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3 Ways Setting Goals Can Help You Achieve A Productivity Increase
And a more fulfilling life. (Reading Time: 8 Minutes) Faster! Faster! Your fingers, typing across the keyboard, struggle to keep the pace of your mind.…
CV Template
(Reading Time: 1 Minute) Writing a CV can seem difficult because there are so many different ways to present yourself. The most important thing is…
When Do You Know It’s Time To Leave A Job?
Helping You Know When It’s Time To Leave Your Job (Reading Time: 3 Minutes) Many of us are familiar with the feeling of wanting to…
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Cover Letter Template
(Reading Time: 1 Minute) Cover letters are an important way of introducing yourself to a potential employer. It can be difficult to know what to…
How to Write an Entry Level Cover Letter
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) Never underestimate the importance of a cover letter. Although they may not be required for every job application out there, it…
The One Thing People Almost Never Do That Can Help You Get The Job
Give Yourself The Best Chance Of Success (Reading Time: 3 Minutes) In todays’ competitive job market, you need to give yourself the best chance of…
Top 8 High Paid Entry Level Jobs
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) Entry-level jobs are junior level positions that often appeal to applicants at the beginning of their career, or people or changing…
How To Write An Entry Level CV
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) There is no correct way to write an entry level CV, but there are vital steps you can take to help…
How To Get The Job
What I learned recruiting a team of freelancers. (Reading Time: 2 Minutes) I recently hired a small team of freelancers for a regular gig working…
The Hot Tub Meteorite
I wasn’t even dressed for the occasion. (Reading Time: 2 Minutes) Sunday night. 10 pm. I was immersed. Soaking away the rigors of a…
This One Habit Will Change Your Life
It’s easy and it works. (Reading Time: 3 Minutes) Back in January 2020, I conducted a year-long experiment. I started logging several simple actions on…
Complete Emotional Freedom is the Greatest Expression of Love
Allow your partner to vent with wild abandon. (Reading Time: 5 Minutes) “I feel like I’m trapped! I need to let off some steam! I…
I used A Habit Tracker for a Year. Here’s the Surprising Truth of What Happened
Spoiler Alert: It actually worked. (Reading Time: 12 Minutes) I was 14 when I first went on a diet. I’ve been on one ever since.…
How to Stop Procrastinating
(Reading Time: 17 Minutes + Exercises) Have you ever sat down to complete an important task and then suddenly discovered you’re emptying your junk folder…
Ulterior Transactions: The Hidden Depths of Our Relationships
(Reading Time: 6 Minutes) Ulterior transactions are all about us. You just might not recognize them. Yet. In this series’s first article, we examined the…
Why Beating Procrastination is Great for Your Health
(Reading Time: 3 Minutes) When we talk about procrastination, it’s usually with a smirk. We riff about it like it’s an endearing irritation, a minor…
Six Of The Best TED Talks on Procrastination
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) If Ph.D.’s in procrastination were a ‘thing,’ I’d be at the front of the line. It’s a behavior I’ve suffered from…
What’s The Point? Why Do I Worry So Much?
(Reading Time: 3 Minutes) There are many reasons why we are likely to experience worry. From feeling frightened about a situation to fixating on negative…
Why Do I Procrastinate (Even Though I Know It’s Crazy)?
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) Over the last 30 years, our understanding of procrastination has evolved amidst a flurry of scientific and psychological research. Procrastinators are…
What Is Procrastination? Why Can’t I Get Things Done?
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) How often do you know that you need to get something done, but for some inexplicable reason, you can’t bring yourself…
Are You Tired of Worrying?
Are You Overwhelmed By Constant Worry? (Reading Time: 3 Minutes) It is entirely normal for us all to worry from time to time; from the…
How To Get People To Do What You Want
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) Getting people to do what you want is much simpler than you might think.
The Fear of Dying
(Reading Time: 6 Minutes) An account of my Near-Death Experience and how it changed my life.
