If you want to accomplish your greatest aspirations and live the life you really want, work through the following exercises so you can achieve greater confidence in yourself and your capabilities.

A Reminder

Begin by listing all your achievements to date. Don’t be modest; try to remember everything you have done that has made you feel proud. Now consider how you achieved each of these wonderful things and how they made you feel. What skills and competencies did you draw on and what made you pursue these goals? Consider how this list makes you feel so you can believe in your...

At one point or another in our lives, we all question whether or not we are good enough, capable enough, skilled enough, rich enough and successful enough! Sometimes these feelings can become overwhelming, which is when self-doubt really takes hold and begins to negatively impact on your actions and ability to enjoy a happy life. When this happens, it is easy to make decisions based on the influences of others, which can be equally damaging. To feel fulfilled, it is important to do what you want and wholly believe in your personal choices so you can achieve your own goals and much more.

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Courage helps you to grow. It enables you to stand up to your doubts and fears so you can achieve your goals and realise your tremendous capabilities. Being courageous gives you the impetus to go out there and succeed; you will feel more confident, in control, passionate and optimistic about creating the life you want and deserve!

Courage plays a huge part of our ‘mother bear’ make up. Your drive to support your child, no matter what, is born out of your ability to be courageous. It’s the one emotion on which you can rely to get through life’s most challenging...

In my latest edition of Empower (subscribe here), I discussed the three core obstacles that have revealed themselves to mums time and again during the hundreds of coaching sessions I have facilitated over the last nine years. As mentioned in that newsletter, it may surprise you to learn that these obstacles are in no way related to energy, time or money. I refer to them as the 3 Cs and I can help you to successfully overcome them all, supporting you to achieve your dreams and so much more! This month, I am focusing on the first of the 3 Cs, which is courage. Being courageous is directly...

Throughout September, I have been focusing on the dreams and aspirations mums visualise during the calm of a family break. Often these thoughts for the future end up by the wayside when ‘normality’ resumes. Yet you can change this and create a new reality for you and your family that reflects the lifestyle you truly want and deserve.

To do so, you can start by taking your ‘dream’ and turn it into a ‘goal’. A simple change of mind-set is incredibly powerful and can change your life! With a goal, you can create a plan of action and begin to enjoy the...

The summer holiday can be tricky for mums, with the typical challenge of balancing work and childcare consuming much of your time! Yet the family holiday can offer sporadic moments of calm during which you can truly reflect on your lifestyle and consider whether it is what you want for you and your family. The trouble comes when you return to your normal routine and get little time to continue exploring ways to create a happier, more fulfilled life.

With a bit of careful consideration and planning, you can achieve those holiday dreams. It’s about taking action! In order to achieve...

If you’re struggling to keep everything on the right track, you can regain control of your life by deciding what you need to do each day. By creating a schedule to follow, you can ensure your time is well spent doing things that give you a sense of satisfaction and wellbeing. Taking this proactive approach will bring balance to your life and the motivation you need to reclaim your valuable time.

Create your schedule at the start of every week. This is a great activity to do as a family on a Sunday afternoon, as you can all gain an understanding of what’s on during the week...

When you truly reflect on your day, which tasks do you resent most that stole your much-valued time? Was it the latest Carpool Karaoke clip from James Corden, which to be fair was very funny, or could it have been the meeting you travelled twenty minutes to attend only to find it cancelled at last minute? One of these distractions and time wasters could have definitely been avoided! We should all be able to enjoy our lives and comical YouTube clips certainly make us laugh. However, when these persistent time wasters encroach on your ability to manage your time effectively, you can become...

We all have values. They are our fundamental beliefs and the rules we live by in our daily lives. In my last blog, I encouraged you to recognise and prioritise your values and what they mean to you. Now it’s time to look at how you can use these values to help you make better choices and decisions.

Live By Your Beliefs
By now, having identified your values, you will now have begun to understand more about them, what they mean to you and how they impact in all sorts of ways on your life. You will live your most fulfilled and happiest life when you are living congruently with your...

Being able to define your core personal values is important, as they go a long way to making up who you are and what you believe to be right. Knowing your values and your true worth can help to build your self-belief and confidence. Even if in your mind you know you’re a confident and strong person, other people must see it as well to be aware of it. Identifying your core values and playing to your strengths will help you deal with whatever life throws at you in your family life and elsewhere.

Your personal core values are the principals, beliefs and attitudes that guide and reinforce...