Self Leadership Coaching Blog

(first published May 2005 as part of Self Leadership International’s monthly newsletter)

Self-esteem podcast

How’s your self-esteem today?

Are you feeling super-good about yourself?

Or do you feel like yesterday’s take-out food that has been left out in the rain?

Have you been judging or criticising yourself? Or have you been considering yourself less ‘worthy’ than someone else?

If you are not feeling super-good about yourself right now, or you know someone suffering from low self-esteem, then read on and discover the keys to building a healthy self-esteem. Continue Reading »

It’s the day after Christmas and many are nursing sore heads and swollen stomachs whilst clearing away the debris of the day.

Later there may be further indigestion as we receive credit card bills that reflect our genorisity to ourselves and others.

Whether we are happy or sad this boxing day morning depends not on the quality of the presents or the size of the hangover but on the quality of the relationships we enjoy. Continue Reading »

In coaching and NLP there is a presupposition (principle) that states, “behind every behaviour is a positive intention.”

What this principle enables the coach to do is to track back from a behaviour to the frames of mind (mental map) that generated it. By labeling the intention as ‘positive’ we do not make our client wrong and are therefore able to build rapport and leverage change. Continue Reading »