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Changing When Change is Hard

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Mar 3, 2024 | General Counselling, Life Coaching, Stress

Change is a part of our lives. How we deal with change is often a determining factor in how happy and successful we are. Sometimes we get lucky, and change is gradual or even easy. Other times, change is hard, overwhelming, or downright scary. This kind of change will have a serious impact on our lives when we embrace it. How do we do that, though? Follow these nine tips to find out how. 1. Make Change Normal It would help if you changed your... read more

5 Steps to Communicate Your Feelings in Relationships

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Feb 24, 2024 | General Counselling, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling

In relationships, there’s communication, and then there’s effective communication. Communication is something that takes a lot of work, and once you’ve successfully positioned yourself as a communicator, the next step is to crack the code at being an effective communicator. If you’re at that step, try these 5 mini steps to help you along with effectively communicating your feelings. 1. Allow Yourself to Feel Going into a conversation with guilt... read more

Ways to Crank up Your Creativity

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Feb 18, 2024 | General Counselling, Life Coaching

Creativity is a quality that we all have buried inside of us, one way or the other. It involves the invention of something new or the re-invention of something already existing to make it useful or interesting. Some people’s creative abilities are closer to the surface and one can easily see the manifestations of them. People say that their creativity is “inborn”. For others, expressing creativity takes more time and cultivation. The important... read more

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