by Linda Barbour | May 7, 2019 | Blog Library
None of us like being around angry people, nor do we like ourselves very much when we are angry. Angry people are impatient, unreasonable and frightening. Some people become so aggressive they physically attack someone else.We often communicate our anger in ways that,...
by Linda Barbour | Apr 4, 2019 | Blog Library
Even the most positive and enthusiastic person will have ‘low days’. Sometimes you wake up feeling flat or you lack motivation, for no apparent reason. Sometimes things happen around you and to you and life gets on top of you. Sometimes those negative...
by Linda Barbour | Mar 19, 2019 | Blog Library
You are constantly bombarded by messages showing you all kinds of ways that you can improve and grow and get yourself into shape and overhaul your personal and business life. Advertising, marketing and social media are seductive. Planting the idea that if only you...
by Linda Barbour | Dec 17, 2018 | Blog Library
Christmas can be a particularly difficult time – emotionally and practically. It’s easy to put yourself under immense pressure to create the “perfect” Christmas for your family and visitors and forget about yourself and what you want. If you’re already working...
by Linda Barbour | Dec 5, 2018 | Blog Library
We live in a ‘blame culture’ where we are encouraged to find someone to blame and ‘make them pay’. It feels normal to spend time working out who or what is to blame when we are unhappy or something we didn’t want to happen, happens. Blame is not the same...
by Linda Barbour | Nov 25, 2018 | Blog Library
People often ask what is this new-fangled thing called Therapeutic Coaching, how does it work and more importantly ‘will it work for me’? It seems like a huge risk to invest time and money in something, like a ‘process’ or ‘programme’ that you don’t understand, seems...