Coaching – Keep your values out of it!
One of the key attributes of a successful coach is their ability to discuss someone else’s circumstances without offering any sort of opinion, without giving them advice and without imposing their own model of the world. Given that we habitually do involve our own opinions, our own model of the world in conversations unconsciously and […]
How to win a penalty shootout
As an England and Sheffield United football supporter I have suffered greatly over the years from temporary emotional distress caused by penalty shootout losses! They always provide great drama, and for the victors great joy, but what a terrible wrench it is to see your team sitting near the centre circle with heads in hands, […]
Creating change through visualisation
You can make pictures in your head, can’t you? Yes, you can. Of course you can. Now, don’t think of a blue tree…. Did you think of a blue tree? Did you picture a blue tree? So, not only can you picture things in your head, you can also construct pictures in your head of […]
Why doesn’t dieting work?
Weight loss is a massive industry worldwide and getting bigger by the year, excuse the pun! How would you like to lose weight and it cost you nothing? Read on. Everyone is looking for a quick fix, a way to lose weight with minimum effort and without drastically changing their lifestyle, this seems to be […]
NLP in Therapy – Finding the problem
On the face of it, finding the problem with a client may not seem too tricky. Clients come to see you and all they can talk about, all they can think about is their problem. Their problem is their life, and that is often their problem, they cannot see anything in their life other than […]
How do talking therapies work?
Apparently at some time in our life one in four of us will encounter some kind of mental illness. Does that mean that one in four of us will end up in a straightjacket? Well, not in every case, thankfully no. Mostly mental illnesses can be cured before they become a major problem using a […]
Empowering beliefs for Coaching
Are you considering executive coaching?
So, you are considering whether or not to engage a professional coach. You may be wondering if coaching can benefit you specifically in your line of work, or with your particular life situation. Well, if you are wondering that then I can tell you that, yes, coaching would definitely benefit you. Let me give you […]
Are you aware of your mask?
In my childhood one of the things that I remember was the significant amount of order in the household. On Mondays certain things happened, on Tuesdays certain things happened, on Wednesdays certain things happened. I knew what we were going to have for tea on the Thursday it was gammon and mash night, on the […]
Coaching using NLP language patterns
We create the results that we get from the internal representations that we make in our head. Our internal representations therefore are crucial to our success. In communicating with someone the aim of the communication is to access the internal representations that the person is running and influence them. If that person is running bad […]