Years ago we covered the kitchen with stick on white boards. It was a business plan of magnificent beauty. All very detailed and intricate, with intersecting arrows and if this, then thatand so on. Special stationery was procured from Rymans. There were many iterations. And back to the drawing board-s. The fact was – much of it was… Read More >

Kaizen is a Japanese system or philosophy used in billion dollar businesses for successful change. But it is also seen as the wise (and best) way to make changes in your life Kaizen says you shouldn’t make sudden changes but to make them slowly, wisely and continuously. This makes them permanent. Many of our efforts to change (like New Year’s Resolutions)… Read More >

2 full bags of Sainsbury’s shopping and a particularly biting wind PLUS by trying to remember where on earth I parked the car yesterday, all contributed what was, in hindsight –  a serious face. This was helpfully pointed out to be by a chap changing a large sign outside the store in the form of… Read More >

Somewhere between 35 and 45 something happens You find yourself in the car listening to the radio and really enjoying the station and then realise that actually you are really enjoying listening to Radio 2. Almost simultaneously, you realise; that you don’t recognise a lot of the artists on Radio 1, the presenters seem awfully young… Read More >

It’s true. If you’ve got teeny children – you have got even more of a head-start with this – but it’s actually useful for all ages. Let’s start with the bad news: Children of smokers are twice as likely to smoke as their parents. Even when the parents say “filthy habit, I hate it – never do it,… Read More >

(by way of mildly funny example), that one October Monday we started creating a product. I suggested we try to get it finished by Friday… she confessed she had been thinking ‘mid-Spring’. I underestimate how long things will take. She overestimates them. We thrash it out and arrive at a realistic schedule. My zone of genius is not remembering… Read More >

Yesterday we were talking CONFIDENCE… (if you missed it – click here) …In a standing in front of people, delivering a speech on stage, kind of way. A really obvious one… well obviously.. But actually lack of confidence more often rears its head in less flashy scenarios; in the workplace, at social occasions – even… Read More >

Well – it’s Good News and Bad News… The data around the science of confidence and its effect on success is clear. “People who get the best jobs, report happiest relationships, have better physical and emotional health are those who exhibit the highest levels of confidence.” So that’s a done deal, right?  You’re either confident….. Read More >

I just can’t stick to anything.. We asked in our FREE facebook Inner Circle.. What do you WISH you had unlimited Willpower with? Here’s what they told us their struggles have been: ‘Mustering’ the energy Emotional eating Needing to exercise Putting themselves down Too much worrring Chocoholism Struggling to wake up in the morning Booze… Read More >

Have you caught our FB Lives this weeks? On Tuesday we were talking about something everyone wants more of – MOTIVATION! Everyone agrees that getting started is often the hardest part when you have stuff you want to achieve! Here’s what we talk about in the video: How to charge up your motivation battery and strategise mornings to your… Read More >

Christmas Eve Checklist of NICE stuff. Here’s a quick last minute reminder of some lovely last minute Christmas Eve fun before the big man visits. #1 Last Minute Silly Wrapping If you have some wrapping paper left why not wrap up some daft things for a bit of fun, and to slow down the opening frenzy…. Read More >

One weird quirk of our new Social Media influenced culture is the premature or ‘hoax’ obituary. Sometimes it is pranksters – seeing how far they can make some false gossip travel. Other times it has been a genuine mistake – people with similar names being confused with one another. There have been darker episodes when the whole… Read More >

My postman did it again this morning. I’m suspicious of him, frankly. “Parcel for Grant”, …signed with the little pen thing (which ends up looking nothing like my signature) and then he off he goes with one of his ‘Obama mic drop’ style truth bombs. This morning’s nugget was: “You’re looking very fresh for the time of… Read More >

If you’ve ever seen Harry Potter or read the books… (total Harry Potter nerd here – I carried on reading out loud long after the children had fallen asleep!) then you’ll know that saying the word ‘Voldemort’ out loud was pretty much akin to shouting the F-word across the checkouts at Waitrose. But in your life –… Read More >

“I never know what to say!!!” One of the best things about Life Coaching … and ANY type of teaching, coaching and therapy actually, is you get to learn things about yourself. Recently 3 separate people have contacted us about feeling shy or nervous in company. It was a little different for each of them, but… Read More >

For adults over 19 – the daily recommendation is 3.7 litres for men and 2.7 litres for women. This is your overall fluid intake per day, including anything you eat or drink containing water in it, like fruits or vegetables. Quite a lot right? If you are exercising or sweating a lot – that’s going… Read More >

But why Emotional Eating? Emotional eating: the practice of consuming large quantities of food – usually “comfort” or junk foods – in response to feelings instead of hunger. There is masses of research, giving ‘proper’ (what we call proper; control groups, large enough studies, impartial data gathering) data – which suggest that ’emotional eating’ is caused by unresolved emotions…. Read More >

Here are  3 more tips for Overcoming Overwhelm. As we said before – this is about Minimum Effective Dosage – NOT major overhauls (although we are going to give you one bigger one, to get you thinking) Like that domino that sets all the others off – these are simple things, that women we coach tell… Read More >

Yet another major irritation: MESS Show me a family home with no mess and I’ll show you some very high boarding school bills on the bank statement. It’s gonna happen. Our LIFE declutter challenge is a very good place to start with the whole getting organised philosophy, so it’s a good place to start. For day-to-day… Read More >

Laundry It’s not even funny. The worst part is…  ALL OF IT. Most people we speak to say it’s the number one thing that really can never get a handle on. It is relentless, mind-numbingly tedious and if you’re anything like us, makes evening and weekend nudism seem a reasonably attractive life-choice. Or paper clothes. Shh. Silly. Anyway… Read More >