Soulful Advice
The Latest Advice and articles from Niamh
When did you last step outside your Comfort Zone??
We all have a comfort zone - some are much larger than others. The things that make us feel a little nervous are just outside our comfort zone. The things that make us panic? Waaay outside. The thing is that if we just stay comfortable, we never grow. Not only...
Breaking Through Your Limiting Beliefs
Have you ever felt like you’re not good enough? Or that you’re not worthy? Or maybe you need to be in control of everything even though deep inside you’d love to let go? I was interviewed by Lucy Gernon about Breaking Through Your Limiting Beliefs for her...
What is Coaching?
What is Coaching? The International Coach Federation (ICF) defines coaching as: “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximise their personal and professional potential.” The idea being, that coach and client are...
Finding Meaning in Life & Work
More and more I’m hearing from people that they want to feel their life has some meaning. They want their work to make a difference, and to have a positive impact. Amidst all the darkness of war, inflation, and one crisis after another; people are searching for...
The Importance of a Future Focus for our Wellbeing
I was interviewed recently by Patrice Harrington for The Sunday Independent Life magazine about the helpfulness to our mental wellbeing of having a future focus rather than a past focus (as is often the case in therapy). Read the full Interview here. ...
Introducing… your Shadow.
“Unless you learn to face your own shadows, you will continue to see them in others, because the world outside of you is only a reflection of the world inside of you.” – The Minds Journal Are you scared of your own shadow?! We all have parts of ourselves that we...
How do you cope with Transitions at work?
Women go through many transitions during their working lives. The first job, new jobs, promotions, return after maternity or sick leave, menopause, retirement…as well as organizational changes, and all the changes brought about by Covid including working from home,...
Build lasting Confidence by changing your Self-Talk
We all talk to ourselves inside our heads. It’s not madness! We all have an inner narrative going on, sometimes in the background; at other times taking over all our attention. Sometimes the voice is: Critical Judgmental Perfectionistic Supportive Encouraging You...
Why We Need to Focus on Personal Development rather than Focusing on Leadership Development
Look up Leadership Development today and you’ll see pages of offerings; there are more courses and programs out there than ever before. Yet according to HBR, “Several large-scale industry studies, along with our own in-depth interviews with clients, indicate that...
How to Avoid Burnout this Winter
It’s not even mid-November as I write this; but already things are ramping up for Christmas. I’ve talked to people who have something on every weekend right up til the big day, on-top of the daily grind. And even as things are speeding up, there is also a lot of...