How to Stop Choking Your Own Happiness
I am still chilling after returning from a weekends meditation retreat. It was an amazing experience that I look forward to sharing with you later this week.
In the meantime I am grateful to Eduard Ezeanu for supplying me with today’s guest post……
Show me a person who constantly compares themselves to others and concerns themselves with being better than others, and I’ll show you a person who isn’t enjoying life nearly as much as they could.
And, counter-intuitively, they’re probably not very successful in life either
Now, don’t get me wrong: comparison can sometimes be good. After...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - February 24, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Guest Posts comparison happiness Source Type: blogs
There’s More Than 50 Shades of Grey
Before I delve into todays post I just wanted to point you toward the ‘videos’ tab that has been added to my navigation bar.
Over the coming weeks I shall be posting a new video every couple of weeks and start to build up a library of videos aimed at helping people get unstuck.
Any feedback welcome as always.
I got asked by a client the other day whether I thought he was an atypical client.
I wasn’t sure how to answer that because I don’t think there is any such thing as a typical client, so by definition there can’t really be an atypical one.
I told him that he had certainly presented me with a challenge...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - February 20, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching procrastination procrastinator Source Type: blogs
Crushing Anxiety: From Xanax To Zen
This is a guest post from therapist Linda Esposito and an excellent one it is too.
As I said in my previous post on defining the differences between fears and a phobias, I have suffered (and still can do on occasions) from anxiety and I know the importance of this issue.
If you are anybody you know is on anti-anxiety meds like Xanax, then read this post. It’s a long one, but if you can’t be bothered to spend the necessary 5 minutes or so to get through it, then it’s unlikely you will ever manage to crush your anxiety.
I have two free ebooks you can grab one on meditation (also available on audio) and incr...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - February 17, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching anxiety anxious benzodiazepines fear Zen Source Type: blogs
Fear or Phobia – What’s The Difference?
I had an e-mail from somebody the other day that wanted help with some fears and phobias that were holding her back in her life.
This kind of inquiry always resonates with me even if it’s not work I actively seek anymore. The reason being is that I have had ongoing issues with anxiety for as long as I can remember.
As a kid I was anxious, as a teen I was anxious and as an adult I have had spells of severe anxiety, which is largely why I’m now a Life Coach and not a sales person. Or even worse, a dead sales person.
In that respect maybe my anxiety has served me, although that’s a tough call because several hundred sle...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - February 13, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Video Posts fear feras NLP & Hypnotherapy phobia Source Type: blogs
12 Mistakes New Life Coaches Make
My last post on Life Coaching generated some really interesting feedback both in the comments, on social media and especially via e-mail, so I have decided to bat on and do the follow up as requested.
Apologies if you have no interest in ever becoming a Life Coach, although as Lu a massage therapist astutely pointed out in the comments of my previous post, this information isn’t necessarily confined to Life Coaching.
Let me make one thing perfectly clear, I’m not criticizing people (well not many anyway) because I have made some many, of the same mistakes.
However, I was very, very lucky that I could screw up more ti...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - February 10, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Law of Attraction Source Type: blogs
The Life Coach Gold Rush Is On
I’ve no idea what is going on at the moment in the Life Coaching world.
It seems to me that saying there is an explosion of new Life Coaches is like saying there seems to be a tad more obesity and type 2 diabetes than there was 50 years ago
Either people are clamoring to become Life Coaches at a rate not seen since 100,000 hopefuls set off for the Klondike River in 1896, or half the new coaches are contacting me looking for help.
Much though it’d be nice to think otherwise, I doubt very much it’s the latter.
As such, it seems from my groaning inbox that a saturated market place has just had a bunch of fire trucks...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - February 7, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching life coach training modelling NLP & Hypnotherapy Source Type: blogs
A Shocking Myth About Happiness
I am almost finished reading a fascinating book written by psychology professor Sonja Lyubomirsky called ‘The Myths Of Happiness‘. (al)
Any book that ruthlessly attacks self development myths is always going to grab my attention especially if its claims are supported by hard scientific data.
In ‘70 Amazing Facts About Your Brain‘ I talk a lot about cognitive biases or blind spots in our thinking and how important it is to recognize them.
It seems Lyobomirsky has helped uncover a blind spot of biblical proportions (prior research had been done with similar conclusions), and brought it into the full g...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - February 3, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching cognitive biases happiness happy lyuobomirsky parenting Source Type: blogs
How Not To Write A Guest Post
Warning: This post is dripping with sarcasm and should only be read by people who vehemently disagree with the phrase, “Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit”
It also has minimal self development value, unless that is you’re a self development blogger, then it’s a must read.
So if you’re still interested and not looking to be offended, read on!
