Giving you the information, techniques, tips, and tools to enable you to become a great counsellor. This podcast is aimed at those studying counselling or wanting to study to be a counsellor in the future. The podcast is packed with practical tips to help you navigate the counselling training journey.
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Here are the three key topics discussed at a recent leadership coaching session. Some or all of it may apply to you, so give it a watch and let me know what you think. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings with those that need to …
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I wanted to share with you how I got through - or more accurately, getting through - my comfort zone. Whilst it may not be a step by step guide, I talk about how I helped myself break through and get uncomfortable. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly…
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After being labelled as 'controlling', I took a moment to see whether this was accurate. What I noticed that rather than being controlling my responses were far more to do with setting boundaries. In this episode I explore both sides. Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment…
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I really invite you to try my suggestion in this episode. It can be one of the most empowering mindset shifts. especially when you're finding someone's behaviour difficult or challenging. Please watch it and try my suggestion and just notice if you experience any change. Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please …
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Getting back into climbing has brought up interesting feelings. There's a nervousness of trying something new and unknown, but as I exlpain I no longer what to let fear, apprehension or worry make my decisions for me. Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantl…
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If we can believe that someday we can look back and laugh about a current challenge, then why not do it now? Why wait. Sometimes by accessing our future selves we can accelerate our healing in the present. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share y…
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I’m trying to focus my mind on the up coming months and the demands of childcare particularly over the summer holidays. In this episode I wanted to share my approach when trying to juggle our responsibilities and demands. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More impo…
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Being told to just 'let it go' can feel really difficult. The attempt to let go can create more pain and anxiety. The alternative that I've found helpful is less about letting go but more about 'letting in' the feelings. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More impor…
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Back in April 2019 I began counselling. Unsure how long it'd last I wanted to document the journey and made short videos at the end of each session and posted them to Instagram. An important reason was to help give a little insight into the counselling process or at least my journey. There were 6 sessions in total before the therapy was completed. …
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In the light of recent conversations I wanted to revisit the topic of failure. But more specifically in the importance of it, and how as parents we can over-protect our children which can result in their inability to deal with and handle problems. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and dr…
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I wanted to share with something both entertaining and informative. It's about one of the key principals used in both coaching and counselling. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings with those that need to hear it. Your comments m…
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Here I talk about my day and but also share growing insights into the mind body connection and how our roles, responsibilities effect our overall health and wellbeing. Inspired by Gabor Mate's work, I share some recent client feedback that demonstrates just that. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscr…
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We can often forget to remember how far we've come on our journey, so this was my reminder to myself to do just that. Plus how my first morning of waking at 5am has gone. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings with those that need …
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So after a few weeks I finally got round to putting a video together just explaining what I've been up to over the last few months and share some interesting books I've been reading :) — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings with th…
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In this episode I share my journey regarding shame, vulnerability and openness. While I have been gradually increasing my vulnerability, it wasn’t until my lack of openness rocked my relationship did I fully realise how much farther I had to go. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop…
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It’s not uncommon for us at one time or another to feel that we are helpless and have no influence or control in a situation. In this episode I explain what we can do to create some control and feel more empowered. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly…
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After having a brief dream, I wanted to share what it meant for me but also perhaps there’s something that can be useful for all of us, especially when we are taken on a different path. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings with t…
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I wanted to invite you to consider that rather than think of the mind and the body operating seperately, to see that it is one complete system working in unison. There is no mind and body, but mindbody. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your…
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It’s surprising how quickly we’re able and willing to give compliments to other people. We are quick to support and lift other’s up, yet we struggle to recognise what makes us special, or even just giving ourselves simple compliments. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comme…
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I wanted to share an alternative method in coping with challenging or overpowering emotions - especially ones that we can’t explain what they mEAN. So for example you may wake feeling anxious or worried but with no real reason why, this technique may the one that helps you resolve the emotions that come out of nowhere. — Thank you for your time and…
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In this episode I wanted to share how the 5 minute speech challenge went. And some powerful relationship advice that I think is priceless; particularly important when dealing with arguments. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings w…
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When we are faced with resistance a useful approach is to see how we can map their current world into the desired world. And in this episode I explain how this can be achieved with students who are disengaged from their studies. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. Mo…
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We often tell ourselves that there’s something wrong with us; or worse still that someone says there’s something wrong with us. But I believe we’re not broken and we don’t need to be fixed but allowed instead to find our way back to what we know. This is at the heart of person centred therapy. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you c…
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Overwhelm causes inaction and affects our ability to resolve problems. But there is a solution, a way through that can help reduce the anxiety, stress and worry that overwhelm can create. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings with…
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In this episode I wanted to debunk the idea that we can ‘make’ someone feel a certain way. That the phrases, ‘she made me angry’ or ‘He made be happy’ are disempowering. I then explain how these beliefs can affect our identity and hinder us committing to final change. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please s…
