The Easiest Way To Stop Being Perfect And Start Being Good Enough

I was talking to a client this week about her ‘perfect’ expectations of herself and others. As we explored her pefectionism more, she recognised how this mindset was stressing and draining her. The realisation that she could stop being perfect and instead aim for good enough or excellence lifted the weight of pressure that her…

New Year Same You?

The tradition of making new year resolutions has a well documented history. For example the Babylonians made promises at the start of the year to their gods to pay their debts and return borrowed items.   Today 40 to 50% of us still make them. What I find interesting is that any new resolutions made at…

What’s Your Communication Style? – Aggressive Anna, Doormat Dawn or Manipulative Mary?

  When a client says “I need help with being more assertive” I’m always interested to find out about their current communication style.   Because what I’ve found is that we generally fall into one of four different communication behaviours.   I’ve given each communication style a descriptive name – which one/s do you resonate with?…