From POSITIVE THINKING to POSITIVE ACTION
Positive thinking is great – you can dream big, achieve goals in your mind and feel better for a bit.
But POSITIVE ACTION is what gets it done!
When you have something you want to achieve – whether it’s to feel less anxious when you leave the house, be more confident in social situations, learn to stay calm or another goal that means something to you – you need to do something about it.COMMIT to taking one small step every day towards what you want.
Are you too afraid to be happy?
I’ve been working with a client who has never allowed herself to be truly happy. A part of her is always fearful that something bad might be around the corner if she allows herself to fully enjoy life.
Sometimes a part of us wants to keep us safe from feeling too good in case we come back down with a huge bump. It’s like carrying insurance around with you all day long and assessing the potential damage.
But what if you allow yourself to be happy?
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As you would expect I’m a great believer in the power of hypnosis to help you manage emotions, end anxiety, boost self-esteem, increase confidence and in helping you to achieve your goals. It’s a belief that is shared by my clients (you can read what people have said for more).
But everyday we go into ‘trance’ like moments and sometimes you may not appreciate your own internal power to hypnotise yourself negatively.
Have you ever:
As many of you will know, I lost my dad to cancer last November. It’s naturally led me to think about grief and the impact of losing someone close to you. I’ve probably written elements of this article in my head dozens of times over the past months.
And because it is probably the most personal article I’ve written, I’ve hesitated to actually publish it until now. I’ve only put this here now because losing a loved one is something we all have to face at some point in our lives and I hope that these words may be of help to others.
The stages of grief
It’s often said that there are different stages of grief, from numbness, denial and isolation, through pain, anger, sadness and acceptance. I’m sure I experienced most of these at different times in a varying order and to different degrees.
Of course there is no requirement to experience all of these elements of grief. Indeed, I remember working with one lady who had lost her partner and was
You are probably quite familiar with the story ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Dickens and there will be many film adaptations on over Christmas (my favourite is the black & white version with Alistair Sim!).
And you’ve all heard of Scrooge, who was mean spirited until visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future which prompted him to then change his ways.
Most people can easily pick up on the message of being kind to others and having a kindness of heart and spirit towards others (although whether most people remember this for long into the New Year may be a separate question!).
I’ve just finished reading the book ‘I am legend’ by Richard Matheson (which, by the way, is 100 times better than the film!).
In the book, the central character finds himself alone in a world of vampires. The novel is all about his struggle to survive and the internal mental battles he faces. And the whole time he faces the risk of those pesky vampires getting hold of him.
Which got me thinking about something that my clients often mention to me.
Often they tell me about the people in their lives who seem to suck the very life (or at least their time) out of them.
Does this resonate with you?
Maybe it’s the people at
Recently I was working with a client who had come to see me because he wanted to let go of his stress and anger, and start feeling happier and calmer.
As I usually do, I asked him how his day had been, how things had gone since our last session and a few other questions to learn how much better things were since the last time we chatted.
To each question his response boiled down to ‘not bad’.
How often have you asked someone how they are, how their day has been, how something went at work or even about how their holiday was – and all you get is a ‘not bad’ (or maybe a ‘not bad thanks’ if you are lucky).
And, I suppose that if you think about it
Just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported and sponsored me for the Cardiff Half Marathon.
Thanks to your kindness, over £850 has been raised for MacMillan Cancer Support – THANK YOU!
I finished the race in a time of 01:30:39, coming 714th out of over 14,000 runners.
On 6th October I’m going to be running the Cardiff Half Marathon to raise as much money as I can for MacMillan Cancer Support.
Why I’m running
My Dad has untreatable lung cancer. The doctors have done all they can and have told him that all they can do now is make him comfortable.
He was diagnosed with cancer over two and a half years ago and over that time has had chemotherapy and other treatments. Sadly they couldn’t keep the cancer from spreading.
Over the past couple of years he’s gone from a happy, active, engaged person to a shadow of who he was. I’ve seen him fade physically and mentally the longer he has become a prisoner to the cancer.
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