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5 Ways to Fight your Procrastination

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Oct 23, 2022 | Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Stress

We’ve all done it at some time or other. We put off our exercise routine until tomorrow; we continually delay finishing that project or starting that business. Procrastination is the mother of all demons and can literally stop you in your tracks from achieving all that you need to be doing. Here are 5 effective processes you can use to slay this giant. Do it now Jump right in! Putting things off until the last minute is a bad habit and like all... read more

Performing Under Pressure – Tenacity & Enthusiasm

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 25, 2022 | General Counselling, Life Coaching, Self Esteem, Stress

Last article I shared with you from a book called Performing Under Pressure. The authors found people who perform under pressure harness what they call COTE: Confidence, Optimism, Tenacity and Enthusiasm. This week we will look at the last two: Tenacity & Enthusiasm. The authors suggest that tenacity is critical to our success, and that there are four parts to it: Goals, Focus, Hope and Coping. Goals – Tenacity requires working... 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

Depression

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Aug 14, 2022 | Depression, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress, Suicide

While we all feel sad, moody, or low from time to time, some people experience these feelings intensely, for long periods of time (weeks, months or even years) and sometimes without any apparent reason. Depression is more than just a low mood – it’s a serious condition that affects your physical and mental health. Some people can be very good at masking their depression. One in seven Australians will experience depression in their... read more

Strategies for Managing Anxiety

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jul 31, 2022 | General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia. On average, one in four people – one in three women and one in ﬁve men – will experience anxiety at some stage in their life. In a 12-month period, over two million Australians experience anxiety. For every 13 people at least one person will have anxiety. Since Covid has entered our lives, I have noticed most of my clients are presenting with anxiety or are feeling anxious. The... read more