Coaching and Personal Development

You don’t have an acute problem and life feels basically OK.

Maybe you want to improve one or two aspects of your life by exploring and learning some new skills, different attitudes and ways of being.

Perhaps life coaching or personal development is what you are looking for.

I have experience as a life coach and trainer and can help you, as an individual, develop in a variety of areas.

I believe that at the heart of personal or self-development is self knowledge. I think that for a healthy and happy life, it is necessary to be aware of what happens within your body, soul and mind.

Self-awareness has been an important element in many spiritual streams since ancient times. For example, it is central to the practice of Buddhism and was present in Ancient Greece as depicted in the inscription, “Know thyself”, at the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.

Here is a list and brief description of the areas I can help you develop. You can find some of these topics described with more detail in the Workshops page.

Know yourself better

Learn to become more aware of your feelings and emotions and to notice what they are telling you about how life is working for you.

Look after yourself better

Learn to identify your needs better and become more effective at meeting them

Mindfulness

Develop your capacity to live in the present with full awareness of yourself and what is around you.

Assertiveness

Increase your confidence and learn to express yourself clearly and firmly in a way that others will listen to, whilst gaining their respect

Non-violent communication

Put your point across clearly and effectively, whilst taking others into consideration too

Anger management

Learn to express and receive strong emotions in a safe and healthy way

Conflict resolution

Learn about negotiating win-win solutions

Art of listening

Learn to be more aware of others and to acknowledge their situation

Stress

Learn how to handle stressful situations better

Feedback

Learn to give helpful feedback to others and to yourself

Parenting

Being a parent is possibly the hardest thing we will ever do. It can be a lonely task for which we had no training. I can help you in areas like:

How to relate better to your children/teenagers and how to understand their behaviour

• Dealing with tantrums, anger, challenging behaviour and sorting out arguments and conflict in the family
• Shouting less and co-operating more
• Helping children’s self-esteem and confidence
• Living in multi-cultural families

Procrastination

Learn to how to become more effective at doing today what you feel like doing tomorrow.