Searching For Inspiration?
Lack of inspiration keeping You awake At Night ? Are you flat ? A new start to the year and you feel you ‘should’ feel inspired. But last year has...
Sleeplessness and Ingratitude
Ungratefulness Preventing Sleep At Night Are you lacking gratitude? It’s those moments of annoyance that can keep us awake at night Sometimes we...
Helping People Sleep At Night
Helping HR Professionals, Leaders and Neurodivergents Sleep At Night Besieged by late hours? You starting work earlier and finishing later?...
The Art of Juggling
The art of juggling. Constantly chasing your tail? Getting confused with what needs attention? Which means your attention wanders. Which means you...
Recognising Accomplishment
Want to Feel Accomplished? Crushed under the weight of the need to improve? It’s easy to get to the point where we can’t see anything we do is...
Living the Life You Want To Live
Living the Life You Want To Live Ever get that nagging feeling there’s another version of yourself in a different life having a much better time of...
Surviving Toxic Conversations
So yesterday I had this situation. It's increasingly familiar. I was networking and inviting a connection into a conversation about getting to know...
Trying to Keep Everyone Happy
Ever counted the number of people you speak to in any single day? It’s easy to get lost when we have so many people to answer to. Which means we...
To Do Lists: How To Spot Their Control
How many times do you adjust your ‘to do’ lists? We constantly rely on days of ‘action’ to feel like we are getting somewhere. The expectation we...
Signs You Don’t Feel Safe On Your Phone
Lots of us get easily caught up in the world wind of argument very easily. Nowhere does this happen more than on line. People talk about needing...
Compassion In Difficult World Times
One of the most unreasonable things I’ve been asked was during the 25 years I spent as a wellbeing practitioner. No matter how ill I got, no matter...
Suzie – Bringing Compassion to Painful Situations
Suzie came to coaching feeling intrigued and needing support, wanting an experience of transformation for her next steps. She heard about coaching...
Success: Keeping It Simple
I’ve been thinking about success recently as I want to challenge my belief system. In particular I’m interested in what constitutes success on a...
Would You Like To… Live By Your Values?
We love to follow rules, don’t we? Our whole lives – societal, professional…We are constantly having to think about what sits well and what doesn’t....
Chris: Freeing the Past
Chris came to coaching with the intention of identifying and improving difficult areas of his life. He knew the issues he wanted to tackle. Firstly,...
Moral Purpose Online…and Off
I belong to a private social group for dog owners. Recently there was a video posted about the cutest pooch you’ve ever seen. Members became...
Wellbeing: Where Are We Now – A Personal Reflection
Mental health is high on people’s agenda again and I have questions! When it comes to positive wellbeing maybe it’s time for a shake-up. It worries...
Toxicity and Finding Your Voice. A Timely Call for Compassion
“If you don’t agree with the strategy, how would YOU do it ?” I used to hear those words at work all the time. Aimed to make me feel like I had no...
What do I do with my dog after lockdown? Personal reflection about work, uncertainty and the pandemic.
For years I wanted a dog but was always working in schools. After my health collapsed I became virtually housebound however, and I reviewed the...
Belief – Oliver
Oliver came to coaching hoping to increase his self-belief and to find more meaning in life. He was already happy with much he did- working out,...
3 Top Tips for Being Respectful
The experience of the last year has encouraged us to think in terms of ‘us’ and ‘them’ and absolutes of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. We often switch to this...
Would You Like to…Take Responsibility?
As humans we like to complicate things. We put a system in place and when it doesn’t work, we put another system in place, as if by constantly...
Success In Uncertain Times
As restrictions for lockdown ease I’m finding myself asking what success might look like in 2021. I am wondering what would happen if I widened the...
3 Top Tips For Showing Up Strong (Potent)
As lockdown eases for the moment, and we’re released a little ‘into the wild’ it’s good to think about how we’re going to get our ‘strength on’. By...
Would You Like…. Clearer Outcomes?
We are currently emerging from COVID enforced cocoons. Uncertainty is very much the headline. But not all cultures see uncertainty as a negative....
Neurodiverse Feelings: Bruce
Bruce came to coaching because he wanted to manage his emotions and get some new tools to help with song writing. He told me he was a person with...
Would You Like To….Ask For Help?
The last year we have been forced into moments of isolation. We have become more caught up in our own heads. In this state it is harder to reach...
Going The Extra Mile
We are currently being asked by life circumstances to tap into inner reserves and keep going. We are truly having to ‘go the extra mile.’ Every day....
What would YOU do then?
“If you don’t agree, how would YOU do it …?” In rigid institutions I have worked, I remember the words “How would YOU do it?” being used as an...
3 Tips For Keeping Feet On The Ground
In times when there is less to celebrate it becomes important to keep our feet planted firmly on the ground. Through the act of remaining grounded...
Would You Like To…Improve Confidence?
The last year we have seen that when we are confined, we can become more aware of our thoughts. Our inner critic, the gremlin that pays us a visit...
Emotional Strengthening: Miles
When I met Miles he was in a long term relationship and working in a high powered job. He described times he experienced overwhelming emotions that...
How You Digging Yourself Out of this?
Today I wanted to share recent feedback I received from a client (with their permission obviously). I was having a low day when it arrived. My...
Personal Reflection: Rising Up from Toxicity
Anxiety. Anxiety and fear. Anxiety, fear and a constant belief in failure. I am not paraphrasing Monty Python’s’ Life of Brian,’ I am describing...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: T is for Trauma
Many of us carry the effects of trauma in our lives. In the course of the last twelve months the number of us effected has increased due to the...
