In some areas it would seem so. In general business it would not make sense to produce a product or service that we think is great but the customers don’t. Most successful businesses would do lots of market research to see what their proposed customer base wanted before investing resources. So why then does it […]
Red Nose Day is about bringing people together to have fun, raise money and change the lives of kids who need our help the most. Sounds, and is, a great idea. Childhood should be the time of our lives when we are surrounded by love, empowerment and balance but in many families that is not […]
Anger is a basic emotion that we are born with. It can be both a good and a bad thing. It can be indiscriminate fireworks or a cancerous bundle of resentment. Anger in its pure form can be something that can empower us to do something and make changes. However, depending on how much we […]
I believe that Counselling is about empowering people and as it’s World Book Day I would like to help that process by make the following reading recommendations. This isn’t an exhaustive list as I am continually learning and updating from such wonderful authors as these. These book recommendations are light, often funny reads which are also most […]
Wow. We now have a special day to make “#time to talk”. But as one of the complaints I hear from clients is “I find it difficult to talk” or “he/she won’t talk to me” if we now let ourselves off the hook by providing a special day for letting others know how we feel – […]
It’s here again – that time when some of us feel compelled to make Changes. A New Year seems to hypnotise us into making new resolutions to stop eating so much, stop drinking so much, find a better job, find a better relationship, stop gambling etc. etc. But unless we are 100% committed to making changes […]
Sometimes we think we know how life should be and it isn’t Sometimes we think we know what we want and we don’t Sometimes we don’t trust enough in case we are rejected Sometimes we live in the past and forget it is dead Sometimes we loose out because we don’t take risks Sometimes when […]
In light of the Louis Theroux’s documentary on BBC TV last night, the sad thing is that addictions are still such a “hidden” thing. I naively thought that having advertised the fact that I was here to support people in looking at why their drinking/gambling/sex/drug use was causing them issues and how they could overcome […]
So how does addiction start? Addiction – be it to alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling even food etc is a person’s way of fulfilling a need/covering a hurt that is not being met within them. It can start as simply as taking a drink, experimenting with drugs, making a bet to feel more confident/to relax/excite them/feel […]
When people first meet each other and before they enter into a full relationship they generally go through three levels of communications: Firstly people start by talking generally about the weather, the news, etc. Secondly they start sharing factual information about themselves such as their jobs, their friends, their past relationships, their families etc. etc. […]
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