Are you being assertive in the right way?

March 2, 2020

Another empowering workshop completed.  This time we were sharing the incredible benefits of being assertive in the right way. In this session we gave attendees tools and techniques to enhance their assertiveness.  Using ‘I’ in statements along with naming their feelings in a given situation, be it negative or positive. Using ‘I’ not ‘You’ when starting sentences

Where there is NO WILL, there will be NO WIN!

February 17, 2020

Fed up in your job and looking to do something different?  Got that big business idea which you want to turn into reality? Have you already  started out on your own but it’s not quite working out? Do you have the WILL to WIN? WILL you do the things today that WILL get your career or your

Are you ready for your High Noon?

February 11, 2020

Have you ever seen the film ‘High Noon’ Starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly? In High Noon the former marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) is preparing to leave the small town of Hadleyville, New Mexico, with his new bride, Amy (Grace Kelly), when he learns that local criminal Frank Miller has been set free and

Combating negativity workshop

February 7, 2020

Another week and another successful workshop.  This latest session run for BCHA centred around an individual’s negative beliefs and negative self talk.  Many people suffer from this needlessly with the result being that we become what we think about most of the time.  This half day workshop helped participants to begin to think about approaches

There really is a cure for your workplace stress

January 21, 2020

How are you feeling? How is your morale? Is it low and impacting on your productivity and creativity? Then it’s quite likely that you are suffering from the impact of work place stress. Having worked with a wide range of individuals at many levels of organisations who have dealt with the negative effects of workplace

Managing student exam stress

January 15, 2020

What a great day.  We are just back from working with students at Tregonwell Academy in Bournemouth, helping them manage exam stress. Throughout the day we worked with groups of year 11 students to find the best ways they can prepare for and take their forthcoming mock exams without being stressed. During our workshops we first

If you don’t stand for something you are going to fall for anything

January 8, 2020

This concept is taken from a workshop I recently delivered that focused on boundaries.  One of the attendee’s asked: “Irwin, I am sick and tired of the men I seem to attract in my life and of the subsequent tempestuous relationships that follow.  Why does this keep on happening?”  My response was: “Do you have

Do you treat your car better than you treat yourself?

December 18, 2019

As I’m about to take my car for its annual MOT and service, it occurred to me that it’s around this time of year when we all get bombarded with adverts on TV, radio and billboards as well as those overhead signs on motorways.  All of them reminding us to check our cars to ensure they

10 Top Tips on how to stay emotionally intelligent over the Christmas period

December 11, 2019

Do not try to be happy! This false state of being will just make you feel worse rather than better. Instead try sitting with how you are feeling, don’t do anything to suppress it and you will find the feeling won’t last for long. Have the courage to say no to those invites where you usually

Where there is NO WILL, there will be NO WIN!

November 26, 2019

WILL you do the things today that WILL get you where you want to be tomorrow, next month, next year and the years’ after that? Have you got the right help in place to ensure you get there? Unfortunately, if you haven’t got the WILL you will never WIN. You will never achieve anything of