Fear of judgement is unfortunately one of those things we all have to deal with from time to time. The thought of being judged negatively as a result of our actions often stops us in our tracks, makes us think twice about what we’re about to do and sometimes stop us taking action altogether. Social …
There are two different ways that we can communicate – internally (with ourselves) and externally (with others). Internal Communication Our internal communication is about how we talk to ourselves – the goals we set, the things we tell ourselves are true – our beliefs and affirmations. If we communicate with ourselves internally, tell ourselves negative …
There are 3 things you need to improve your confidence: 1. Self-Awareness (Awareness) Self-awareness is all about knowing the things you fear and what you do to avoid feeling that fear. Let’s say you have a fear of social situations – you might avoid going to social events. And what happens when you have an …
Confidence is something we have when we have trust or belief that things will turn out favourably for us, or if they don’t we’ll be able to handle it. When we’re low on confidence, the fear of loss or not being able handle a unfavourable situation often makes us avoid taking action all together. Ultimately …
Fear avoidance…what it is? It’s what happens when we fear something, then avoid it. We can fear physical things like heights. We can fear emotional or social things like having difficult conversations. And we can fear intellectual things like hard work. Fear is a mechanism that’s designed to keep us safe but often the things …
In my 18 years experience as a martial artist, confidence is something I’ve definitely come into contact with and learned a lot about. I haven’t always been confident and it was only when I started martial arts in my early twenties that I started learning about confidence. What I learned was that it’s really about …
Mindfulness is on-trend at the moment and can be a great tool to help us deal with stress. Summed up, mindfulness is basically the practice of becoming more present and aware of our body, mind and emotions. There’s a lot of information out there about mindfulness and ‘selfcare’ but beware – reading inspirational quotes on …
Taking action towards our biggest goals is not always easy. We often have things in our mind that we want to achieve but when it comes to taking action and moving towards our biggest goals it’s not always easy to get going. This usually comes down to fear – the fear of judgement, fear of …
When I’m working with someone as coach and helping them move towards a goal, one of the principles I use comes straight from my martial arts teaching, and that’s the principle of ‘Time & Effort’. Once through the initial consultation where goals are set and the strategy is laid out, the client’s usually really motivated and …
Bruce Lee famously said ‘Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.’ A nice quote, and quite apt for the personal development community. Personal development is popular area, and there’s a metric tonne of self-help and self-care videos, podcasts and books to consume, but information isn’t enough to solve …
