Retrain your Brain for success

Being a high/over achiever is not necessarily a compliment, especially if that is your only focus.  While learning is wonderful, and it's important to grow, this podcast gives you ways in which you can press pause and reflect on how far you've come, which gives you a much more solid foundation to build further (as opposed to doing so - in case someone tells you you're not enough!!)

#highachiever #overachiever #acceptanceandcommitment #presspause

While convenience is all well and good for the things that you are indifferent to, don't let it rob you of pleasure.  Yes, the time and effort it takes to see the people you love or to do the things that make you feel fantastic may not always seem worth it, but they are going to be far more meaningful than a lifetime of "meh"

#convenience #maketheeffort #selfvalue #worthit

Are you a bit of a "drama queen" - do you always seem to be solving everyone's problems...and is there a bit of a love/hate feeling about that?  This podcast explains why we might feel that way and what we can do about it.

#thefixer #whiteknightsyndrome #chaoticenvironment #reinforcement 

If we don't role model wellbeing or expressing emotions in a healthy way - how can we expect our children to?  This podcase episode offers simple tips and tools to support children in expressing emotions as well as healthy self-soothing to build empowerment and self-efficacy.

#wellbeing #children #selfefficacy #empowerment #selfsoothing 

This episode is about recognising that if we can draw from our own strengths we can BOOST what additional help we may have.  Too often our pasts may have shaped us into something we believe is who we are...but that may not be true.  Identify what YOUR authentic needs are with the prompts in this podcast, and start to reshape your life - YOUR way.

#empowerment #selfhelp #changeandgrowth 

While we know "the best things come to those who wait" - the world seems set up to make us want things now now NOW.  Understand why, and use these tips to take a moment to press pause before jumping in too fast to something which might have been all the sweeter if you'd just waited a little while. 

#impusivity #benefitsofwaiting #presspause #ideallife

In part a reflection on one of the charity events I did - a karting race - with The Lewis Foundation, but very much a recognition of the true value of a gift.  Often given short shrift as "materialistic" - gifts can actually be so much more.  They are a real expression of love wrapped up in a package, and that is the most meaningful thing of all.  I look at how gifting can also include time, knowledge and creativity - and along with a physical gift offer the message - I care.

For more on The Lewis Foundation
www.thelewisfoundation.co.uk 

Are you a morning person?  How do you feel about a date before work!?  In this episode I reflect on the pros and cons of this new trend as well as offer some tips on making it as safe and conducive to relationships long term as possible!

Sometimes it's not about the ability to spin straw out of gold, with a better spinning wheel your output might be even greater.  While we commonly say " a bad worker blames their tools" - sometimes it really is that the tool needs to be improved/  How can a business hope to go online if the WiFi cannot sustain that, or how can someone be expected to work from home if they aren't given permissions, or their equipment is too slow.  We need to place the responsibility discerningly, and the solutions will be more effective!

I reflect on both my interview with the Hope Centre CEP, Robin Burgess and my own experience of sleeping "rough" in "The Big Sleep Out" to really shed some light on the "business of being homeless".  It isn't necessarily mental ill health or drink and drugs that CAUSE homelessness, but it can be a by product of the hugely traumatic experience.