Helping you to be your best
This question regularly comes up. It might feel as if you are being put on the spot with this one and it can initially feel rather awkward to respond to, but with careful forethought this question provides the perfect platform from which you can reassure your interviewers that you are the perfect answer to their […]
I regularly remind students preparing for first interviews, that these occasions are just conversations (with purpose and a certain formality) through which the interviewer can get to know them beyond the paperwork. Already they have read your CV and covering letter, but it is through meeting you in person (or via Zoom) that depth […]
Three weeks ago, James Shone (I Can and I Am) focused his Blog around the term VALIDATION. I have been thinking about the impact of being ‘validated’ means for all of us and especially for our young. Can you imagine how you would go about your every day life, knowing that you were valued, […]
Walking, especially with friends, is wonderfully enriching and certainly makes me happy!
Anxious thoughts can take over and I am learning new ways of moving through them. Moving, taking tiny action steps, talking to myself rationally, and using breath to calm me are some of the tools that I use. What about for you? What helps you?
I am the perfect example of somebody who regularly thinks about how I would like to do certain things differently (including procrastination and self doubt) – and then all far too easily revert to the patterns of life that are so familiar and easy (even if unhelpful). In those moments I do wonder whether […]
You are so able to adopt new habits that are really great one’s! Just keep pushing on. You’ve got this …
It has been raining relentlessly, but I needed a quick walk to freshen up and ‘exit’ out of the very discouraging chit chat going on in my mind. My heart soared as I delighted in these bluebells! And I returned to my desk buoyed up!
Challenge your assumptions and ‘you be you’!
Despite it being the month of May, today has been a day of ‘April showers’: warm sunshine, dark clouds, winds and then utter stillness. Not unlike our thoughts I think! Currently there is a bit of a common denominator with a group of students that I am meeting with and it is in all […]
