Stress and anxiety are a natural part of all our lives. We need them to keep us safe. They are the triggers for our ‘fight or flight’ mode, and are brilliant motivators. But, when they get out of control, they become unresourceful. Instead of protecting us, they prevent us from moving forward. In this article we explore simple NLP and mindfulness techniques to help you deal with stress and anxiety as well as how life coaching can help you longer term.

In this article we explore our motivations when moving to reach our goals. Understanding our towards and away from motivations helps us know whether we are working towards our goals, or away from our current situation.

Do you notice what you notice? Your RAS certainly does! Your reticular activating system (RAS) is the annoyingly excited little sister sitting in your brain stem and continually prodding it to say ‘Look at this,! No wait, look at this! No, this!’