Lightbulb Moments | Glows Coaching

Don’t be a Door Mat – Learn to say No

Dear Lindsey Please can you help me? I have a busy job on reception. I love to welcome people and get pleasure from helping people as they step into the building. The thing is that I am feeling very stressed. I always want to please people and sometimes feel hurt when they don’t...

The Feedback Sandwich

The Feedback Sandwich… does it really work? What is the effect on you when you hear someone give you praise and then criticise you and finish it off with some gilb positive comment? How authentic does it sound? What are your thoughts about this? (A Feedback sandwich is where criticism...

5 Top Tips for a Merry Christmas

Christmas can be a frantic time, there is so much to do – cards to write, presents to buy and wrap, events to attend, food to cook and the list goes on and on. So some top tips for a Merry Christmas are shared with you, as Christmas doesn’t need to be stressful. It is...

Comfort Zone – how big is yours?

Stretched Your Comfort Zone Recently? Our comfort zone can be a nice, safe and familiar place however when we stay in our comfort zone, it holds back our own development & growth. It doesn’t allow us to enjoy new experiences, we don’t achieve our full potential and we...

Weather or Not…Make it Your Choice!

Wouldn’t it be lovely to have your choice of weather. Us Brits love talking about the weather don’t we. And it’s no wonder – it seems like it’s different every day. This week we have had huge storms – 100 mph winds in the south; torrential rain – there’s huge puddles...

Overcome shyness: Why Shyness is NOT for life!

Even the best of people can be Shy. As Sir Richard Branson says “I have always been naturally shy” and many people that I have worked with have said the same.. When I question them (unfortunately I haven’t been able to question Sir Branson) my clients have said that...

Not Good Enough?

Does this Affect Your Confidence Level? Are you good enough at thinking of the negatives about yourself and concentrating on these instead of concentrating on your strengths? Perhaps you even try and convince others so that if they say you’re not good enough – at least you’ll...

ART of Conversation

…And Enjoy Social Occasions Do you dread going to work or social functions where you have to speak to people you don’t know? Do you suffer from being shy? Do you want the ground to swallow you up? Do you want to blend into the background? Does your mind go blank and...

The Cost of Lack of Confidence

A few times each month I attend networks – meeting other business people where we share news, promote our businesses and support one another. I thoroughly enjoy these networks and over the years I have made many great friends and it’s been wonderful working with many...

Having a bad day?

…. 7 Tips to Brighten up a Bad Day… Do you find yourself sometimes saying “I’m having a bad day”? Everything seems to go wrong. You start off as if you’ve got out of the wrong side of the bed and everything goes from bad to worse. What can you...