Author: Frances Masters
I never intended to get into coaching. The transition for me was organic and happened purely as a response to my clients needs. I can remember the moment I finally crossed the bridge into the world of coaching. It was my client Paul who, without knowing it, led the way and in doing so, opened...
Read MoreMy work in a category A prison was often challenging. Not especially because of the men I was working with, but because, over time, I developed a growing and unsettling realisation that many of them should not be in prison at all, but should rather be receiving treatment for undiagnosed post traumatic stress disorder. The...
Read MoreWhat do you do when your child has an emotional meltdown? It can be an unsettling and uncomfortable experience, especially if it happens in public. A little while ago, my granddaughter, Mollie Moo aged 3, wanted a lolly from the supermarket freezer. She wanted a particular brand of lolly, which I knew they didn’t have....
Read MoreAre you a worrier? Do you toss and turn at night replaying the problems of the day or running horror films in your head about what disasters the future holds? Perhaps your days are full of niggles and ruminations that keep you feeling edgy and ‘wired’? If so, you’re definitely not squeezing all the juice...
Read MoreAre you busy? Perhaps you’ve become known as the ‘Queen of Multitasking’ and wear that badge with the kind of worn out pride? Mornings are spent juggling the needs of others; ferrying the kids to school, off to do some early morning shopping for the elderly parents then in to work where you’re considered indispensable...
Read MoreJust when did your life get so complicated and how did ‘busy’ end up replacing ‘happy’? Is this how you wanted it to be when you started out? Or has your life slowly evolved into an endless to-do list? You tick off ‘achievements’ at the end of every day, but that doesn’t make you feel...
Read MoreGerman born theoretical scientist, Albert Einstein is best known for the world’s most famous equation, E=mc2. He was born in 1879 and died in 1955. His great intellectual achievements and original thinking have made his name synonymous with the word ‘genius’. Einstein said of himself that one of the keys to his intelligence was his...
Read MoreSeventeen year old Amy was what I would call a ‘silent’ client. Her mother had asked me to see her after a difficult experience attending a mental health service. She had been referred when everyone around her got worried about her increasing self- harm and thought she had actually become a danger to herself. But...
Read MoreOne of the deepest, darkest depressions I have ever witnessed was in a young man, aged just 18, who I shall call Gareth. His mother, a very worried woman, had dropped him off for his first session having outlined to me what she felt was the essence of the problem. Gareth’s mental health issues began...
Read MoreAffirmations seem to work better for some people than for others, but why is that? Some swear by the positive impact their affirmations have made on their life and, there can be no doubt that a well placed, affirmation has the ability to ‘re-set’ the brain for positivity. This is because your brain doesn’t know...
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