Being able to enjoy what we do at work and at play, whilst keeping everyday stress and pressure at bay, is important if you want to achieve balance and success in your life. Here are some creative tips, enterprising ideas and interesting suggestions that will help motivate you into creating a more harmonious lifestyle.
You will probably have seen TV shows where people have been able to remember vast lists of numbers and recite them back accurately. This skill is one which has been developed and practised over many years and whilst the vast majority of us would have no real need to hone …
None of us can truly say that we enjoy conflict. However not only is it often necessary in order to resolve an issue and for people to move on but, as individuals with many different beliefs, values, experiences alongside cultural and religious backgrounds, perhaps we should not be too surprised …
From the moment we are born to the moment we die we never stop learning. Whilst we may not always ‘learn’ in the context of a formal classroom setting, or even though we may not be aware that we are consciously learning new things, every experience we have will teach …
As much as we’d all like to sail through life peacefully with never a cross word said by us or to us we all know that this is impossible. Even the happiest of relationships, be they personal or professional, experience conflict or disagreement from time to time and, managed correctly, …
We are all the products of our own individual upbringing and experiences so it is completely natural that we will all have differences in opinions on a wide range of issues. The world would be a very dull place if we were all the same and it’s the incredible diversity …
Many people who experience stress and emotional difficulties often find it difficult to move on and to break their patterns of behaviour because they’re simply not prepared to ‘de-clutter’ their lives and just as cramming things into a bin until it overflows, if you don’t remove the clutter, in the …
We will all experience stress to a certain degree in our day-to-day lives. It could be as a result of a personal setback e.g. a relationship breakdown or a bereavement, a health issue, maybe losing a job or it may be due to other pressures at work. In fact, stress …
Sometimes when we pick up a newspaper or see the news on television, it seems as though the world is filled with doom and gloom and, even in our own hectic lives, it would be foolish to think that we could feel happy every moment of our waking lives. But …
The importance of good communication skills cannot be overstated. Communication is key to any relationship whether at work or in your personal life. Equipping yourself with strong communication skills is one of the most valuable things you can do for yourself, and can vastly enrich social interaction. Working on improving …
Good listeners are surprisingly rare. Hearing people and properly listening to them are two separate processes and unfortunately, the two don’t coincide particularly often. The key ingredient of good listening is the providing of support. That is not to say that the listener agrees unconditionally with everything that the speaker …