I usually get sent between 5 and 10 guest posts per month and I turn the vast majority down for reasons such as:
Covering topics I have already covered in depth
Not adhering to my guest post guide lines.
Offering little or no real value to you the reader...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - January 30, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Any Other Business Blogging career coach guest posts Source Type: blogs
How Do I Change Other People?
When people contact me with a view to hiring me to become their Life Coach, there’s about a 50% chance I’ll end up working with them.
However, when I get a call from somebody wanting to hire me to coach a friend or family member that conversion falls to under 5%.
In the past I would spend as long talking to such people as I would an inquiry directly from the person who wanted Life Coaching.
These days I won’t let the conversation go on for more than about 5 or 10 minutes before I’ll say something along the lines of,
“Get the person to give me a call and we can take it from there”
I rarely hear back and ...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - January 28, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching beliefs change complex equivalence Source Type: blogs
The Victim Mindset: How To Spot It, How To Lose It
The NLP term of complex equivalence is not that well known outside the realm of NLP practitioners and therapists, and that’s a great shame because they are awesomely powerful and rarely in a good way.
Once you know what a complex equivalence is, how they work and why they hold so many people back when it comes to self development, you can take the necessary measures to make sure you don’t slip into their evil grasp.
I’m going to make a statement which is a complex equivalence and then take a look at what makes it wrong and why this kind of thinking can be lead to people adopting a victim mindset.
I shall be using the...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - January 24, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Video Posts complex equivalences NLP & Hypnotherapy rapid cognition victim mindset Source Type: blogs
9 Tips That Helped Me Survive A Year In Prison
I bet that more than one person looked at the headline and thought to themselves, “I knew it, I knew that Brownson was an evil-doer and the whole Life Coach thing was a charade”
Well hold on there for a moment because this is actually a guest post from the wonderful and always effervescent Tess Marshall from the Bold Life.
As I mentioned in my post ’5 Easy Ways To Piss Off A Life Coach’ I rarely get involved in affiliate deals, but I am partnering up with Tess and her new course ’30 Days To Bold’
Not let me make one thing clear. I have contributed to the course as have some of the top bl...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - January 22, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Guest Posts Source Type: blogs
The 7 Worst Motivational Quotes On Pinterest
After having a good old rant in my lost post 5 Easy Ways TO Piss Of A Life Coach, I thought I’d carry on the ranting theme for just one more post seeing as I’m on a roll.
I regularly post motivational quotes to my Facebook page, and unless it’s not immediately apparent I will sometimes also explain what I think makes that quote so cool.
Of course for the large part motivational quotes are subjective. What may have one person pumped and ready for action may go straight over the head of the next.
A number of the quotes I use come from Pinterest and it really is an amazing resource for this kind of thing.
Unfortunately ...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - January 19, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching motivation motivational quotes pinterest Source Type: blogs
5 Easy Ways To Piss Off A Life Coach
It seems like forever since I had a good old fashioned self-indulgent rant/whine.
So today after receiving what seems like an avalanche of e-mails recently from people who really haven’t started with the end in mind as per The 7 Habits, I thought I’d rectify the situation.
What’s my end in mind other than venting my spleen, you may be wondering?
Simply having a bit of fun and maybe giving you some takeaways at the end as to how you can get what you want more often.
1. I’m A Life Coach, Can You Tell Me How To Get Clients?
I probably get 7 or 8 e-mails in a similar vain each month and I have no problem with that ...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - January 16, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching rants Source Type: blogs
Bad Habits – The Black Ops Of Your Brain
Firstly, if you still haven’t grabbed your free copy of 70 Amazing Facts About Your Brain yet, and by free I mean I don’t even require your e-mail details, you’re running out of time.
As from the 16th January 2013 the book will no longer be free and the only way you can get a copy is either to sign up for my newsletter (well worth doing by the way!) and waiting 4 weeks or buying it on Amazon.
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If you haven’t read my post Bad Habits: Why Are They Difficult to Break? go and do so now.
Unless you understand what a habit is and why ingrained habits are tric...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - January 13, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching bad habits Hypnotherapy meditation NLP & Hypnotherapy Source Type: blogs
70 Amazing Facts About Your Brain
Have you ever wondered why your brain seems to sometimes conspire against you?
Why you may remember an event with graphic clarity only to find out it never really happened that way?
Or why you flinched when you saw somebody else stub their toe?
Or maybe even why you felt so bad after losing a meaningless argument or online game?
Well wonder no more!
The Answers Are Here And They Are Free!
70 Amazing Facts About Your Brain And Why It Does Weird Things explains the answers to those questions and a whole lot more.
It takes a light-hearted look (what else would you expect from me!) at that 3lb lump of butter-like substance ins...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - January 8, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching brain brain facts ebooks neuroscience Source Type: blogs
