How to deal with SETBACKS

by | Mar 7, 2013 | article, blog

When in the pursuit of any personally meaningful goal, life will inevitably deal you setbacks.

How can we develop the resilience we need in order to keep things in perspective and to get on with the task in the face of these setbacks?

Seligman’s research on learned optimism shows us the way… (more…)

Only talk to yourself as you would your best friend.

by | Feb 25, 2013 | article, blog

This week’s post is short, sweet and hopefully life-changing! We’re all familiar with the saying “you can’t love someone else until you’ve learnt to love yourself”… Just how do we learn to do it? Here is a way: only talk to yourself as you would your best friend:

  • Observe the way you talk to yourself (your inner voice and what you vocalise)
  • Only talk to yourself as you would your best friend
  • When you notice yourself doing anything but talking to yourself as you would your best friend, be gentle, smile, maybe have a laugh, appreciate just how hard this task can be, consciously say “I’m not doing that to myself anymore” and rephrase what you’ve said. Don’t let failure here be yet another thing you berate yourself over. (more…)

How to make GOALS that actually work for you:

by | Jan 30, 2013 | article, blog

We’re one month in to 2013 so now is a great time to revisit the intentions you set at the beginning of the year. If you haven’t set any yet, it’s not too late!

There are many benefits of goal setting – they help structure and shape your day, focus your attention and drive, give you a sense of meaning and purpose, develop time management and organisation skills and can also allow us to cope better with problems in times of crisis.

Read on for tips on the most effective goal setting techniques…

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