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RELEASE SELF-LIMITING BELIEFS My New Year's Gift to You 100% of the people who book sessions with me are extremely competent people, most have responsible jobs or other responsible roles in life, yet the vast majority hold themselves back through negative thinking and limiting beliefs about their self-worth.
Happy New Year and welcome to the first article of the New Year! At a time when a lot of people are making resolutions and planning for change, it’s important to know that, in order to make way for the new, we may have to let go of thoughts, habits, views, opinions, relationships and so on which no longer serve us. When we do this, it’s amazing how quickly things can change. To give you an example, this time last year, my corporate clients were cancelling contracts like it had gone out of fashion, all citing the recession as their reason.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I'm blessed to be celebrating it in New York with family and friends. This seemed like a good time to say thank to YOU too! Since my partner, Ralph started working on a project in New York several years ago, we have been lucky enough to spend a few months here each year. We have made a lot of wonderful friends and have been very welcome here. Our nephews live here too with their lovely wives and children, and their families have taken us to their hearts as we have taken them to ours. Thanksgiving is a favourite celebration for us.
The Quickest & Easiest Way to Switch Off – and It’s Fr*ee! I am lucky enough to be in The States at the moment and spent the week-end with some dear friends in New Jersey. On Saturday, we visited the New Jersey Shore at Cape May, a beautiful Victorian seaside resort not far from Philadelphia. After a great, out of season walk on the beach in the sunshine, we were standing by the Ocean and spotted a flock of what must have been several hundred small birds flying in formation on the edge of the water.
I've been speaking with one of my dear friends here in The States who told me a brilliant story. She has given me permission to share it with you. It's not only fun, but it could change your whole attitude to dealing with anger and frustration. My friend and her husband made a pact at the start of their marriage that, even in the midst of a heated argument, they would never tell each other to "f*** off" or say "up yours". Instead they agreed, they would just say to each other "Honey. I love you." They've been married for nearly 20 years by the way.
We all want to be successful in one way or another. But what does success mean to you and what are the implications?
How we organise ourselves affects your performance at in and out of work. You can be forgiven for wondering what organisation has to do with stress levels as in the business world, wellbeing, stress management and so on have had a reputation for being ‘soft skills’ which are difficult to ...
Happy Thanksgiving! I’ve been privileged to join in the celebrations with our friends and family in the States on a few occasions. To me, it’s a lovely celebration – just a great time to be with the people you love and to give thanks for all the good things in your life. But giving thanks for your good fortune is more than just a day’s pleasantry.r
Achieving Goals: Devise your own "ad" campaign 1. Write down your specific goal (remember the SMART principles?) and refer to it every day to keep it fresh in your mind and maintain focus. 2. Write it in the present tense as if it had already happened, otherwise you’re always putting it subconsciously in the future. Ensure your language is positive, i.e. avoid goals like “I want to stop, give up or quit...” etc and voice it in what you want to achieve instead, e.g. “I want to become, achieve, reach...” etc.
When people ask what I do for a living and I tell the I'm a specialist in Stress Management, the universal reaction is 'Boy! You must be busy!' or 'Goodness! Do I need you, but what exactly do you do?'. Then often what happens afterwards is...nothing. Sometimes it's because people don't want to admit to feeling overwhelmed or they feel they should be able to cope. Sometimes they feel they'd be admitting a weakness or their career may be under threat if they said they were stressed.
Thanks to a friend in New York who asked me how he could deal with the overwhelming demands of his workplace. This is a great topic and absolutely vital to understand for anyone in business right now.
Are your worries keeping you awake at night? Do you find yourself tossing and turning in the early hours, unable to switch off and stop your mind flying round at 150 mph? Loss of sleep means your concentration, productivity, enjoyment of life and health are compromised as we need periods of ...
With National Stress Awareness day approaching in the UK (November 5th) and with a lot of doom & gloom about recession and financial market disruption in the media, as a specialist in stress management, I wanted to help you tap into a resource which will help you maintain a calm approach to ...
FREE* TELESEMINAR : “Exploding the Myths About Stress & Why You Should be Your Top Priority” 18th March 2008 at 6pm (UK time) 1pm (Eastern) Spaces are limited, so to ensure you get a place, register for your free place by visiting www.breathingspacetherapies.com and click on ...
Top Tips on Wellbeing Whilst Travelling on Business from Stress Management Specialist, Annie Lawler, Managing Director of Breathing Space for Business Introductio Having spent many years travelling for business and personally, I thought I would share some rough guidelines which may help both ...
Many of us are able to see the talents and abilities in our friends, family and colleagues but find it hard to accept our own gifts and focus on our faults. How often do we find ourselves making excuses for other people’s perceived failures and yet find it difficult to forgive ourselves for ...
As National Stress Awareness Day (November 5th) looms, I was musing about the Credit Crunch recently and all the negative, emotive reporting and consequences that are around on the subject. As a specialist in stress management and having been made redundant twice in the past, I was pondering ...
When I was asked to write an article about resolutions for January 2009, I wondered what I could write that hasn’t already been said. And then I thought, ‘I wonder how many people made resolutions last January and how many people actually achieved what they set out to do?’ ...
About to make a new year resolution? Before you do, stop and think about the resolutions that you made last year and whether you achieved them. If not, then here's some advice on achieving all that you want in 2009. When I was asked to write an article about resolutions for January 2009, I ...