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    Book Reviews,  Personal Development

    Approaching life with a growth mindset

    4th April 2022 / Comments Off on Approaching life with a growth mindset

    Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right. Henry Ford Our mindset, which is generally defined as our ‘way of thinking’ (Cambridge English Dictionary), influences how we interpret and approach different life events and situations. The core beliefs that we hold, and the attitude that we adopt, as we set out to achieve our goals are important factors in whether we persevere through challenges and succeed with our objectives or end up quitting and failing. Renowned psychologist, Carol Dweck, has identified two mindsets that we commonly adopt as we go about our day to day lives and these form the main topic of her book, Mindset:…

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  • Coaching Skills,  Personal Development

    Coach Training Update (The Journey Continues!)

    30th October 2020 / Comments Off on Coach Training Update (The Journey Continues!)

    Since my last post, which outlined my steps to becoming a coach, I have completed the second module of my coaching course (yay!) and thought it was about time that I shared what I have been learning about coaching over the past month. I will also provide some more useful tips for new coaches that I have picked up during my training and give you some simple coaching tools that will help you to: Unearth the limiting beliefs that are holding you back and create new empowering beliefs that will move you forward Challenge your inner critic and tune into your inner compassionate voice instead. What have I been learning?…

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  • Book Reviews

    My Top Takeaways from You are a Badass by Jen Sincero

    11th May 2020 / Comments Off on My Top Takeaways from You are a Badass by Jen Sincero

    Review of You are a Badass: How to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life by Jen Sincero (2016, John Murray Learning, 256 pages) Because I enjoy reading motivational, personal development books, especially the ones that make you feel like you can be anything you want to be, I picked up a copy of You are a Badass*.  Through this book, the author, Jen Sincero, delivers a pep talk to her readers, outlining how they can become more successful by addressing their limiting beliefs and personal barriers head on, clarifying their goals, and using the concept of manifestation to bring whatever it is that they want into…

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    25th January 2022

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    12th May 2021
  • Career Development,  Coaching Skills,  Personal Development

    Beat procrastination and start accomplishing your goals

    6th February 2020 / Comments Off on Beat procrastination and start accomplishing your goals

    Just a few thoughts that run through my mind when I am tackling my task list for the week: I’ll do that tomorrow… Hmm, that’s going to be a bit difficult, I’ll move that task to next week… I’ll just check [insert social media platform of choice] first and then I’ll make a start on my ‘To Do’ list… I can’t do that because [insert poor excuse…] I don’t mean to boast but I have become quite skilful in the art of putting things off! At times my goals just don’t seem like a big enough priority (I just know I want to achieve them someday…) or they are taking…

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