What happened to last year’s resolutions?
According to various studies, somewhere between 40% – 95% of us make New Year’s Resolutions.
Yet around 75% of people will have given up, given in or lapsed within just ten days.
Will you be joining them by January 10th 2013?
And this year, about 60% of people will make the same resolution that they made last year (and maybe the year before too).
So what goes wrong with New Year’s Reolutions?
As we approach the end of 2012 (where did the year go?!), and before deciding what you want from next year, it’s a useful idea to carry out a brief review of what happened over the last 12 months.
If you are like most people, then the year will have had its high points, some not-so-high points and all those moments in between.
And often people (not you because you’re reading this) just turn up to their lives and go through each day pretty much like the one before. And it’s a bit late on your death bed to wonder what happened to your life.
So take a few minutes to review 2012 before asking what
In the last article I talked about knowing what you want to achieve and how you’ll know you’ve got there.
Yet sometimes the things we want can seem just too big or too far away from where we currently are. The enormity of the task freezes us and stops us even taking the first step.
So here’s an easy tip that’s going to help you.
When I tell people I run marathons, I often get asked how I manage to stay focused on what can seem such a huge goal with weeks of training and preparation.
Recently I finished my eighth marathon (around the streets of Great Yarmouth) and wanted to share a few of the things I do to help me stay focused and motivated right up to the finish line.
And it doesn’t matter whether your personal goal is running, sport related or something else – try out some of these techniques and explore how you can apply them to keep you motivated, focused and ultimately successful at what you want to achieve.
Specifi….specifically…specifici….specificity – is that right? oh I give up!
Sometimes I have a bit of trouble saying the word ‘specificity’ – so I give up.
And it seems giving up when something doesn’t go quite right is a common thing for a lot of people.
Ever tried something and it hasn’t gone how you intended or would have liked? Or maybe the other person didn’t react in the way you thought they would? And that’s assuming you even try to do something and don’t give up before you’ve even begun.
Yet there are some things you can do which give you
Sometimes it can be difficult to let go of stuff from the past – wherever we are with our lives right now, it’s like those memories still haunt us and we carry around all the bad feelings that go with them.
They may pop into our heads when we aren’t doing anything else and remind us of an unpleasant experience. They may even stop us from moving on and doing the things we would like to do. And they may even come flooding back with emotions like anger, sadness or guilt and seem a bit overwhelming.
Of course the best thing about the past is
I’ve been doing a lot of reading recently about how to be happy and happiness.
You only have to walk down the street to get the impression that perhaps happiness is in short supply – people with glum faces acting like the world is out to get them, not saying hello when you greet them and forgetting even the basics like please and thank you.
Now I’m not suggesting we should all go through our day acting as if everything is
One of the questions I often ask clients is
‘How do you know that you have this problem?’
At first it sounds straightforward doesn’t it?
But just think – you know you have this problem, or you wouldn’t even be sitting in the chair talking to me at a hypnotherapy session.
But how do you know?
Recently I have been working with
When they come to meet me for a free initial consultation, people are often interested to learn what led to me becoming a hypnotherapist.
For many years, almost as far back as I can remember, I suffered with
I’ll be at the Ely Cathedral Business Exhibition on the afternoon of Thursday 31st May – I’d love to see you there so make sure if you can make it, you come and say hello!
You can find me at the Ely Complementary Health Centre stand with
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