Limiting Beliefs

In the last post I mentioned the limiting beliefs that can hold us back and prevent us from doing things. We start to form beliefs about ourselves, true or untrue, from the moment we can understand what is going on. We listen to what is being said to us or about us, we watch family members react to things and learn from this, we learn from our peer group at school and from programmes we watch.......all of this going on when we are young and easily influenced. So often the beliefs we hold are untrue and are disempowering, and they can stay with us for many years, if not our whole life. Such a shame if we let an untrue belief affect such a chunk of our life, and prevent us from reaching our true potential!
So what can we do about them? How do we know what they are?
Start with that sentence or word which always pops up in your head, that nagging voice which appears when you are about to step out of your comfort zone. Begin to take notice of what is said and when, and ask yourself if it is true or not. You may be surprised at the inner dialogue which goes on, a dialogue you may be so accustomed to you are unaware of it. What true statement can you replace this with? A sentence which will help to give you the strength and courage to take that step forward, and when the old untrue sentence pops up, just replace it with the new sentence.
Yesterday, I was watching my 18 month old Great Niece when we were out for a walk. Her wellies were a bit too big even with thick socks, yet each time she fell over she just got up and continued on. She would not take anybodies hand or accept the fact that she was rather unsteady on her feet, as far as she believed she could walk and that's what she did. Henry Ford believed that if we think we have the ability to do something then we can do it, and if we think we can't do it then we can't......think about it -Maybe it's time to wave those old beliefs goodbye!

Newsletter

Sent my first newsletter out to people this morning, it took a while to do it, after all when I was going to school there were no computers! The satisfaction of setting up and putting in place my first newsletter campaign was tremendous.
All too often we don't do something beause of fear, in case we might fail. This fear holds us back from attempting so many things, things we could be good at if only we would try. Even if we don't succeed or have to ask for help, so what, the satisfaction of having had the courage to have a go can be worth it. The learning involved is also huge and will help us in many other areas, e.g. conversation.......now I know what HTML is and UNSUB Merge! Last Monday I had heard these terms but that was it.
How many limiting beliefs are holding you back from possibly realising how many things you are good at and enjoy?
On this beautiful Spring day, throw caution to the wind and GO FOR IT! At least think about it.

Nucleus Coaching is moving......

Did you think I had fallen off the face of the earth? No, still here and working away, and still loving every minute of what I do.
I began coaching full-time 2 years ago and set up Nucleus Coaching. Things have been going very well for me and are continuing to do so. I started coaching around Life issues only, and this quickly changed to include Career and Business. Around this time I began looking at the area of Retirement Planning, and put together a 2 Day Retirement Planning workshop which has proved to be very successful.
I will be moving offices mid-March to The Ozone Centre, Quin Road Business Park. Here I will have a larger office where I will be able to work with groups of up to 6. To start I will be running the following courses: 1 Day "How to Cope with Stress", 1 Day Intensive Retirement Planning, 2 Day Redundancy Programme.
You may ask me am I mad in todays environment moving to a larger space? My answer is no. This feels right, I will be able to do what I do well in a more flexible way. I can also offer CV & Interview Preparation, Presentation Skills. None of this will interefere with my Coaching practice, and I still offer 1-1 coaching - Career, Business and Personal.
I hope I see some of you at the new office and if you are interested in anything please give me a call.