Over the years I’ve often seen quotes suggesting that in order to attract true love into your life you have to ‘be’ true love in your life. And this used to really confuse me. But, I think I understand it a bit better now. As a culture we’re programmed to think that we will ‘be’ a certain person once we ‘get’ a certain thing.
Continue readingWelcome to April; the month in which we explore what is means to love another. We’ll look at all kinds of ideas this month (send me your questions if you have them!) but today I want to start with a tricky one…
Continue readingI’ve been doing a lot of work away from home recently and last week I got chatting to a couple of guys over our hotel breakfasts. I love meeting new people and these guys were fascinating. Both were in their early forties, both had been married and gone through similarly painful divorces over a decade ago, both were dads and both worked hard travelling the UK with their jobs.
Continue readingToday and just for today try this… try to imagine what life would be like if you genuinely loved and cared for your body.
Continue readingFor years I had no idea what self love was and, in fact, I probably thought it was a narcissism in disguise. Today, I better understand what self love is and why it’s so important for us all to practice and develop it.
Continue readingI’m so proud to announce the launch of my eCourse, 5 Steps to Lasting Confidence. I know how crippling low self esteem can be. For decades, I wore a confident mask whilst suffering with low self esteem, believing the voice in my head that told me I wasn’t good enough – as a professional, as a mother, as a friend and as a woman. I spent a large chunk of my life struggling against my own…
Continue readingI was working with a client earlier who credits her loss of confidence to her body size. She’s a UK size 12, i.e. normal, slim, just about right.
Continue readingAs you know, I’m a confidence coach and so, by definition, I should be able to tell you exactly what confidence is. But, it’s not as simple as that! In my experience, of working with hundreds of people from all walks of life, confidence is a multi-faceted concept that means different things to different people.
Continue readingI remember about twenty years ago when I was first introduced to the concept of ‘self love’ and being, quite frankly, appalled! It was totally alien to me to think that people loved themselves. In fact, I probably thought that to do so was big headed, egotistical and narcissistic.
Continue readingAre you someone who worries about the future and spends time fretting about the past? Most of us can relate to this state of mind and we all know it gets us nowhere. For some of us, this way of thinking becomes entrenched and consumes the majority of our thought-life, meaning we can never enjoy the moment. I know because I used to live this way myself.
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