Soothe Yourself Into Confidence As an award winning Life Coach and Confidence Speaker, I have written many articles in the media about the importance of learning to soothe yourself into confidence. I am not a fan of ‘ fake it until you make it’ and have found when coaching clients, that there is a far easier way. A way which feels downstream, in alignment with who you really are and your authentic self. Many of us have not been taught to [...]
My Personal Journey into Confidence As the author of ‘ The Confidence Coach‘ and an award winning Life Coach and Confidence expert, one of the first questions people often ask me is ‘ Have you always been a confident person?’ The short answer is NO! The Truth! My own Personal Journey into Confidence included the following experiences: Being bulled at School Being bullied at Work Spending 5 years in an emotionally abusive relationship A painful Divorce A belief system which was filled with negative beliefs such as : Not [...]
Healing Anxiety Having recently relocated my Life Coaching business from Sydney, Australia back to Northamptonshire, I was taken back by the amount of people who have been labelled / diagnosed as suffering from anxiety or depression in the UK. It seems to be an epidemic in the UK with statistics showing that 1 in 4 people will suffer from anxiety. In addition, anxiety and depression are now the most common mental health disorders experienced in the UK. As a Counsellor, Life Coach [...]
Identifying Your Relationship Needs Have you ever stopped and thought about your Relationship needs? I mean the things which are important for you to receive and feel in your relationships? Relationship needs are important for us to stay healthy and empowered in relationships. As a Life and Confidence coach, I often assist my clients to both identify and look after their relationship needs! If we don’t identify and then honour these needs, we will often find that we ‘ [...]
The Photocopier of Life! When working with my Life Coaching clients, whether it is in Northamptonshire, Sydney or via Skype all over the world, I often share my adage that Life works in just the same way as a Photocopier! Many of us are familiar with the sayings ‘ What you put into life you get back‘ or ‘ What you believe you receive‘. These phrases are often used to sell the benefit of positive thinking and also when setting goals [...]
How to Feel Confident Each and every one of us has a unique definition of what confidence personally means to us. In this article today I will share with you some tips on How to Feel Confident. For some, feeling confident means the ability to stand up in public and speak with ease, and for others, it may be getting naked in front of our partner or simply walking into a crowded room without feeling awkward or blushing from head to [...]
5 Tips to Build your Self Esteem 1) Our first tip to build self-esteem is first to buy yourself a nice notebook or diary . Then each day, commit to writing something nice about yourself in it. Self-esteem comes from the inside so it’s important to build up a positive view of yourself from the inside out. Most people find it much easier to say something negative about themselves so you may find it a bit difficult at [...]
Some Should do’s you could live without! Several years ago, I attended a training course in New York with Life Coach Debbie Ford. During this course, Debbie spoke extensively about letting go of all the Should do’s in our life! I love this principle and often use it in my own life and also with my own coaching clients. Think about it, where are you always saying I should do this or I should do that? Wouldn’t it just feel [...]
How to Cancel Plans N0te – This article originally featured in Health and Wellbeing Magazine January 2018. (https://www.facebook.com/healthandwellbeingmag/) Many of us worry about letting other people down and feel selfish when we cancel plans. As a result, we end up over committed and exhausted! If you are one of those people who has a diary full of work and social arrangements but has little time for yourself, then it may be time to practice a little more self care before you [...]
Do you have personal empowerment? An article by award winning Confidence Expert and author of The Confidence Coach Lisa Phillips. (www.amazingcoaching.co.uk) Or are you always giving your power away to other people? In this months blog, I am going to share with you a short video blog so you can become clear on what you need to do to claim your personal empowerment. Empowerment is like a big red London Bus! You always have a choice. You can choose to feel did-empowered ( sit [...]