How to Understand the Dynamics of Relationships Using Transactional Analysis
(Reading Time: 10 Minutes) How to use Transactional Analysis to understand human behaviour and improve the way you communicate with others.
How to Run a Brilliant Professional Meeting
(Reading Time: 2 Minutes) Follow these 5 rules to showcase your abilities and accelerate your career.
How to Say ‘No’ Without Being Rude or Feeling Guilty
(Reading Time: 10 Minutes) The art of saying ‘no’ can be a superpower. Learn how with these psychological strategies.
What Are Core Values?
(And why are they important?) (Reading Time: 3 Minutes) Personal core values are the fundamental beliefs of an individual. These deep-seated, elementary principles guide and…
Limiting Beliefs: The Rope
(Reading Time: 3 Minutes) Most of us have a rope. A limiting belief that we’ve held on to for years, that holds us back and…
Coping If You’re A Working Parent In Lockdown
(Reading Time: 6 minutes) How To Get Stuff Done When You Don’t Have Time: What it really means to ‘work smarter not harder during lockdown As…
Career Change at 40, 50, or Any Age
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) It’s scary making a career change, and it can be scarier the older you are. The prospect of changing your career,…
How to be More Confident and Talk to Anyone
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) It’s a situation we’ve all been in. You want to talk to someone, but you can’t do it. Your palms are…
How to Stay Positive When You Hate Your Job
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) It’s hard to feel positive when work – the thing that takes the bulk of your time and energy – is…
5 Signs That YOU Are The Passive Aggressive Problem
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) Everyone demonstrates passive-aggressive behaviour from time to time. This doesn’t make you one of the bad guys. It makes you human.…
How You Look Doesn’t Matter. How You Feel About The Way You Look Does
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) I learned something profound today. How you look doesn’t matter. How you feel about the way you look does. I’ve got…
A Real Kitchen Sink Drama
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) Inspiration amidst Coronavirus chaos and a kitchen disaster Three weeks ago, we began a ‘quick’ kitchen refurb. Initially, it was an…
How to Help and Support Your Child Perfectionist
It’s natural for us to want our children to do well, to excel, even to outshine their peers occasionally. We find ourselves looking on anxiously…
Narcissism: A Behind the Scenes View
(Reading Time: 7 Minutes) It’s safe to say that Narcissists are impossible to ignore; impressive, imposing, charismatic, charming, and attention-grabbing. You will mostly find them at…
How To Silence Negative Thoughts During The Coronavirus Pandemic
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) A Daily Exercise to Manage Your Internal Narrator We all have an internal narrator: a voice that provides a constant running…
It’s Never Too Late To Be Who You Might Have Been
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) Be honest, totally honest. Are you living the life of your dreams? If you were to shuffle off this mortal coil…
“No, it’s not a Zombie Apocalypse.”
How to talk to your kids about being on lockdown (Reading Time: 8 Minutes) I’m sat here watching my eight-year-old wildly spinning circles in our…
How to Deal With Your Emotions While Going Through a Crisis
(Reading Time: 8 Minutes) We all experience crisis and trauma in our lives at some point. Unfortunately, it’s part of the human experience. It may…
You Deserve More: Changing Careers Despite Fear
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) The most overwhelming obstacle people tend to deal with when considering changing careers is fear. Fear of the unknown, of failing,…
“I Can’t Keep Doing This” – How to Change Careers
(Reading Time: 7 Minutes) Have you ever sat at work and thought about how much you want to change careers? Did you realize that this…
How To Make Sure That You Live Your Values
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) What do you do when you feel that you are not living life fully in line with your values? …
Values in Life: Practical Exercises to Work Out Your Personal Values
(Reading Time: 10 Minutes + exercises) Now that we have taken the time to understand the meaning and importance of our values in life, we can…
How to Know When You’re Ready For A Career Change
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) Finding a fulfilling career can be a long journey, filled with many short-term stops at jobs along the way. But what…
Feeling Unfulfilled? What Are Values and Why Are They Important?
All of us need to be connected with and aware of our values. They are the touchstone of our existence.
