The journey of a Wannabe Therapy Dog
It is proven that animals can help enormously to lower anxiety levels and reduce stress. Join Xaby and me as Xaby trains to become a Therapy Dog. Written by Ollie Coach, Marie Collett
Blog Entries
8 Reasons to Start Journaling Today
I always recommend journaling as one of the simplest yet most powerful techniques I know.
It’s great for releasing stress, expressing emotions, getting clarity, understanding yourself better….
In this article I explain why it is a must and some ideas on how to get started!
Tips to Follow Your Purpose and Stay Confident in Your Career Path
Do you have the feeling that you need a change in your career? Or that you don’t want to go back to what you were doing before lock-down? I’ve heard many people saying that they don’t want to go back to the office. Or that they’ve realised that they weren’t happy in their job. Many […]
How’s Your Sense Of Humour?
An elderly gentleman, on his way home from his local shops, sees a group of people queueing outside a bakery. The shop is small, and a staff member is controlling the number of people entering.
How to reframe counterproductive thinking
We all have bad days. Here is a tip to help you reframe your thinking into something more useful.
Keep it Happy! Something from nothing.
Every day we make super-fast interpretations, assumptions and decisions about the thousands of things we see, but sometimes it is good to explore a little further so that we don’t miss the real story. Written by trainee Ollie Coach, Deborah Stephenson
What’s the secret ingredient to Parenting?
Role Modelling is essential. Children learn from us. They will copy us. So, if we want our children to be fair, gentle and well-behaved then, guess what? We need to be fair, gentle and well-behaved. And to do this we need to be consistent and above all, calm. Written by Ollie Coach, Belinda Wells.
Choose your words carefully!
Words are powerful. They create the scripts we run in our heads. They can be kind, they can be horrid, they can empower, they can hurt, they can create stories that we spend the rest of our lives running from or towards. Written by trainee Ollie Coach, Bep Dhaliwal.
Simple and Effective Ways to Deal with Stress
Stress is one of the worst enemies of our health and well-being. It is a stressor that activates our flight or fight response. We are not designed to be in this state for long periods of times, it is a mechanism for survival. If you were chased by a lion, your brain would determine whether […]
Weren’t we lonely before lock-down too?
loneliness and social inequity existed long before covid, now is a time to change things.
