Healthy Workplace Archives - Finding the Light Counselling & Coaching

7 Steps to Achievable Goals

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jun 9, 2024 | Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching

How many times have you heard that being successful is all down to setting goals? It may come as no surprise to you to learn there is a lot more to success than just setting your goals. In this article, I show you why many people fail to achieve their goals and how to be successful with whatever it is that you want to achieve in your life. 1. What is a goal? A goal is a target which is achievable in measurable attainable steps. It is more than... read more

Avoiding Burnout

This entry was posted by David Lawson | May 26, 2024 | Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace

Burnout is a state of physical and emotional exhaustion resulting from long-term stress. It leaves you feeling overwhelmed, emotionally flat and no longer able to cope with the demands of your job. It prevents you from being productive by sapping your energy levels, leaving you feeling hopeless, pessimistic, and resentful. Burnout stems from an unhealthy work-life balance, being unable to disconnect during leisure time and a lack of boundaries.... read more

Recovering from Burnout

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jan 7, 2024 | Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching

Burnout is a state of physical and emotional exhaustion. It can occur when you experience long-term stress in your job, or when you have worked in a physically or emotionally draining role for a long time. You can also experience burnout when your efforts at work have failed to produce the results that you expected, and you feel deeply disillusioned as a result. You might be experiencing burnout if you feel: Every day at work is a bad day.... read more

5 Types of Negative Self-Talk and How to Stop Them

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jul 16, 2023 | General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Self Esteem, Stress

We like to think we’re optimistic, positive people. After all, no one wants to be considered a grump. Besides, isn’t that what we’re taught from the time we’re children, to smile and think the best of those around us? In truth, we don’t always quite hit the mark. We might mean to be positive, but those negative thoughts have a way of creeping in, especially if we’re tired or anxious. Strong emotion has a way of derailing us, as do the negative... read more

6 Ways to Deal with Critical People

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jun 11, 2023 | General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

Constructive criticism is fine, but some people who are so relentlessly negative that they can suck the joy out of life. No matter what happy news you might have, they are guaranteed to find the cloud to fit your silver lining. Here are 6 strategies you can use to deal with hypercritical people. 1. Don’t Take It Personally It’s a safe bet that it’s not you, it’s them. Some people just hug their negativity around them like a security... read more

The 7 Cs of Communication

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jun 4, 2023 | Employee Assistance Programme, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Stress

Think of how often you communicate with people during the day. You write emails, facilitate meetings, participate in conference calls, create reports, devise presentations, debate with your colleagues… the list goes on. We can spend almost our entire day communicating. So, it stands to reason that communicating clearly and effectively can boost productivity. The 7 Cs provide a checklist for making sure that your communications are well... read more