Helen Foster Coaching
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September – A Time for New Beginnings?
I don’t know what it is about September, but I always see it as month for a fresh start. Far more so than January. January is always so dark and miserable. I’m always short of cash after the extravagances of December and it’s such a long month until the next pay day...
Face Redundancy? Do the Work to Get the Work you Want.
Facing Redundancy? Do the work to get the job you want. I cannot tell you anything about facing redundancy that hasn’t been said before. Nor that you couldn’t find if you googled ‘facing redundancy’. Instead, I am going to tell you the story of a young woman – or...
Don’t settle for anything less
Let me ask you this. Are you enjoying your job? Does it fulfill your purpose? Does it make you happy? Do you leap out of bed in the morning because you cannot wait to do the work that you are paid to do? If yes – then brilliant! Keep doing what you are doing. If no...
The Procrastinator Sprite
As we approach a new change in the lockdown situation here in the UK, I have noticed lots of women on social media talking about wanting to change jobs or wanting to “do something different”. Often the ‘conversation’ goes “I want to change, but I don’t know what I...
We all have to start somewhere
A friend of mine told me she recently visited her daughter’s new flat (the daughter hadn’t quite moved in yet) and sat in silence for three hours. Three hours! There was no TV, no WIFI, no radio. Just her breathing and no other sound. No tasks for her to complete. ...
Facing up to Redundancy – the 7 stages you need to know about
This post has been prompted because there have been several announcements in the last 2 weeks about job losses across the traditional media outlets of broadcasting and print journalism, specifically the BBC and The Guardian.
I will not be telling you how to find another job. This is about understanding what you are feeling right now, and what you might do to feel more in control of what you are going through.
Remember your first job? I do – and it was character building!
I had several ‘first’ jobs. All character building when you are between the ages of 14 - 18. I started cleaning for my Mum’s friend on a Saturday morning when I was about 14. It was the start of learning the discipline of turning up to work regularly and on time. ...
Step out of your Comfort Zone with Confidence
The dictionary definition of ‘comfort zone’ is as follows:a situation where one feels safe or at ease.a settled method of working that requires little effort and yields only barely acceptable results.The comfort zone is the easy path. There’s no difficulty...
Stage fright & the importance of practice, practice, practice
Sweaty palms? Tightness in your chest? Mind going blank? If you hate presenting, this might all sound too familiar. So familiar perhaps that you avoid doing presentations altogether. Ouch. But avoiding the issue could be make or break for your career...
What are your values?
I ask this question as I’ve been asking it myself recently. What are my current values, and have they changed since I started my working life? Well, yes they have. They’ve changed as I’ve changed. But why are they important? And how do you find out what...