Emotional Reactions
Dealing with Emotional Reactions Are you someone who ever gets emotionally triggered or reactive when things don’t go your way? Do you then say something you later regret? It can happen to all of us, especially when we are stressed. What can you actually do about it? This might sound obvious, but the first thing […]
Finding Inner Harmony From The Voices in Your Head
Understanding Yourself Are you the same person when you go to the office as when you pick up your child from school? Or when you greet your spouse after you haven’t seen then for a while, as when you go clothes shopping, or meet up with a friend? Are you really the same person? I […]
Difficult People
We’re Probably All Difficult People I can be a difficult person. For some people. Some of the time. Probably, you can be too. Sometimes my energy is strong, or out of proportion. Sometimes I don’t respond in the way that the other person wants or needs. And sometimes people get upset, irritated or annoyed, […]
What Are Your Values
What is so important about knowing your own values? Your values are the things that are important to you in how you want to live your life. If you don’t know what you want, it is almost impossible to achieve it! Being clear on your values can help you makes decisions, big and small. It […]
Managing Your Energy
Managing your energy is at least as important as managing your time. If you are feeling depleted and run down it is hard to feel productive. And that’s no matter how good your time management system is. Time management is also important and should be a key consideration when managing energy. Perhaps, you feel […]
Managing Your Time
The Challenge of Managing Time Do you struggle to follow your own priorities? If you do you are in very good company! From my work with clients, I am stunned by how many of people struggle to set good priorities. Set them and sticking to them. It is all too easy to focus on what’s […]
Nervous System Regulation: Managing Stress and Anxiety
Stress, Anxiety and the Nervous System Stress is healthy! It’s a normal physiological response to a situation that involves change or challenge. The nervous system responds typically with a ‘fight’ or ‘flight’ response. We stand our ground, or we run away. In an ideal world we then go back to a calm state until the […]
Self-Awareness
Self-Awareness – Why is it so important? Self-awareness is at the core of all the programmes at Lead Being You. Throughout our work together you build the capacity to understand yourself. You learn to pay more attention to your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. This helps you understand how you interact in the world. With more […]
Polyvagal Toning
Polyvagal toning is a set of protocols to calm down the vagus nerve and so helps to manage stress. The vagus nerve controls the autonomic nervous system which manages all thE involuntary processes in the body. Things like breathing, digesting, organ function heart rate etc. functions. It also manages stress responses, the fight flight and […]