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Goal Setting — I work with individuals every day who want to…. Start something Stop something Want more of something Want less of something Want to develop new habits Want to give up old habits The possibilities and permutations are endless! What they all have in common is that they want to move […]

Goal Setting – A PROCESS

21 Jul, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged coaching / goal setting / success by Melanie Richens

Motivation and metaprogrammes - the EU referendum — With less than a week to go to the EU Referendum, a significant proportion of the electorate still profess to being “undecided”. That is to say – the logical, rational, thinking part of them has yet to make a decision. In fact, they may already have unconsciously decided. According to […]

Motivation and Negative Political Messages

14 Jun, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged metaprogrammes / motivation / NLP by Melanie Richens

kitkat_2137105a — Read on to learn… 5 simple ways to promote your own mental health and wellbeing How we are hardwired to respond to high pressure situations Pressure causes stress Some pressure and stress is good Causes of stress The signs of too much What is Stress? You may believe that […]

Mental Health and Wellbeing – Managing Stress

7 Apr, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged coaching / mental health / stress / wellbeing by Melanie Richens

Interview Success — I have spoken many times to groups of students and coached many individuals about the ingredients for interview success. Competition for jobs or training contracts is more intense than ever which means that it has never been more important to have the winning “edge” that will enable you to succeed […]

3 Steps to Interview Success

26 Mar, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged coaching / Interviews / NLP / success by Melanie Richens

happy and successful — This thought-provoking, yet amusing TED Talk by Psyschologist Shawn Achor sets out to explain the “happiness advantage”. It seeks to turn the old notion that I’ll be happy when I’m successful well and truly on its head. In fact, we are much more likely to be successful when we are […]

You can be Happy AND Successful

1 Mar, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged coaching / happiness / success by Melanie Richens

amygdala hijack — The Amygdala Hijack We have all had the experience of doing or saying something “in the heat of the moment” and then, when we had time to think about it, regretting it or wishing we hadn’t reacted in such a way. You may be reassured to know that it is […]

Amygdala Hijack – Keep Calm and Carry on

16 Feb, 2016 in Coaching / Uncategorized tagged brain by Melanie Richens