Beliefs

Being stuck in an inner dialogue that makes your life look gloomy is something I am sure you are familiar with. I certainly find myself in that frame of mind regularly. It is the state of being where my inner...

We've all had the experience of being cut down to size after a success: "Don't get too big for your boots!", "Your head will get so big you won't fit through the door!", "Who do you think you are?". Tall Poppy...

What's missing in our culture of pleasing and achieving is the skill of assertion. More than a middle road between being passive and being aggressive, assertion recognizes that BOTH you and others have...

Confidence is something many of us would like more of - even if it's just in some situations. I'm curious. Of the 7 tips below, which resonates most with you? What one action could you take to Boost...

People these days are tired and stressed - much of the time. But it's not just from their busy lives and multiple competing priorities. It's also from keeping up a mask, a pretense of who we think we...

Looking at our 'labels' is a great way to begin exploring the concept of limiting beliefs with our clients because it's often our labels that get in the way of us making change. This limiting beliefs exercise...

Often when working with clients we come across limiting beliefs that keep them from moving forwards - and one form these limiting beliefs can take is a label. A label is simply a descriptive term we call...

Limiting beliefs are often so much a part of us that we don't even realise they're there. In fact, asking a client what their limiting beliefs are could be likened to the metaphor of asking a fish for a glass...

As coaches, we know the power of perception and belief, but many of our clients do not. Over the years I have come to deeply realize that what ultimately drives us is not logic or 'reality' - but how we think...

Cognitive Distortions are where we focus on particular aspects of an experience (often the 'negative' ones) and ignore or discount other aspects - thereby "distorting" our view of the world. People are...