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Generally, until we learn better, we identify ourselves with our mind. We think our thoughts are simply “me thinking” and our feelings are “me feeling”.

The most important part to finishing a half marathon is to start it! You have to be in to win so start today by being in for the next half marathon in your local area. Make their date your date and start moving towards a great achievement. Here are seven ways to keep you motivated to finish:

If you'd like some proven techniques for increasing your personal effectiveness, read on...

This year I am approaching the holidays a little differently. Well for me it is different, for most of you this may be a normal way to view the Christmas holiday period.

Do you have a book that's bursting to come out? Have you started writing stuff down in a private file somewhere but you're too scared to make it public? Well, if you've started writing your book and would like to get it ready for viewing then pull up a pew and read these nine tips on how to write your book.

This article is about the quest for slow. It’s borne out of my own desire to stop, slow down a bit, and get off the treadmill of being continually busy. I hope that my discoveries also benefit you, and together we can learn to give up the habit of being constantly busy, slow down a little, and smell the roses.

"So what do you want to achieve?" I asked a recent client. "Well, really I just want to achieve a work/life balance," she responded. "Hmm, and what exactly is a work/life balance?" Like many others, she seemed confused. She mumbled something about, "having more time for herself" and then confessed she didn't really know. I told her I thought that the concept of work/life balance was a load of nonsense and, in trying to achieve it, we’re faced with yet another source of stress and angst.

When I was writing my book How to Make a Silver Lining – I got stuck! Time was eluding me with work, parenting and managing a household taking my valuable attention. So when the opportunity arose to work on my book with my coach I snapped it up!

I hear this over and over - “One Day, when everything is sorted…. then I will ......(live the life I really want to live…”) In my work, I meet a lot of men who are holding off from living the life they want now, and seem to think that there will be an ideal time, in the future … when things will be different in some way. I hear them say… When: • my finances are more secure.. • the children grown up and leave home • the house is paid off.. • I have a better paid job.. • I have time…

LIFE COACHING is like your GPS FOR LIFE.. You punch in your destination and away we GO.

Although 3 weeks of lying on the beach of a tropical island might seem like a great way to de-stressify yourself, sometimes that just not possible! So here are some quick, practical and easy ways to de-stressify, chill out and generally get back to feeling in control. AND, you can use them all year round.

I felt compelled to share with you some facts about stress because it is something that affects us all at some time or other and it can be mild or debilitating. Stress has been the main point of discussion at home this week because of everything that is going on.

I have played a lot of sport in my time and have watched or even participated in games where the worse player has somehow managed to win. This was particularly galling when I was the player being defeated and I could do seemingly nothing as my opponent, lacking technique and finesse, doggedly took my game to pieces and came out the bloody victor at the end. Most sportspeople know this experience. So how does it happen?

I decided to chuck my fear of rejection out the window and ask Jo Seagar to write the forword for my book. Jo was a NZ tv cooking icon who gained her reputation in the 90's with a cooking show with a liking for the "easy peazy" approach. My book had a cooking bent with how I mastered "cooking without looking" as well as a recipe for my infamous truffles at the back of the book so - when I thought of who in the cooking industry I would like to write my forword she was my first choice.

Most of us go through a time of adjustment when looking for a new job, and many experience anxiety and uncertainty during the process. Recognising that these feelings are normal helps you remain positive. Building some structure into your day helps to maintain motivation and balance during your job search.

First, we'll discuss what consideration is not, because, as in the process of elimination, you can never truly see something, until you recognise what it is not.