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There are few things more difficult than resolving hostile negotiations, and perhaps at the top of the pile is separation and divorce negotiations. In this episode I explain my current challenging negotiation and how it’s creating positive results. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and d…
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I wanted to draw your attention to those feelings, emotions and responses that have been created in the past but come racing into our present when certain triggers are present. In particular about how to deal with those past feelings so that they don’t invade our lives and take control of our decisions. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wher…
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Back with reflections on my week long pause, the benefits, the necessity and a new observation on documenting over creating. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings with those that need to hear it. Your comments mean the world to me…
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I wanted to explain in more detail a quote I put out on Instagram, particularly as it’s one that’s worth better understanding. And, essentially, it’s about how we construct limiting beliefs. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings w…
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My talks are usually an hour long so when I was asked to give a 5 minute talk, I was stumped to what I could offer. In this episode I share the challenge of what to focus on and how I came up with an answer. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share…
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It’s amazing how tricky it is to do a vlog when you can’t specifically see any value in what you’re offering, nevertheless this is very much what today’s episode is about. Keeping it real, speaking my truth and being authentic. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. Mor…
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Sometimes our desires to share our knowledge and experience can override what, in reality, the other person actually needs. This is my from my personal experience and maybe it’s a useful reminder for you. Let me know in the comments. Enjoy ❤️ — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me…
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This is a brief reminder that we need to have our healing, our rest time and the benefit of actually setting time aside to do just that. We can often feel that we can’t stop because so many things need to happen, but scheduling our downtime is vital as a healthy mind practise. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content…
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Self-awareness is going to be your key to follow through on whatever dreams and goals you may have. The best plans that you can read about will only be best achieved if they relate to your strategy to how you do things. The way to establish this is by being honest with yourself and understanding what works best for you. — Thank you for your time an…
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We can get wrapped up in situations and asking ourselves lots of questions that never really seem to help us arrive to a conclusion. So in this episode `i invite you to make life a little easier and ask yourself simpler, more binary questions. It’s my belief that this will help you move forward quicker and reduce looking back. — Thank you for your …
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This story from my past has been buzzing around my head for the last few days and I'm not too sure why, but I thought I'd share it as it's something I've not mentioned before about following what your mind and body needs. About following those signals you hear inside you. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content plea…
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I forgot to mention that I’d committed to go through the whole of January without drinking alcohol, so this episode describes why I did it, what benefits I got and then what happened next. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings wit…
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I remember when both setting up expectations and assumptions gave me reason to create frustration and anger. But it was through one simple reframe of my thinking that literally transformed my mindset in seconds. This video explains how. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a com…
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I just wanted to share with you that I very much live and breath my ethos and ideas. And in this episode I share how personally being resilient and having the mindset that failure is fundamental to happiness. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, shar…
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I wanted to share the first book I read that really opened my eyes to not only the idea but the techniques to create real long term change. It was pivotal in breaking my fixed thinking and began a journey in self-awareness and self-help. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a co…
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I wanted to share an insight in how I manage, deal and resolve challenges, particularly the ones that are out of control. Because in these situaitons there is only one thing we can control, and that is our responses. Enjoy! — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More im…
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We can create massive limiting and disempowering beliefs when we put the cards of our life in someone else's hand. Because we create these blocks to creatively find solutions and knee-jerk response into making it the fault of other people, individual or situation. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subsc…
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I wanted to explore and share the importance of noticing not just others but our own patterns of behaviour. How often do we see ourselves continuing old, limiting patterns, despite our best intentions. In this episode I wanted to highlight this and look to underline that we mustn’t take lightly or ignore these patterns. — Thank you for your time an…
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I was blindsided by my 9 year old the other day when he asked about trust, and specifically what he had to do to rebuild it. Here are my thoughts and ideas I gave him. I hope you get some value from it too. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share …
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Who hasn't found themselves over thinking and falling down the rabbit hole that leads to over-analysising and ultimately zero action? It's more common than we realise and in this episode I wanted to share one way to overcome it. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. Mo…
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It's too easy to keep on telling ourselves the same old story of how it can't be done or that is impossible. So what happens when we run out of excuses? We are compelled to take some form of action towards our goal. So with that being said. Knowing that you'll have no more excuses left eventually, why not shorten the process and just start today? ❤…
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This is a common issue that many people face and so I wanted to offer one successful way to reduce that feeling and not let it bother you any more. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings with those that need to hear it. Your commen…
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This is not a one-size fits all, it's a general idea that has proven benefits over the years, and it's one I really want to share with you. One of the best ways to shine a light on a dark space is to simply 'give'. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly…
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This is a practical guide on how you're going to manage, cope and resolve your anxiety or anxieties. Going from calming the mind all the way to see you take valuable and genuine action. — Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings with t…
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Sometimes to commit to doing that thing you've been putting off requires changing the meaning you're giving it. Sometimes we need to see it through a different lens to finally see you act. Thank you for your time and attention. Wherever you consume my content please subscribe, like and drop me a comment. More importantly, share your learnings with …
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