5 Signs of a Passive Aggressive Person
(Reading Time: 6 Minutes) There is a famous saying: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it…
Why You’ve Lost Your Career Confidence and How to Restore It
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) ”I’m so unhappy at work I don’t know what to do any more. I just feel so lost. My confidence and…
How to Move From a Job to a Career
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes + Exercises) Have you ever thought about the difference between a job and a career? If you’re like most people,…
How to Work Smarter Not Harder
(Reading Time: 6 Minutes) “You need to work smarter – not harder!” *frustrated silence* How many times have you heard this? Lots I imagine. It’s…
“My Job Is Killing Me” – What To Do When You Hate Work
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) Have you ever felt like you’d rather go to the dentist than go to work? Are you always skirting the edge…
Is Work/Life Balance a Myth?
(Reading Time: 8 Minutes) Just like the hunt for the Loch Ness Monster, the search for an effective work-life balance continues to elude many people…
Stuck In A Rut? How To Get Out of a Workplace Rut
(Reading Time: 8 minutes) Have you ever felt like you were stuck in a rut at work? Like your job was going nowhere, and you…
Will A Lateral Job Move Always Make You More Valuable?
(Reading Time: 6 Minutes) Often, when we think of careers, we don’t think of a lateral job move. Instead, we think of our careers as…
LSP 15: How to Find Clarity in the Face of Tragedy
“Try not to think too much about how you will cope “when…” and just deal with the things you do know factually.” Pete Wallroth Podcast…
Job vs Career: 3 Things You Need to Know
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) Have you ever stopped to consider the difference of a job versus a career? Why are some things “jobs” and…
What To Do When You Hate Your Job
(Reading Time: 8 Minutes) Have you ever fantasized about standing in front of your supervisor and telling him to take this job and shove it?…
Eight Steps for When You Feel No Motivation To Do Anything
(Reading Time: 7 Minutes) “I’ve just got no motivation to do anything.” Sound familiar? It’s remarkably tough to stay motivated at every point in your…
Golden Handcuffs: Do You Feel Trapped in Your Job?
(Reading Time: 10 Minutes) It’s a slippery slope. At first, the salary takes the edge off. Being paid handsomely for your challenging job seems like…
What is Career Burnout?
(Reading time: 5 minutes) Our society has begun to treat career burnout as a normal, even expected, event. We make jokes about it on TV…
LSP 014: Making Sense of Grief and Loss
“I’m not trying to steer people away from swimming in open water. What I am trying to do is educate people, so they know that…
What is a Career?
(Reading Time: 8 Minutes) When considering your life and your place in the world it is natural that you want to leave some kind…
What To Do When You’re Bored at Work
(Reading Time: 10 Minutes) You’re struggling. As the end of the weekend rolls round you get a bad case of Sunday Night Blues. Monday morning…
LSP 013: Eating Disorders and How to Support Them
Podcast 013: Eating Disorders and How to Support Them – with Bonnie Haughton Welcome to Episode 13 of the Rediscovery of Me: Eating Disorders and…
LSP 012: Healing Childhood Trauma
Podcast 012: Healing Childhood Trauma – With Pete Buecker Welcome to Episode 12 of the Rediscovery of Me: Healing Childhood Trauma. In this episode, I…
LSP 011: Haircuts 4 Homeless
Podcast 011: Haircuts 4 Homeless – with Stewart Roberts & Jackie McColl Welcome to Episode 11 of the Rediscovery of Me: Haircuts 4 Homeless. In this…
LSP 010: Reasons Why Fitness is for ALL of Us!
