TLC – Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

Michael Laffey Life Coach, TLC, Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

TLC – The Art of Owning Your Some, Some, Some & Some This may not be the TLC you’re thinking of! Replace Tender Loving Care with Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes and it would appear that it’s what we do for ourselves that could matter just as much, if not more, than the TLC we may yearn for from others. The message? […]

Models & Perspectives | Dealing With Adaptation

What’s in a Model or a Theory? We all possess a multitude of theories and models which we apply in our daily life. Call it morals, assumptions, social conduct, etc. They benefit us as they provide a framework or quick reference point with which to understand our personal experiences. It is through that process of […]

Finding The Story: Self-Evaluation & Self-Worth

Michael Laffey Life Coach Story Self Evaluation Self Worth

‘People have self-worth if they value themselves and see their life as meaningful’, Freden,1982[i] Let’s start with a couple of definitions: Self-Evaluation: measuring up to Self-Worth: perception of your own value __________________________________________________________________________________________ The Context of Finding Meaning Finding one’s meaning is highly personal & unique. Equally, the measurements someone applies to that meaning can change […]

The Comfort of Discomfort

Michael Laffey Life Coach Comfort of Discomfort

This blog piece has been in my drafts for ages! Love the phrase but I couldn’t find the right way of expressing it. Thanks to an article I read yesterday, I’ve found a way of completing it! Thank you, Margie Warrell. In various ways we hear that we should, and it’s ok to, embrace “fear” […]

Your Work-Life Balance = ?

Michael Laffey, Life Coach, TED, Work, Life, Balance, Nigel Marsh

Work-Life balance isn’t always about creating massive changes or taking on more. It’s about re-distributing your own priorities & setting your own boundaries. Often these can clash with work and family commitments. I advocate that these priorities & boundaries change constantly over a lifetime. Nigel Marsh uses humour and some tough-love statements to make the […]