Life Coaching Tips

Below are a few of my favourite life coaching tips I use in practice that will help you take back control of your life.  As a life coach dealing with relationships, self esteem issues and goal setting,  I often get asked what are my top ten life coaching tips.

I hope you will find them useful and remember when looking for the best life coach trust your intuition.  Its there for a reason.

1. We often focus on our cup being "half empty" rather than "half full". When you are in a place of gratitude you are more than like to have more good things come your way. Make a list of all the things you have in your life that you are happy and thankful for even down to little things like being able to afford to feed your family. Make the list as long as possible.

2. What thoughts are your holding. Remember that the more your focus on negative thoughts the more you are likely to attract. Saying NO to something has the same energy as saying yes to it. Rather than focus on something you do not want. Focus on the things you do want and become a vibration for those things.

3. Be brave and daring. Trying doing something you have always been afraid of doing. Face your fear! Take bold steps and do something each day that you would not normally do that might take you out of your comfort zone.  Even if it seems silly to others.  The more you step out of your comfort zone the more you can achieve.

4. My favourite saying is from a book by Eckhart Tolle. When faced with huge challenges rather than getting yourself all upset and focussing on what might go wrong. Take a deep breath and say to yourself "is that so" It might seem a bit blaze especially if its something really serious like your child is ill in hospital, (which recently happened to me). But it takes all the energy out of the situation and allows you to focus on being positive rather than worrying about "what might happen"

5. When you hear yourself talking negatively. STOP. Imagine a switch inside your brain. Whenever you are feeling a negative thought or emotion you are likely to promote more and more negative thoughts. The minute you change you thoughts your energy shifts. Ask yourself is there a single benefit in continuing this thought pattern ? You have a choice and therefore in that moment reach for the "best" thought you possibly can in that moment that makes you feel better. It can be anything and it does not have to do with anything that you were thinking about before.

6. Remember what you give out is what you receive back. We aware of what thoughts and feelings your are sending out to others. If you are constantly criticising others and having bad thoughts about people it is more than likely that those bad thoughts are going to be returned to you. I am not suggesting you have to like everyone but finding something nice about someone even just a small thing will help raise your vibrations in yourself and make you feel more positive.

7. Find what's important to you. Is it money, love or career. When you think about it most people just want to be happy. If you focus on being happy in this moment you will find that the answers to the other questions drop away because after all being happy wouldn't really mean not having a loving relationship or being poor or ill. By focussing on the end result i.e. being happy rather than worrying about how we get there it makes the journey far more interesting and easy.

8. Remember always that making mistakes is all part of evolving as a person both emotionally and spiritually. If we don't fail at something it doesn't give us the opportunity to grow as a person and find out what we really want. I see all my past failures as a gift that taught me who I was and not who I wasn't.

9. Remember the past is over! This is really important. We do not have the future right now. We can wish for it hope for it. All we have right now is the present moment. Try to remain in the present moment whenever you can. It does not mean sitting on your backside doing nothing but it it means being appreciative of the what you have right now in this moment.

10. We tend to be very critical of ourselves, beating ourselves up for all the things we haven't done at the end of the day and the mistakes we have made. We are often our own worst critic.  Instead, at the end of the day make a list of all the things you have achieved rather than all those things you have not. You will be surprised at how much you have achieved. You can of course set realistic goals for yourself but by focussing on what you have achieved rather than what you haven't it gives you a sense of balance.

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