Podcast 010: Reasons Why Fitness is for ALL of Us! – with Andrew Cornner Welcome to Episode 10 of the Rediscovery of Me: Reasons Why…
LSP009: From Depression and Suicide to Helping Others
Podcast 009: From Depression and Suicide to Helping Others – with Andrew Hankin Welcome to Episode 9 of the Rediscovery of Me: From Depression and…
LSP 008: Taking Control of a Bone Cancer Diagnosis
Podcast 008: Taking Control of a Bone Cancer Diagnosis – with Pete Lloyd. Welcome to Episode 8 of the Rediscovery of Me: Life Stories Podcast:…
LSP 007: Dealing with Burnout
Podcast 007: Dealing with Burnout – with Wendy Bowers Welcome to Episode 7 of the Rediscovery of Me: Life Stories Podcast: Dealing with Burnout. In…
LSP 006: The Journey to Our Own Truth
Podcast 006: The Journey to Our Own Truth – with Barbara Morris Welcome to Episode 6 of the Rediscovery of Me: Life Stories Podcast. In…
LSP 005: The Journey to Living Your Passion
Podcast 005: The Journey to Living Your Passion – with Fay Evans Welcome to Episode 5 of the Rediscovery of Me: Life Stories Podcast, Living…
How Can I Overcome My Limiting Beliefs?
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) Whilst stubborn and difficult to shift, there are numerous strategies that show us how to overcome limiting beliefs. In this article…
LSP 004: The Journey to Self-Acceptance
Podcast 004: The Journey to Self-Acceptance with Cris Cohen Welcome to episode 4 of the Rediscovery of Me: Life Stories Podcast. In this episode, I…
LSP 001: Surviving Blindness
Podcast 001: Surviving Blindness with Chris Fisher Welcome to the very first episode of the Rediscovery of Me: Life Stories Podcast! I’m delighted to start…
LSP 003: Surviving a Life Changing Road Traffic Accident
Podcast 003: Surviving a Life-Changing Road Traffic Accident with Hazel Chaisty Welcome to Episode 3 of The Rediscovery of Me: Life Stories Podcast. In this…
LSP 002: Surviving Stillbirth
Podcast 002: Surviving Stillbirth with Gilly Hallam Welcome to Episode 2 of The Rediscovery of Me: Life Stories Podcast In this episode, I am joined…
What are Limiting Beliefs? The Truth Behind Our Hidden Lies
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) Limiting beliefs are false beliefs that we hold about ourselves. They restrict and inhibit us and generally make us feel miserable.…
Sunday Night Blues? What To Do When You Dread Work
(Reading Time: 3 Minutes) We all know that good things must come to an end. Yet despite this knowledge, and even the fact that it…
The Pomodoro Technique: How to Get Things Done When You Don’t Know Where to Start
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) Do you feel intimidated by how much you have to do? Perhaps you have that feeling where you don’t know where…
Want To Be A Winner At Life? 8 Quick Tips Backed by Science
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) Now we need you to hold on a minute here. Put the baton down, relax your jaw, and stop grinding your…
Starting Secondary School: Everything You Need to Know
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) It’s that time of year again when thousands of children up and down the land are starting secondary school. It’s a…
31 Confidence Quotes to Inspire You
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) There is something heartwarming about hearing the words of another that has gone before you. Life can be tough and knowing…
Perspecitive: The Spotlight
(Reading Time: 3 Minutes) Forgive me. I’m going to be blunt. But the truth is that none of us are getting out of this alive.…
Mantra Definition: What is a Mantra and How Do I Perform One?
