Happy 2013! We hope you had a deliciously indulgent (but not too indulgent) holidays and are optimistic about the year ahead. Turning the calendar to 2013 got us thinking about the number 13. It can be a frightful number for some so we thought we take

There are dozens of ways to kick start a new year with greater focus, purpose and enthusiasm for the year ahead.  Spending time to reprioritise, set goals or new year resolutions, plan experiences can - and should - be very liberating and energising. Ho

Have you been feeling a bit "bah humbug!" about Christmas or the festive season? For many people this has become a dreaded time of year. Increasingly the spirit of the season has been taken over by commercialism and competition, but there could be other

You might not realise it, but the ongoing effects of bullying or a painful experience could be influencing how you behave today even if the situation was long-since resolved, or happened decades ago. Because when we react to something in the present, the

If your year didn't turn out as well as you hoped it would, it's time for honest reflection and make time for your personal "year in review". At this time of year many people end up disappointed and perhaps disillusioned as to where it went wrong. But r

We all know how important first impressions are when meeting someone or in a job interview. But have you every realised how much first impressions affect you each and every day. What is your first impression of the day ahead? What do you normally feel t

Do you realise you are leading by example, but is it a good example? During recent workshops, Chris challenged some leaders to really think about what kind of examples they were setting. They were effectively always leading by example, but was it a good

By going without the food, that we all know is bad for us, for a short time both Gina and Paul noticed something very interesting. When they sampled the food they thought they craved before they were able to feel the negative effects much more profoundly.

Every now and again we seem to get less out of the effort we put in. It happens with our health and fitness, in relationships and in careers. Is this natural? Normal? Does it happen more than you like? In this podcast Paul and Chris discuss how to reco

Everyone's experience of how to achieve goals most effectively is going to vary, and be to some degree unique. Given the same mountain to climb, we'd likely all take slightly different paths up, require different amounts of preparation and approach it at