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Curiosity is my favourite behaviour at the moment because focusing on curiosity creates confidence. It allows me to see things from the other person’s perspective and to question why they interpret comments and situations in a different way. By depersonalising the situation it means I don’t go down the “it must be all…
It’s frustrating, isn’t it? When you reach the end of the day and realise you haven’t achieved the things you wanted to. You’ve got a hectic day tomorrow, which means you’ll be too stressed to get them done, and now you feel full of self-doubt and anxiety. Wouldn’t it be great to…
Caring what others think, is a natural behaviour not a problem. It helps us to be accepted and feel secure in the tribe. Worrying what others think, however, is a problem. The difference is when you care what others think, you take on board and respect their opinion, but you don’t let it determine your decision or affect…
Being in a bad mood is a natural part of the rollercoaster of a human experience. However, when you have those feelings of anger, sadness, hurt or irritability it can feel like you’re in the middle of a storm. Well, you are. You’re actually in the middle of a thought storm. Your thinking, at that moment, is…
Helen was a client of mine who was struggling at work, because she was being bullied by a colleague. When she came to see me she felt her confidence was very low and she wanted to leave her job. I quickly picked up that people pleasing was part of Helen’s issue. In work, Helen…
People who lack confidence, and women in particular, are often living their life inside their own heads. This means that a lot of the things they believe is happening in their world, isn’t really. A client of mine, we’ll call her Sue, was an expert at creating her own environment and as a result had…
Even the word rejection feels hard and hurtful and it triggers in me thoughts about “not being good enough”. Not being clever enough, pretty enough, thin enough, kind enough or funny enough, they all feel painful. Being rejected can be a bad experience whether it’s personally or professionally as no one wants to be snubbed…