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5 Steps to Embrace Your Loneliness

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Feb 5, 2023 | Depression, Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Life Coaching, Self Esteem, Stress

Loneliness is something most people try to avoid. But being alone is an inevitable part of life. It happens to everyone at some time or another. It is important to be able to separate solitude from loneliness and to understand what is behind your feelings so you can embrace being alone. 1. Work Out the Root Cause of Your Fear of Loneliness Some scientists believe loneliness is a basic emotion on a par with fear and anger. Being part of a group... read more

Performing Under Pressure – Confidence & Optimism

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 18, 2022 | Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

The book Performing Under Pressure found people who perform under pressure harness what they call COTE: Confidence, Optimism, Tenacity and Enthusiasm. Confidence Confidence for most of us is believing we have what it takes to succeed. It’s not ground-breaking to say that having confidence that you can perform is critical to performing under pressure. However, the people who do it best practice at building their confidence levels so that... read more

Performing Under Pressure

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 11, 2022 | Depression, Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

We all experience moments of pressure; where we must deliver the goods or suffer the consequences – it’s all on the line. These days we seem to face more and more of these situations on a daily, weekly and monthly basis than ever before. Everything seems like it’s do or die. The authors (Hendrie Weisinger & J.P. Pawliw-Fry) of the book Performing Under Pressure wrote this book for a very important reason – to give us... read more

5 Important Details for Developing Rapport

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Apr 17, 2022 | Celebrations, Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

Let us look at the basics of developing rapport with others. In a nutshell, what it takes is to ask questions, have a positive, open attitude, encourage an open exchange of communications (both verbal and unspoken), listen to verbal and unspoken communications, and share positive feedback. Here are important details on each step: 1. Ask Questions Building rapport is similar to interviewing someone for a job or it can be like a reporter... read more

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