Your parents may have raised you to be accommodating and to put the needs of others first. However, there’s a limit to how accommodating you can be without harming yourself. Eventually, you start to feel like others are taking advantage of you. At the same time, you worry that others will be upset if you refuse a request. It’s an uncomfortable predicament. Assertiveness is a part of maintaining good mental health and a balanced life. It’s important to have boundaries and give your own needs the priority they deserve. Could Continue Reading →

7 Steps to Repairing Professional Relationships Work relationships can be much more fragile than other types of relationships. The workplace can be a constant battle of egos, jockeying for position, and the desire to advance. Small slights that might be ignored in other settings can ruffle someone’s feathers at work. These slights are often unintentional. In fact, it’s common to be at a loss for the reason behind the downslide in the relationship. At work, many people remain on the lookout for any sign that someone is either on our Continue Reading →

How to be successful Have you ever wondered how people attain success? How they achieve certain things which are seemingly impossible? Many years ago, I was in a car showroom, waiting for my car to be serviced. I had time to kill. As anyone who knows when they go to the dealership, there are many cars there and they like you to sit in them and have a feel. This is all part of the experience. You get a sense of what you like and subconsciously you start thinking about Continue Reading →

What is a limiting belief? It was the end of the summer holidays and we had just come back from a lovely summer break camping in the Dordogne region in the South of France. On this holiday we met some lovely people who lived in the same town as us, small world! We got talking and were interested in their caravan. We had a large polycotton tent and whilst it was lovely, talking with this family fired our passion to take more breaks. What appealed to me particularly was the Continue Reading →

The Speed of life The earth is spinning at approximately 1040 mph. Sometimes it seems that our daily lives are spinning at that speed too. Unless you live like a hermit in the middle of nowhere, cut off from the world around you, then there people and things clamouring for your attention. From the people in your life; family, friends even work colleagues and acquaintances all want some of your attention. Then there is the old guard media; news, papers, radio and now the new media of social networks and Continue Reading →