Give Away Top Tips: 3 Steps to Increase Happiness
In times when there is less to celebrate it becomes important to engage with happiness. Although this is one emotion of many and is not the answer...
Be More Available But Choose What You Do Wisely
The Issue With Time “Not enough time,” is a mantra I hear myself mutter as if there are not 86400 seconds in a day. In addition the rolling tide of...
Finding A New Career: My Story
Finding a New Career: Myself I became a Transformational Coach at a crossroads moment in my life. My health was compromised, I was living with...
Personal Reflection on Worth
There is a patch of lounge carpet worn through. It’s directly underneath my feet. Every morning I am here, aiding my leg muscles to unclench. I have...
Occupational Health: A Personal Reflection
I have had three dealings with occupational health. The first was after a disc bulged in my neck as a young man. I had to pay at visit to an office...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: L is for Left Brain
Left Brain controls the data collection, structural and forensic investigation parts of our thinking. These are incredibly strong skills that help...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: M is for Misogyny
Misogyny is an outward or covert display of hatred aimed at a single, group or community of women. In education there is a long history of outward...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: N is for Narrative
Narrative is the way we put together an incident, using facts or observations to construct a story. Putting a narrative together from what we...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: N is for Neuroplasticity (Two of Three Sub Themed Pieces)
Neuroplasticity is the ability to forge new brain pathways and to bring them to the fore as well as let older ones, not serving us well, rest. When...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: D is for Discussion
Discussion ‘the action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas.’ ‘a conversation or debate about a...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: D is for Doubt
‘A feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction’ Currently our education staff are working in this doubt filled state, in schools, on a day to day...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: E is for Emoting
Emoting is the act of emotional expression shown through word or action as communicated to other(s). In education there is no way to decontextualise...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: E is for Emotional Intelligence/Literacy
Emotional Intelligence/Literacy Emotional Intelligence can be defined as the ability to recognise and understand one’s own feelings. Emotional...
A-Z of Ethical Communication: F is for Flow
Flow is when people in the education setting have a shared sense of purpose, understanding as well as a creative, reflective and confident view of...
A-Z Ethical Communication in Eduction: A is for Appreciation
Appreciation is the ability to celebrate the achievements or qualities of another without judgment or duplicity. In some cases this appreciation...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: A is for Active Listening
Active listening is a vital technique involving listening closely in order to understand what is being said rather than thinking about the response...
A-Z of Ethical Communication in Education: A is for Acronym
A is for Acronym ‘an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word’ The use of acronyms in our everyday life...
A-Z Ethical Communication in Education: B is for Behaviour
Behaviour is the way we conduct ourselves in the workplace. To set the agenda so that people listen deeply, consider the opinions and emotions of...
When I Saw: Michael J.Fox and Possibility
When I Saw: How Michael J. Fox Showed Me Possibility. I grew up watching Michael J. Fox. Family Ties, Teenwolf, Back to The Future. I was a big...
Where I am… by Neil Lawrence
I had a nightmare. I had a nightmare that when events no longer remind me about mortality and the propensity I have to be violent as well as...
Cost of Sleep Deprivation
Bullying, over work, being a parent, family problems, an important presentation, performance review, redundancy, lack of self-esteem, guilt, buying...
Fair Treatment
Lifecoaching London Ltd (LCL) is a young company specialising in the ethical restructuring of organisations. A question our team often ask is “How...
Come on up for The Rising: How Bruce Springsteen Shaped My Business Sense.
Bruce Springsteen, despite being 70, is in the limelight. A book, a film, a successful Broadway show and a new album. But despite over 40 years of...
I’m Still Standing
Elton John is the man of the moment yet again with a film, autobiography and a final tour (yes- he really does mean it this time). But I am not new...
Stupid Stuff
I’ve been thinking about the big ‘five-o’ and how it can end up the big ‘five- OHHHHH!’ I’ve been thinking about fun things to do- I like to call it...
Knowing The Story
At 3 my parents began arguing At 4 they got divorced From 5 I experienced stomach pains From 6 I exhibited rage From 7 I got breathless and...
Winning
Start a quiet revolution using compassion
Employee Rights
We are loving hearts needing compassion to grow
Business goals
Walk the path, plan the journey
Responsibility
Have you blamed another for something you could have done yourself?
Truth
Make decisions after the storm
Courage
Sometimes the right decision is the action least comfortable
Business
Never leave your conscience at home
Coaching
Creative groups direct themselves
Bottom Line
“You’re basically alright right now” - Rick Hanson
True Presence
Accepting what’s now before planning what’s next
Reflection
Are you listening to others or planning your next answer?
Count every word
Sometimes a single step is the definition of success
Nurture
Count every word
Upbeat
What can a smile do?
True Wellbeing
A leader had a fundamental duty to listen with an open heart and mind
Healthy Decisions
“Whatever thoughts we practice grow stronger” - Tara Brach
Manifest
Should we expect to find peace and joy within our work?
Extraordinary Service
To work honestly, act from a place of kindness
Push
Can you accept your furthest edge of challenge?
The Right Team
Awareness creates achievement NeilNlawrence1@twitter
Effective Working
If you don’t live in the now you can’t plan what’s next NeilNlawrence1@twitter
Responsibility
"May we meet the suffering of others with compassion". Jack Kornfield Twitter post @JackKornfield
Organising the day
Daily expectation = hope or fear marinated in the experience of yesterday
Awareness
The person you argue with suffers too
Completing Tasks of the Day
We are often under pressure to get done, get done, get done and then maybe one day every fortnight the blessed days arrive when all we plan to do...
Planning the day
A more helpful approach to planning the day could be to prioritise how you wish to feel before deciding what the ‘to do’ tasks for the day might be....