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The Ability to Ask for Help Is a Sign of Strength

Is it easy to ask for help? Try it yourself and see how it feels. You may notice your self-image — who you think you are, and who you want others to think you are — gets in the way. And what happens is that you choose that unreal image over what life is actually asking of you, staying stuck or even getting worse: unhappy, longing, caught between who you …

Are You a Victim of “Should”?

We’ve been raised to believe there’s always a right answer — one right way we must find and follow. And chasing that single answer keeps us wandering recklessly, costing us the chance to actually live our lives. The outcome? We still never find it. Whatever we do is never enough — it doesn’t make everyone happy, and it never fully satisfies us either, because we’re operating from a need for …

Face Off Against Fear

Does fear hold you back from making everyday decisions? Does fear keep you from taking action? Does fear affect your relationships and your experience of life? Does fear, in short, overpower and paralyse you? A common interpretation of FEAR is “False Evidence Appearing Real.” Do you agree, at least partly? Fear is an emotion, but it’s driven by the thoughts running through our heads. Have we ever really questioned those …

When life gives you no option!

One of my coachees came to see me recently, looking horrified and stressed. She’d been going through a rough patch — long hours, high targets, no recognition, health issues from the stress, and political battles just to get through each day. All of it had spilled over into her time with family, straining things at home too. She’d given more than a decade to this organization, poured her energy into …