General Counselling Archives - Finding the Light Counselling & Coaching

What Really Makes You Tick?

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Mar 2, 2025 | General Counselling, Life Coaching, Self Esteem

Ever wondered how you could live a better life with more meaning? Is my life as good as it gets? How can I improve myself? Here are a few questions help get you there. 1. What do I really want? The question of the ages. So many things you want to do with your life and so little time to do them. Find something that you are good at can help realise that small step towards improvement. 2. Should I really change? What tells you that your need to... read more

Improve your Self-Esteem

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Feb 23, 2025 | General Counselling, Self Esteem

Self-esteem is defined as how we feel about ourselves and how we value ourselves. It influences most all of the choices we make in life, from partners to jobs to choosing friends. If you were raised in a dysfunctional family, it’s likely that you don’t have a healthy sense of yourself. Often depression and anxiety can stem from self-esteem issues. If you don’t have the confidence to live a life of your choosing, then you could dislike yourself... read more

Changing Unhealthy Habits

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Feb 16, 2025 | General Counselling, Life Coaching, Self Esteem

Many of us try to use willpower to fight our bad habits, using an intentional process to eradicate bad habits will set you up for success. Try the steps below to help: 1. Identify Your Triggers You’ll need to identify the triggers for your bad habits. What are those experiences and environments that cause you to engage in negative behaviour? Maybe you can’t stand being bored, so you end up using a quick and easy behaviour to alleviate that... read more

5 Barriers to Critical Thinking

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jan 9, 2025 | General Counselling, Life Coaching

Critical thinking is essential to use our experience, background, common sense and other attributes to become more aware of how our efforts for success are being spent. When you have barriers to the critical thinking process, it can seriously harm your ability to move forward. When you’re aware of these barriers, you can overcome them and focus your thinking on what’s going to move you forward rather than getting stuck behind a barrier – unable... read more

You Can Improve Your Relationships

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jan 4, 2025 | General Counselling, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling

Is it pure luck why some relationships last longer or are better than others? Do some people just sit back and let their partner do all the work and complain when things don’t go their way? Whatever your view of relationships – they take work to make them work. Unless both people in a relationship want it to work then it won’t! Here are some tried and true tips to help you have happy relationships. 1. REMEMBER: Take time to look back and... read more

Not Finishing What You Started Can Hurt You

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Dec 29, 2024 | General Counselling, Life Coaching

Do you pass the hallway of unfinished projects when you enter your house? Or maybe all the projects you leave unfinished are stuffed into a closet where none of your guests can judge you over them. The point is, some of us tend to leave a lot of the things we start unfinished, and whether we realise it or not, this habit could be hurting us in several ways. It May Make You Anxious If you find yourself constantly feeling anxious, it could be... read more