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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

How To Get Past Guilt!

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jul 24, 2022 | General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress, Suicide

Guilt is an issue that often pops up in my sessions with clients. Healthy guilt warns us to stop a negative behaviour and push/encourage us towards a positive behaviour. But when our guilt becomes excessive (constant condemning message in our head) it actually creates a vicious cycle which reinforces the habit we feel guilty about! We feel bad, so we comfort eat, drink too much, work long hours or starve ourselves. Then we feel guilty, so to... read more

Best Self – SPHERES

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jul 9, 2022 | Depression, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

SPHERES is an acronym that looks at every area of a person’s life to help him or her identify their strengths and weaknesses. It comes from the book Best Self by Mike Bayer. Social Life Think about your behaviours that contribute to a positive social life. What is it about your behaviours that keeps you from what you want in your social life? How do you modify your behaviour to make your social life feel like a 10. Personal Life Pay attention... read more

Your Best Self

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Jul 9, 2022 | Depression, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

We are the common denominator in all areas of our life. Everything begins and ends with us being our best self. In his book Best Self Mike Bayer says if we are willing to do the work, and admit that there is work to do, we can become our Best Self. Our genes and our upbringing shapes who we are. Often, people stop learning and questioning themselves at a certain point and simply coast through life. That is not your Best Self. To start the... read more

Changing for the better

This entry was posted by David Lawson | May 7, 2022 | Depression, General Counselling, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

To help us break bad habits Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There has created a seven-step method for changing our interpersonal relationships and making changes permanent. Step 1 Seek Feedback Successful people have two problems dealing with negative feedback. (a) they don’t want to hear it and (b) we don’t want to give it to them. To break this chain and gain the benefit of feedback, they need to let go of... read more

Habits Worth Breaking

This entry was posted by David Lawson | May 1, 2022 | Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem, Stress

Let’s look at some of the habit’s worth breaking Goldsmith covers in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Habit A: Winning too much There’s a fine line between being competitive and over-competitive, between winning when it counts and when no one’s counting – and successful people cross that line with alarming frequency. Habit B: Adding too much value I come to you with an idea that you think is very good. Rather than... read more