David Lawson, Author at Finding the Light Counselling & Coaching

How Can I Be More Supportive in My Relationships?

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Feb 11, 2024 | Uncategorized

Do you feel like you aren’t supportive enough of your friends? Or maybe of your significant other? Being supportive in any sort of relationship is an important part of maintaining that relationship. This is especially true in a romantic relationship. Below are a few ways you can work on being more supportive in your relationships to ensure you keep them healthy and strong. Check-In Frequently Everyone has that one friend they haven’t heard from... read more

Breaking Bad Habits

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Feb 4, 2024 | General Counselling, Life Coaching, Self Esteem

What are habits? In simple terms, they are behaviours that we repeat repeatedly. They form the basis of any lifestyle change that we may want to make, such as improving our diet, decreasing our alcohol use, or improving our sleep. When it comes to making these changes, we usually want to get rid of a bad habit, create a new one or improve on an existing one. It’s easy to decide which habits we want to change, but often it seems impossible to... read more

5 Small Ways, You Can Support Each Other Daily

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jan 28, 2024 | Relationship Counselling

Taking time to enjoy the little things, feeling gratitude for them, and putting effort into doing them for others can turn a blah day into a great one. It’s all about choice. Your partner is probably one of the people you spend the most time with, so the seemingly small ways in which you show up for each other during this time can make a huge difference. Here are five ways: Listen If your partner needs to vent, let them vent. If they need to... read more

The Art of Achievement

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jan 21, 2024 | General Counselling, Life Coaching, Self Esteem

Ever wondered how some people have everything that they dream of and for many it just remains a dream? Here are some tips on how to help turn your dreams into reality. It’s not a question of genetics or luck; it’s down to the strategies that we use. Understanding what is important to us If a goal is in line with our values, we get energy and motivation that lead us toward the goal. Most of us have experienced this type of energy and... read more

Before Your start a New Relationship

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jan 14, 2024 | Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling

Usually, a person does one of three things after a relationship has ended permanently. They rush into another relationship asap or say they will never get into a relationship ever again or avoid getting into another relationship for a long period of time. Before you go into another relationship, I’d like to give you some questions to ask yourself, so you reduce the risk of the next relationship being hurtful like the last one. 1. What do I want... read more