more open about their self-belief. I firmly believe in the powers of energy (PMA), what you send out comes back at you, think of all the times you feel down and negative and nothing seems to pick up until you start to change your thoughts, just like the positive people who always do well and get positive results in life.Most self-confidence improvement techniques are based on the power of the mind and body to work in unison in order to achieve good results. A positive mental attitude will carry you through many obstacles by enabling you to do things, create change and heal yourself with the incredible power of your mind.In contrast, a negative attitude will create negative actions, results, feelings and low self-confidence levels.The beauty of any technique based on a positive mental attitude is that you don’t need to know the outcome of an action in order to be able to do it, you simply need to believe you can do it and your body will loyally follow the situation your mind has created for it. This may not always happen straight away and will take a lot of practice but is a proven technique that can produce (so called) miracles.

 

Change can start with a thought and expand into a whole new way of thinking and being........It takes just a drop to make a ripple and a ripple to move and ocean.

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Everything starts in our minds and ripples out from there and affects the world and everyone around us. It is just like when we throw a rock on a calm lake. It starts making concentric circles. The circles get bigger and bigger and it goes on until it reaches the edge of the lake. It is the same way with our thoughts.    What happens around us is a mere reflection of our own inner world. We are responsible for our thoughts and actions. Let us always think POSITIVE and uplifting thoughts.

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Stress and work life balance

How Stress and life Balance Coaching Can Help You.

Stress is caused by both external and internal factors; our transaction with the stressor and our perception of personal resources and how we see our ability to cope.

Our psychological self reacts both emotionally and physically and can lead to physical ailments and limiting beliefs.

There are a number of strategies available to help reduce stress; end limiting beliefs, reassess our transactions and how we view our personal resources. Personal life coaching is one approach to reducing stress, which is well established.

Stress and life balance can take over so you've little time or energy for anything else.
Are you and those closest to you suffering because your life is out of balance?
Then coaching could bring you a real sense of calm and control.

• Build your work and life in line with you and your priorities

• Move from reactive to proactive

• Optimise your effectiveness

• Feel organised and in control of your time and your life.

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Motivation and time management

We are all given 24 hours a day as a gift but we don't always use it wisely, effectively or effectively.

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Often we waste time or are unmotivated when we are procrastinating, and we procrastinate because we don't want to do what we feel we should or need to do.

Life coaching can help you to look at prioritising, time management and positive thinking so that you see the benefits of tasks or adapt our roles so we do the tasks in away we enjoy.

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“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” –Antoine De Saint-Exupery from  Hay House.

Click here to listen to an excerpt from The Motivation Manifesto 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power  by Brendon Burchard

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Health, Wellness, personal care and spirituality.

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Our wellness influences our health.

Wellness is a proactive pursuit of continued growth and balance in the seven dimensions of wellness. While many people think about "wellness" in terms of physical health only, it should be viewed as a full integration of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. It is a complex interaction that leads to quality of life.

Wellness Dimensions

Wellness involves the awareness of our current state of health covering all aspects with the initiative, tools and support to make lasting changes towards a more actualised life.

The primary top-level dimensions of wellness are: mental, physical, spiritual, social and lifestyle.

Mental Wellness

The mental aspect of wellness includes developing a healthy personal philosophy, maintaining a learning aptitude and establishing a base of useful knowledge.

Physical Wellness

The physical aspect of wellness includes our overall physical health, physical fitness and appearance. Starting with physical health, a wellness approach would not be to simply avoid sickness and disease, but to know that our health is always fleeting and our body's always under attack. Read my post on why we need an Alkaline diet for improved health and energy.

Spiritual Wellness

The spiritual aspect of wellness includes becoming aware of our life's purpose, developing our innate gifts and using our talents in a positive way and getting in touch with our spirituality. Operating "on purpose" and using our talents can be spiritually lifting and tremendously positive as compared to merely getting by, pleasing others, or surviving.

Social Wellness

The social aspect of wellness includes the careful creation and maintenance of healthy and positive relationships, our contribution and involvement in the community and our impact on our surroundings or environment at large.

Lifestyle Wellness

The lifestyle aspect of wellness includes our work and workplace, our leisure time and our home environment. As most of us will spend more than half our lives at work, what we do at work matters immensely to our wellness.

Through our developed wellness we can age gracefully. What are your goals regarding your health? How do you attain good health and then how do you maintain excellent health.

How do you perceive aging? Are you young in age but feel old? Are you older in age and want to maintain a healthier and more vibrant life?

Lifestyle and Self-Care

Our perception of our self is reflected in how we live and how we take care of ourselves. Is the lifestyle you are living reflecting who you truly are? Is something missing in your daily life and/or routine? Is there a change you want to make and are having a difficult time finding “What am I looking for?” that will lead to the shift you need to make for yourself. Are you taking care of yourself where you are at your best, looking your best and feeling your best?

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Spirituality and personal development

Life is a journey through time along a pathway, a physical yet Spiritual journey that transcends both time and space.  I believe that physically we are born of the earth, yet spiritually we live on forever. We are each so much more than our physical realities. In fact, from our Soul's perspective, this current life is just one experience one learning class which is a part of the eternal school to enable us to develop our souls.

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Due to my spiritual upbringing and belief system  I recognize the energy link we all have and that we are all linked to the ultimate energy force sometimes known as the Divine Spirit (also has many other connotations), which is in each person and the unique journey that we are on.

My style of life coaching can help you decide what tools work best for you as you travel along your personal path as I use my focussed spiritual intuition. We can work together to find your personal spirituality, beliefs, values and enable these to grow and develop.

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