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Are you carrying Hidden Grief?
Coined in 1989 by Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, the term "Hidden Grief" or "Disenfranchised Grief" describes forms of grief that are not...
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Consider the 1 in 60 rule
If you're a pilot, you're taught the 1 in 60 rule, which states that after 60 miles a small one degree error in the way the plane is...
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Coaching for parents
With September around the corner and the second of my two children starting secondary school in a couple of weeks' time, I've been...
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Is your perspective "tinted"?
In the same way that we can view life through "rose-tinted glasses" (a romanticised, blinkered perspective that only sees the positive),...
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Life Lessons from Nature: Transformation
Having been married to an ex-landscape gardener for nearly 20 years now, I’m no longer surprised by the process involved in creating a...
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Life Lessons from Nature: The Struggle to Grow
I love butterflies. I love how they flutter delicately through the air and I love the different colours and shapes their wings come in...
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Life Lessons from Nature: Plant Power!
It goes without saying that plants can vary in shape, colour and function. Some plants are good for hedging, creating privacy or...
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Life Lessons from Nature: Growing out of Gardening
Any of you that know me, will know that I don’t enjoy gardening. However, I do enjoy gardens (and I love wildlife and nature for that...
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Life Lessons from Nature: Waiting for Growth
Did you know that you shouldn’t harvest asparagus until the third year of it growing? Apparently, if you take freshly-grown asparagus...
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Life Lessons from Nature: Naturally Unique
Did you know that every snowflake is unique, much like our fingerprints? In a commercial world designed to encourage comparison and...
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Life Lessons from Nature: Foxglove Fiasco
This photo shows the main flower bed in my garden. Last year, I was surprised to find there wasn’t one foxglove to be seen. 3 years...
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Finding Myself Equipped
As I look to launch my own Group Coaching Course called Equipped, I feel led to express what brought me to creating this content and why...
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Are you Positively Intelligent?
Do you have a strong inner critic? Are your thoughts more often negative than positive? Do you find your mood tends to follow your...
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Is it time to take ACTION?
As a Marketing Professional and a Life Coach, I love a good acronym. Not only does it enable you to remember important information, it...
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Defining Values
Just like having a MAP* can be useful when we’re making career decisions, having clear values can be useful for decision-making in...
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Find your MAP
Pretty much everyone reaches a crossroads in their work life at some point. It might be that we realise we’ve been coasting in our job...
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Calm in the end
The Bible has a surprising amount to tell us about emotions and how to handle or calm them. In Ephesians 4:26, Paul insightfully tells us...
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"As a man thinks, so he is"
This little piece of wisdom is from Proverbs in the Bible (chapter 23 verse 7, if you want to check it out). After studying to become a...
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