September 2021 - Finding the Light Counselling & Coaching

25 Powerful Questions to Ask Yourself

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 26, 2021 | Uncategorized

When was the last time you took some time to see how your life is going? Ask yourself these 25 Questions to see how things are going for you. The answers to these questions could be confronting to you but they can help you to live life more closer to where you want to be. For those of you in a relationship, you now have 25 things to talk about about with your partner. Questions like these can stop your relationship from getting stale (if you... read more

The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 19, 2021 | Uncategorized

I see long term intimate relationships as being in a team. Patrick Lencioni – the author of the book – The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team says teams tend to encounter the same issues repeatedly and they also apply to relationships I see. Dysfunction #1: Absence of Trust Lencioni points out, trust is one of those words that gets used so often that it has lost some of its meaning. He says that he intends it to mean “the confidence... read more

4 Signs You Are Your Own Worst Enemy

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 11, 2021 | Uncategorized

Why is it you’re not getting ahead? Are you having difficulty in finding opportunities, or could it be you’re not taking the opportunities when they come to you? Crazy as it sounds, the most common reason people don’t succeed is that they’re engaging in self-defeating behaviours. If you’re not performing at the level, you think you ought to be you might want to consider whether you have become your own worst enemy.... read more

10 Steps to Take When Facing Obstacles

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 5, 2021 | Uncategorized

Obstacles seem to make us stand still; and keep us from getting where we want to go. What if obstacles weren’t as bad as you thought? What if what you’re looking at is not so much an obstacle, as an opportunity? Here are 10 steps to change how we see obstacles: Take a Minute Whatever you’re doing when you hit the obstacle Stop. When you stop, you give yourself time to consider the options without all the emotions flaring up. You guard yourself... read more