(Reading Time: 2 Minutes) We hear a lot of talk about people using mantras to add value to their lives but what are they? Where…
One Minute Inspiration
(Reading Time: 1 Minute) Time. Pah. Will there ever be enough? When everyone else’s needs come before yours it’s easy to see why there isn’t…
The Ultimate Guide to Confidence Building
(Reading Time: 7 Minutes) Learning how to grow and develop your confidence is a skill that will serve you well for life. Confidence building will…
Lost and Found (the story of Amanda Eller)
(Reading Time: 2 Minutes) “The last 17 days of my life have been the toughest days of my life.” “It did come down to life…
What is Confidence? A Definitive Definition
(Reading Time: 1 Minute) People spend a lot of time talking about confidence. Some of us don’t have enough and we worry about it; we want to…
How to Handle your Passive Aggressive Boss and Colleagues
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) The average person will spend around 30% of their whole life, and roughly 50% of their total hours awake on a…
The Man in the Arena
(Reading Time: 1 Minute) The Man In the Arena Don’t read this if you are one of the critics. Because Roosevelt was right. It’s not…
How to Handle Passive Aggressive Behavior in a Relationship
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) Everyone dreads sitting down at the dinner table. A ridiculous spat about nothing over the breakfast table has escalated. Mum is…
What Is Passive Aggressive Behavior? (And How To Deal With It)
(Reading Time: 4 Minutes) Passive aggressive behavior can be observed in many different guises. However, it can generally be described as non-verbal aggression demonstrated through…
6 Expert Ways to Help Your Teen with Exam Stress
(Reading Time: 5 Minutes) Everyone feels stressed, anxious and a little freaked out during exams. Exam stress and exam anxiety are very common. In fact,…
How to Say ‘No’ and Conquer Guilt
(Reading Time: 3 Minutes) We all have times where we feel guilty. We feel guilty about being bad parents, for not exercising enough, for not…
The Pareto Principle: How To Focus On What Really Matters When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed
The Pareto Principle is great when you feel overwhelmed and out of control. Use it to help you recognise the most important things.
Productivity Podcast Appearance: Brainy Boss
This week I was fortunate enough to feature as a guest on the Brainy Boss Podcast with Annie LaCroix, where we discuss accomplishment through adversity.…
How to be a High Achiever and Not a Perfectionist
(Reading Time: 6 Minutes) Do you think that you are a perfectionist? If so, don’t fret. It’s a fairly common set of traits that many…
Am I a Perfectionist? How Do I Know?
(Reading Time: 3 Minutes) Have you ever asked yourself ‘Am I a perfectionist? How do I know?’ There are a number of key questions that…
How to Understand Perfectionism: The Fundamentals
(Reading Time: 3 Minutes) At face value some perfectionists can be pretty intimidating. They often appear to have it all. Shiny shoes, matching bag, a…
How To Get Rid Of Your Imposter
(Reading Time: 8 Minutes) As we have seen in the previous article, I am a Fraud: How to Understand Imposter Syndrome, this condition is very…
I Am A Fraud: How to Understand Imposter Syndrome
(Reading Time: 8 Minutes) Do you suffer from imposter syndrome? “I don’t know what I am doing. I am making this up as I…
The Most Important Things
(Reading Time: 2 Minutes) I’d love to say that Friday night rolled around at a breezy pace, as a welcome arrival after a long week…
How to Understand Procrastination Clearly and in Simple Terms
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Procrastination Solutions
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Letter to My Teenage Self
(Reading Time: 8 Minutes) I wrote this letter to my teenage self as part of a speech I delivered to some wonderful people that are…
12 Ways to A Breakthrough Morning Routine That Will Change Your Life
(Reading Time: 10 Minutes) How many of us have had the dream of being that superhuman person who strides confidently and elegantly into work on…
How to Conquer Overwhelm and Manage Your Time More Effectively
(Reading Time: 15 minutes) We live in a world where many of us struggle to get everything done in the time that we have. Lots…
What is Overwhelm? How Does it Feel?
(Reading Time: 10 Minutes) My research into the topic of overwhelm has, to be honest, been somewhat overwhelming itself! There is so much guidance and…
How to Take Decisive Action to Conquer Overwhelm
(Reading Time: 8 Minutes) Now that we have taken the time to get to grips with why feel overwhelm and how it feels, let’s take…
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(Reading Time: 9 Minutes) For many of us, working from home has become a normality and our professional lives seem to have changed for the foreseeable future. There are many benefits to this: avoiding the daily commute, escaping a hectic office environment, and having more time for our friends and families. However, it’s a double-edged…
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(Reading Time: 1 Minute) Writing a CV can seem difficult because there are so many different ways to present yourself. The most important thing is to keep it clear, concise, and include only relevant information. Read How To Write An Entry Level CV to help give you some ideas of how to write yours! See…