Work with me to develop your strengths! Do you know what your strengths are?     And have you ever taken a strengths questionnaire?     Using strengths assessments and working with clients’ strengths are key aspects of positive psychology coaching.     And are a key part of the work I do with my clients.     Why?     Because, research has shown that outcomes can include:     ✔️increase in confidence; ✔️performance improvement; ✔️work engagement; ✔️improved concentration; ✔️goal achievement; ✔️psychological flourishing…     ..read more

Try these 4 things to work out your next fulfilling career step Many clients come to me saying that they’ve lost their passion for their work, or that they want to do something more meaningful, but are really feeling stuck about what career step to take next. The questions “What do I do now?” and “Where do I go next?” can be start to be answered by practicing a little introspection. And evidence shows, that when we find meaning in our work, we can expect increases in happiness and engagement, improvement to our performance – and an overall positive impact on our wellbeing. When I (after plen ..read more

My Interview with Firework Coaching Here’s an interview that I did with the lovely Kat from Firework. Click here to read about my journey into coaching, some of my clients’ results, and how I use the tools that I gained from my career coach training with Firework.     Reduce overwhelm by single-tasking What are positive psychology interventions, and how do I use them with my clients? What is Positive Psychology? And what’s it got to do with coaching? Why I do what I do: My journey to find work in which I can thrive How can taking time off make me more productive? Search b ..read more

Leaning on our character strengths for support in tough times As we are all, in some way or another, affected by the Coronavirus situation, I wanted to share with you some ideas of how you can utilise your character strengths to keep on top of your emotional, mental and physical wellbeing.  Our character strengths Character strengths are “positive traits – capacities humans have for thinking, feeling, and behaving in ways that benefit oneself and others. Specifically, they are the psychological ingredients for displaying virtues or human goodness.” (VIA website) The VIA Classificat ..read more

My interview on work-life balance with Balance the Grind I’m delighted to have been interviewed by Balance the Grind about how I manage my work-life balance. You can read my interview here. Take some time to browse through the other interviews and resources that are featured – maybe you get some new ideas on how to optimise your own work-life balance! Reduce overwhelm by single-tasking What are positive psychology interventions, and how do I use them with my clients? What is Positive Psychology? And what’s it got to do with coaching? Why I do what I do: My journey to find work in whi ..read more

5 easy ways to reduce overwhelm – in any situation Do you experience moments at work, when deadlines are fast approaching, to-dos are piling up, you’re feeling overwhelmed with competing priorities; where you feel it’s difficult to concentrate or focus on one thing at a time, emotions are running high and perhaps you even feel a physical reaction? I’ve put together a couple of strategies (a couple that may be surprising!), that are useful to reduce stress during your work day so that you can quickly get back ton track. You can try these in different situations – whether in a meeting, on a cr ..read more

20 ways to be happier at work in 2020 Try out these 20 small and easy actions to make your time at work much more fulfilling.   Define your why. Seek to explore who you are, your reason for being, the impact you have on our world – and why you do what you do.   Discover, understand and use your character strengths. Do the VIA Character Strengths survey to find out the ranking of your character strengths, and intelligently apply what you naturally have within you.   Ask for feedback. To enhance your performance, let your colleagues know that you value their views and ask them f ..read more

How to generate positive emotions to improve your wellbeing Here are some simple things we can do to boost our own positive emotions, influence those of others and the many ways in which they can benefit us. Positive emotions are one of the pillars of the PERMAH wellbeing framework that I utlise with my clients, along with Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment and Health, and can lead to many positive outcomes: being more creative better problem solving being more open to learning better cardiovascular health better coordination maintaining relationships creating new relationsh ..read more

Flow-the ‘secret to happiness’ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, one of the founders of positive psychology, interestingly describes flow as “the secret to happiness”. What is flow? Here’s his definition of flow: “The intense experiential involvement in moment-to-moment activity, which can be either physical or mental. Attention is fully invested in the task at hand and the person functions at her/his fullest capacity.” And this can apply to any activity that captivates us and where we forget time – socialising, sport, reading, studying, etc, etc. I experienced flow when I was res ..read more

How integrating mindfulness can improve EVERYTHING about your day!  “It is our mindlessness that imprisons us. We get better and better at being out of touch with the full range of our possibilities, and more and more stuck in our cultivated-over-a-lifetime habits of not-seeing.” John Kabat Zinn   My heartfelt wish, therefore, would be for you to gain even the smallest insight from this post to help you ‘see’ more clearly and increase your range of possibilities.  What is mindfulness?  Mindfulness can be simply defined as a mental state that’s achieved by focusing attenti ..read more