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The New Year – a time for Re-solutions

Thursday, 13 January, 2011 13:24 Written by Julie 0 Comments
New Year wishing lanterns

Wish upon a star

I am wondering did you make any New Years Resolutions this year? Some people decide because they have made them in the past and did not succeed, the best thing to do is to forget it altogether. So you might consider this a little nudge to reconsider.

The Chinese New Year this year isn’t until 3rd February and it is the year of the Rabbit for 2011. So we are about mid way between the two. The Chinese New Year tradition is  seen as a great way to reconcile; forgetting all grudges, and sincerely wish peace and happiness for everyone. And it has popular themes of ‘happiness’, ‘wealth’ and ‘longevity’. People paint their wish on to lanterns or place the wish in the lantern and float it up into the sky, a beautiful tradition I think. Personally I also like the Chinese idea of forgetting…. and putting the past where it belongs; in the past, so you can get on with what is here now and look forward to a better brighter future.

Just imagine if your resolution was to not smoke and it was easy because you forgot to smoke…how wonderful would that be?

I digress, isn’t the word resolution interesting ‘re-solution’ which suggests that this is a solution that you have attempted before. Therefore you might find it useful to ask yourself what are you going to do differently this year? Something you did not do last time. Because, guess what, if you use the same process this time, the chances are you will get the same result which means this time next year you will be making the same New Years Resolutions all over again.  Oh! No!

So what are your New Year Re-solutions? Below are some of the most frequently quoted:

  • Lose weight / Eat healthy food
  • Quit smoking / Become a non-smoker
  • Stop being lazy / Go to the gym / Get fit
  • Get rid of anxiety / Become relaxed and confident

Not everyone finds the motivation to get started. So how can you kick start the whole thing? Some people find it useful to motivate themselves by thinking of all the good things that will result when they have succeeded. Whereas for some other people that just does not work at all. The trigger for them may be to think of all the downsides and the negative consequences of not changing. How well do you know yourself? What is the most useful trigger for you to get you started on your road to success?

Career Coaching

Tuesday, 16 November, 2010 17:15 Written by Julie 0 Comments

Executive Coaching and Executive Life Coaching

According to a recent survey 90% of executives in UK organisations work with a coach. I suspect it is not nearly as high here in Ireland…..yet.

In the UK coaching is used to fast track potential stars. It helps the executive recognise their strengths and build on them. Acknowledge their weaknesses and discover how to mitigate them. All the while paying attention to the path and holding the focus.

Coaching Maximises Executive Potential

Coaching is also recognised as being effective in maximising executives’ potential. It aids executives in times of transition whether due to promotion, mergers, downsizing or transfer across departments at many levels in the organisation. When things outside or within the organisation change, people need to change too. They need to change the focus of their work, sometimes learning to do new things while letting go of the ‘old’. This is a learning process. It may be about taking the time to step back and evaluate to discover the evolving direction and then find ways to take action in that new direction.

Executive Derailment

At other times coaching comes into its own to prevent executive derailment. In general people are comfortable with the status quo. When something changes – as things do – levels of stress increase, people tend to become less flexible, communication channels become disrupted or breakdown and inefficiencies creep into the organisation. If all of these accumulate without being headed off at an early stage it can lead to executive derailment, increased absenteeism, impacting on other staff members leading to dissatisfaction and bottom line cost to the organisation.

Executive Coaching Focuses on Building Strengths

Therefore executive coaching focuses on building strengths and motivation, reframing the thinking around change and encouraging change. The ‘change is growth’ attitude can be useful to adopt. While at the same time supporting the executive in viewing change from alternative perspectives to make the change easier, so ultimately they are more flexible and have learned how to manage themselves more effectively in an uncertain environment.

Executive Coaching Builds Emotional Intelligence

Are you addicted to Running

Monday, 15 November, 2010 16:23 Written by admin 0 Comments

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STOP Smoking – Decide to free yourself – Become a non-smoker

Monday, 15 November, 2010 15:03 Written by admin 0 Comments

Are you held hostage by cigarettes? Who’s in charge; you or the cigarettes? Are you a slave to their demands? Do you crave to be free? Are you ready to enjoy escaping from the clutches of the nicotine trick. Are you ready to claim your freedom?

Who wants you to free yourself?

  • Do you want you to stop and be free?
  • Your doctor?
  • Your spouse / partner?
  • Your children?
  • Friends / family?

Why do you smoke?

You believed it was addictive and it is a poison and you probably know that already. You also probably know all the negative health effects accompanying smoking, so no need to say it all again. You’ll only skip over them anyway.

Why else do you smoke?

You were afraid to stop. You were afraid it is hard, difficult and unpleasant. You were afraid you would lose your friends. You were afraid you couldn’t cope in social or stressful situations. You thought you wouldn’t know what to do with your hands. Or any other excuse you used to use to not decide to stop and be free.

Why you can free yourself and become a non-smoker more easily than you think?

You smoked nicotine because of the ‘nicotine trick’.  What is the nicotine trick? The nicotine trick is why you become a non-smoker; the only reason you smoked is because you wanted to get rid of the feeling of nicotine withdrawal. Now the funny thing is; the only people who get this feeling are smokers. Non-smokers never get this feeling. So every time you light a cigarette it is because you are trying to feel like a non-smoker! It is funny, isn’t it?

So what happens now you’ve decided to free yourself and become a non-smoker?

20 minutes Blood pressure  & pulse rate back to normalTemperature of hands and feet all return to normal
8 hours Remaining nicotine in bloodstream will have reduced by 93.25%
12 hours Blood oxygen level will have increased to normalCarbon monoxide levels will have dropped to normal.
48 hours Sense of smell and taste are beginning to return to normal.
72 hours / Only 3 days Your entire body will test 100% nicotine-freeOver 90% of all nicotine will have passed from your body via your urine.

Breathing is becoming easier and the lungs functional abilities are starting to increase.

And this is only the beginning of how your body returns to health.

So you may be wondering how you can free yourself and become a non smoker?

Initial Consultation: 30 minutes

Here we will explore your reasons for freeing yourself from the cigarette slavery that has trapped you until now. Then we will talk about what you are willing to do to stop and achieve freedom. You will have a task to complete – which I will explain to you – so that you begin to learn more about how you are tricked into not stopping now. We will check how ready you are to listen to suggestions to help you forget so that you really become the freed non-smoker.

The Stop Smoking – Decided to free yourself Session: 2 hours

During this session you will learn about the nicotine trick. You will understand how you can get out from under the control the cigarettes have had over you.

We will do some exercises to so that you change your thinking, a bit like upgrading a computer program because the old one was out of date. So that when we are finished the whole idea of smoking will seem like an old memory of something you used to do but now seems to make no sense at all.

I will give you some techniques so you can stop any cravings almost before they start.

I will teach you how to relax at will so you will feel more comfortable and confident in any setting.

We will address any of the usual questions people ask.

CD

Finally I will give you a CD to take away to listen to for a minimum of 28 days after our session to cement in the change you’ve decided to make.

Booster Session

If you want a booster session of 30 minutes at some later date just book the appointment when you want.

If at the end of this you want to go back to to smoking you can – but chances are once you taste freedom, you’ll never go back to the taste of cigarettes again.

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