Self Esteem Archives - Finding the Light Counselling & Coaching

Be Interested in People for Them to Like You

This entry was posted by David Lawson | May 11, 2017 | Healthy Workplace, Relationship Counselling, Self Esteem

Be interested in people! In this article, we will summarise the principles of Part Two – Six Ways to Make People Like You – of Dale Carnegie’s book, “How to Win Friends & Influence People” *. Have you started reading it yet? All of us like to be liked. Even one person not liking us, can affect how we view ourselves. Principle 1 – Be genuinely interested in other people. Carnegie talks about Tippy, the puppy his father bought him... read more

A Healthy Workplace Includes Fun …

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Nov 6, 2016 | Depression, Employee Assistance Programme, Healthy Workplace, Life Coaching, Self Esteem, Stress, Uncategorized

Having fun at work makes for a healthy workplace. Laughter, fun and play in the workplace can lead to improved morale, participation, and involvement among employees. Recognition and appreciation can also play a vital role in boosting productivity among hard-working co-workers. We enjoy having fun and laughter in our personal lives, so why would we not enjoy fun and laughter in the workplace? When was the last time your workplace had some fun?... read more

Employer Engagement Leads to a Healthy Workplace

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Oct 24, 2016 | Employee Assistance Programme, Healthy Workplace, Self Esteem, Stress

If only employee engagement was as easy as saying this. Considerable evidence indicates that increased levels of stress in a workplace can lead to mental distress. Employees in workplaces with high psychosocial* risk are more likely to have mental disorders. Workplaces that do not attend to psychosocial risks are likely to make existing employee conditions worse and impede efforts toward effective treatment and rehabilitation. A supportive work... read more

R U OK?

This entry was posted by David Lawson | Sep 4, 2014 | Depression, Suicide

R U OK? Sometimes no matter what you do it doesn’t seem to go right. Riding a bicycle can be an enjoyable thing but yet it can be pretty hard, especially when the tyre is flat or you hit a bump the wrong way and … well the picture says it all. You just crash and you’re not OK! You know – life can get like that as well. At times it doesn’t matter what you do, things never seem to go right for you. The more they... read more