by Karen | Jan 6, 2020 | Happiness
A new month, a new year and a new decade it sounds exciting but we seem to be surrounded by distressing and worrying news. Society seems designed to make us worry and be anxious – adverts get us to worry about how we look so we buy their products, newspaper headlines...
by Karen | Dec 10, 2019 | Change, Reflect, Time
Last month of the year! Do you give yourself time to reflect on what has been? Reflection is a key aspect of learning and personal development. It’s so easy to forget or ignore what we have done, or just take things for granted but we miss out on giving...
by Karen | Oct 29, 2019 | Time, Travel
As we near the end of the year, have you been anywhere new over the past few months? Maybe you have revisited familiar haunts or have sought out new places. Travelling and exploring places that are different from your normal environs brings curiosity, expansion of...
by Karen | Sep 30, 2019 | Values
Values and beliefs are two very different aspects of ourselves which warrant being defined in order to understand the role that values play in our lives. Beliefs are often thoughts that we have said or heard so many times in our heads that we turn them into believing...
by Karen | Sep 9, 2019 | Assertiveness
Assertive communication can be confusing. Does it mean being selfish? Can you be over assertive? At times people can avoid learning how to be assertive because they fear the consequences. The definition of assertive communication is valuing your own needs and...
