How to Tell Your Story (2)
Posted on August 19th, 2025 by Jane
A Coaching Exercise in How To Tell Your Story In a previous post on how to tell your story, I described how we edit our own lives. Sometimes, we have given negative events a much bigger role in our past than they deserve. We’ve allowed them to become a powerful influence on our current lives. But we can change this. What Women Think Of Themselves Sometimes when working with groups of women I ask them to list 10 positive attributes
How To Be A Lateral Thinker!
Posted on July 30th, 2025 by Jane
Tips On How To Be A Lateral Thinker If you want to be a lateral thinker, read on. At work there tends to be a norm to the way of thinking, at least in traditional fields. Sometimes called ‘vertical thinking,’ or ‘logical thinking’, it follows a pattern. In brief, we look at the information available. Then we analyse it, and then we propose some solutions. I’ve been in hundreds of meetings like that and I’m sure you have, too. Of
Do You Want To Be A Social Magnet? (Yes)
Posted on July 23rd, 2025 by Jane
Are you a social magnet? It can be positively career enhancing if you can answer yes.
How To Tap Into Your Inner Wisdom!
Posted on July 17th, 2025 by Jane
What Is Your Inner Wisdom? You may not be able to fully articulate what your inner wisdom is, but I bet you have tons of it. No, I’m not suggesting we go all mystic and Wicca here (although feel free if you want to). You don’t need a crystal ball to access your inner wisdom. Just a bit of patience and practice. For inner wisdom think intuition. Dictionary Definition: the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning. Using
Why Talking Makes Things Better (for women!)
Posted on April 29th, 2025 by Jane
Talking Makes Things Better? Well, yes it does. Talking makes things better! Well, do I hear you say, you’re a coach. You would say that. And I would say that it helps women. But it does! Read on. I first came across this when running workshops with businesses undergoing major change. Often managers would perceive that a lot of ‘chat’ about it was unhelpful. Most of them were men and reacted very much in the flight/fight response. They interpreted a
How To Get Rid Of Unhelpful Mantras
Posted on April 22nd, 2025 by Jane
Do You Harbour Unhelpful Mantras? Have you got some unhelpful mantras? When I mention mantra you may be thinking of something enlightening or meditative. I’m thinking of the other definition of mantra – ‘a statement or slogan repeated frequently’. Given that definition do you have some unhelpful mantras? I’m guessing that you probably do. All of us have sayings and phrases in our head, probably stemming from childhood, which help or hinder us in our daily lives. This can happen
