If you want to be respected by others in your world while also ensuring that you maintain good relationships, it is important to send a clear message both to yourself (your unconscious mind) and to others. This concept is simple in theory; although the behaviour is not universally adopted, set boundaries regarding what you are willing to accept and what you find to be unacceptable.
Read moreBoundaries and the Power of Saying No
Do you feel that people take advantage of your generous nature? Do you find that sometimes people don’t respect your decisions or you find it difficult to say no to some people?
To ensure that relationships are mutually supportive, caring and overall respectful, clear personal boundaries are essential. Every social interaction essentially consists of some form of compromise and negotiation at a fundamental level. Communication and negotiation are the cornerstones of living in society. As humans, we have a deep desire to have strong interpersonal connections with others. It has been medically proven that the absence of a connection with other people can result in both physical and mental health issues.
Read moreA State of Lack
A client recently asked me a question about motivation and weight loss. He had been following a destructive pattern, one that I had followed in the past along with many other highly accomplished individuals that I met and worked with over the years. I provided some advice and perspective that significantly assisted him with pattern recognition and in turn, helped to create a new pattern.
Read moreDisempowering Dynamics at Play - Matthew Tweedie
In my own personal experience, I found that I stepped into the physiological/ psychological feedback loop when I was particularly exhausted from hard training session. This would become more apparent to me when I had had a break from training and my fitness was not at a comparable level to that of my training partners (or at least that was my belief). Now it stands to reason that if I was less physically fit, that my training partner would get the better of me, right?
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