Blog Posts
Why we often struggle with self-compassion
Self-compassion is about treating yourself as well as you would treat a good friend, rather than in a way you would never do to anyone else. It’s pretty clear this isn’t helpful, so why is it so hard to stop?
Why you need ‘stability zones’ in your life.
If you find dealing with change and uncertainty difficult, you are not alone. That's simply part of the human condition. Some people find this harder than others, but it generally isn’t that easy for any of us because change and uncertainty is potentially threatening,...
Why do we resist doing things we know are good for us in our business?
Why do we resist doing those things which we know make us feel better, and help us to manage our lives better?
How the sunk cost fallacy leads to poor decision making
The sunk cost fallacy is the tendency to continue with something because they have made an investment, even if it is making them unhappy .
Annual review of my business 2020
A few weeks ago a client asked me to talk about my business journey as a way of helping her learn from what I’ve done (and my mistakes) and I realised that I’d been keeping pretty quiet about this stuff.
Why you might be finding it hard to focus
Have you been finding it hard to focus on work, or that it’s more difficult than usual to think clearly? If so, you are not alone. This has been a difficult and stressful year, and this can be one of the impacts of stress on the brain.
Being strong and being vulnerable.
Many of us have been brought up to believe that we shouldn’t ask others for help. Even that we shouldn’t NEED help. Our job is to be strong for others, and we shouldn’t express emotions. We may even believe that we don’t feel these emotions they are so bottled up. But, while this can work for a while, even decades, eventually it will catch up with us.
How to guard against backsliding after positive change.
We’ve probably all been there. You start a great new habit of running every day, or meditating regularly, or eating more healthily, and you’re so pleased about the change, but then you start back-sliding
Finding the right career path for you
It may be that when you ask yourself these questions you realise that the career path you are currently following isn’t quite right for you.