As I See It - The Art of Being In Control 1. The Birth of ILOC - Internal Locus Of Control When a baby is born it is itself. It is vulnerable, helpless and totally dependent on its caregivers to meet its needs. When its body needs food. It cries. When it needs sleep....

6 Practical Tips on How to Increase Self-Esteem Sharon Salzberg: “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” Self-Esteem vs. Self-Confidence Self-esteem is not self-confidence; self-confidence is about your trust in...

Guilty as charged, my beliefs sometimes keep me stuck.. So here's what I practice: We hold ourselves back from doing a lot of things. We like to blame our circumstances and other people, but we hold ourselves back more than we might like to admit or even realise. If...

Did you hold the thought 'we are often the only obstacle in achieving our dreams'... False beliefs become an issue when they are held as true. For example, perhaps you assume that every thought that enters your mind is true and maybe that, once they enter your mind,...

Our belief system is the bases of our world view. We have beliefs grounded in fact, and beliefs grounded in emotion and life experience. These belief systems shape our world view, since: “we learn our belief systems as very little children, and then we move through...

Not even I was born with an abundant supply of self- confidence. Recently someone asked me where I got my energy and abundant supply of confidence from. It got me thinking as clearly what people see on the outside clearly isn’t what I always feel on the inside. So...

Reasons why we don’t invest in ourselves and stay stuck.. Over the past five years I have made significant investment in myself, from retraining and qualifying as a Therapist and Coach to continued development in sub specialisms - whether it is the finances needed to...

Is this what your in-flight table looks like as soon as the bar is open after take off? Bottles of fear numbing alcohol and a tight grip on your seat belt, feet firmly planted on the floor, constantly looking around at the in - flight attendants, dry mouth,...

Exam Stress It’s been 30 years since the GCSE was introduced, I think from memory my own year group were the second group of pupils to sit the new style exam. A combination of course work and final year exams, and yes I know, I don't look old enough. Perhaps it’s my...

Do you know if you are Responding or Reacting?  I love this quote: ‘Between stimulus and response           there is a space. In that space is our power to          choose our response. In our response lies          our growth and our freedom’                        ...