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Author: Frances Masters

How to Harness your Inner Power When you Feel Overwhelmed

How many times have you used the phrase ‘It’s not fair?’ Jill thought she was getting a raw deal from the universe. She’d lost her job and now it looked like her relationship was going down the pan too. ‘I can’t understand it.’ she said, dejectedly. It’s like there’s a big finger pointing at me...

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Having Suicidal Thoughts? This Blog Post Could Save your Life

Paul was a broken man. His eyes were shadowed and tired. He looked pale and gaunt like he hadn’t been eating properly. ‘I feel like ending it all.’ Paul spoke in an unnerving, detached voice. ‘What’s the point in going on? I simply don’t see a future worth living.’ ‘Paul’ I said ‘Can I ask...

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Do you Need to Climb off the Hedonic Treadmill to be Truly Happy?

As a therapeutic life coach, my clients often talk about wanting to be truly happy. For many, it seems, happiness is elusive and transient. For others, the pursuit of happiness can lead them into making real errors of judgement and sheer bad choices. Many clients say ‘if only I could win the lottery, that’s all...

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Achieving Success: Proactive Solutions from the Zebra Spider

Sometimes it feels like the road ahead is so cluttered with obstacles we can’t even see goals we may set for ourselves, let alone achieve them. We’ve all been in situations where deadlines get pushed back, people let us down, or life just gets in the way.  Sometimes it’s just one setback, but often it...

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