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Eight Steps to Achieve Any Goal

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Mar 27, 2022 | Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem

Have trouble achieving your goals? Try these 8 steps to making them happen! Know exactly what you want This may sound obvious but unless you know exactly what you want, how can you achieve it? The more details, numbers, dates you can plan the better. You need a very clear focus of what you do want to achieve it. Write down your goals This is one technique that sorts out the people who succeed and the people who fail. According to research you... read more

So, You Have Problems

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Feb 12, 2022 | Depression, Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

We are all faced with problems throughout our lives, some are small, others huge. Depending on how we deal with them, they can be overwhelming and devastate our lives, or they can quickly fade into the past. Attitude plays a big role. With a difficult personal or work undertaking, consider all viewpoints, even those you think you don’t like. It just might provide relief from your fearful analysis of the situation. Don’t oversize the... read more

Excellence is Never an Accident

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Feb 6, 2022 | Depression, Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

“Excellence is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skilful execution and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities.” The above anonymous quote was displayed prominently in an office, where, oddly enough, it seemed to attract very little attention. Let us look at these words of wisdom and see where these words may apply. When embarking on a road trip, unless a bout... read more

Four Ways to Get Through Turbulent Times

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jan 16, 2022 | Depression, Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress, Suicide

In their book Lifestorming Marshall Goldsmith and Alan Weiss give four ways to stay your course in turbulent times. Have supports around you. Many people fail because those around undermined them. You need people around you who can give you honest feedback, which may mean candid and frank discussions with people, being open to the truth. These people will help you find a path through the storm. Life is more important than winning. Focus on... read more

9 Ways To Combat Fear

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jan 9, 2022 | Celebrations, Depression, Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress, Suicide

Fear gets to the best of us, whether it is fear of failure, fear of success or even fear of fear. All of us have experienced fear at some point in our lives and it can be a real stumbling block that holds us back from being truly successful. Fear can’t hold you back forever, if you don’t let it. There are several ways to overcome fear, here are my top 9: SEPARATE REALITY FROM PERCEPTION Ask yourself what is really going on, locate the facts and... read more

Unplanned Change

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jan 2, 2022 | Depression, Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress, Suicide

For almost two years our lives have been consumed with fitting our daily routine in around Coronavirus. Some people say the government is drunk on power and out to get us while others I have spoken to are convinced, we are headed for doom and gloom. Either way these are interesting times. Something like Coronavirus is what I call an Unplanned Change. It has been thrust upon us and despite how great our planning is, we will be impacted by it.... read more