When travelling, lose your 'baggage'

I'm off on holiday shortly for a well-earned break.  After a very interesting and busy time with clients working on a whole range of things. Some goal-oriented, some overcoming anxiety/ depression, others relationship challenges or dealing with issues from the past and others facing up to phobias and fears. 

I worked with a client (a terrific coach) enabling her to overcome a fear of flying. After working with me, she fully enjoyed a recent holiday. You can see her blog here, at the Engaging People Company, having written an article on overcoming limiting thinking.     

Back to my own holiday theme, the amount of clothes and shoes that I could pack is a standard joke amongst friends and family. You see, being British, I tend to over-plan for every eventuality where the weather is concerned! One of the things that I would like to travel 'light' with on this holiday, though, is my mind. 

Being self-employed, and working with clients who are self employed too, I see a consistent pattern of 'not switching off' from things like Social Media and from calls and admin. This can lead to a leaching of time into home life. So a clear definition of when you are working and when you are not, is necessary. 

Going on holiday, I want to experience all that there is in new environments. From the moment I am in the airport putting luggage in the hold, right through to flying, arriving at the seaside, feeling the warmth of the sun and having fun. It seems like the perfect time to hit the 'out of office' button and be in the moment.  

I'll be flying high and travelling with a light mind, enjoying every last moment.    

See:

http://www.angiegiles.co.uk/
Twitter: angie_therapist
Facebook: Angie Giles Hypnotherapy

Facebook for HypnoShape: HypnoShape weight reduction programme

About the Author: Angie works as a hypnotherapist, counsellor and coach at the Norfolk Clinic Complementary Healthcare Clinic, 38-40 Magdalen Road, Norwich, NR3 4AG. 

Call Angie directly on 07773 610816 or email info@angiegiles.co.uk 
Angie offers a free initial chat to find out more, as part of your first consultation. 

 

Feedback is good

I'm someone who believes in the positive benefits of doing as good a job as I can do, supporting people who want to make a change in their life. That change might be with stopping smoking, stopping other habits, dealing with fears, phobias and anxieties, building confidence, moving on from a broken relationship or perhaps a bit of life coaching (or indirect business coaching) to get some direction and focus. I usually ask my clients to let me know what working with me has been like for them. It's important for me to know. 

I don't do too many shout-outs about myself generally as I'm fairly modest. I also get a good number of direct referrals from the work I do with people and so that's another way of good indicator of people liking what I have helped them achieve. If I've made a difference to someone and they go on to tell someone else, it's their decision, although of course it is appreciated! Someone recently said to me I really should share with the public what my clients say about me, particularly when I get unsolicited feedback. 

So here we go... this was received via email from a client who wanted to stop smoking and reduce drinking (reproduced with their permission): 
"I am extremely thankful to you (Angie) as I haven't had a ciggie since our session and am confident I never will smoke again.  I have also cut back on my drinking alcohol and just drink occasionally when out. I feel so much better in myself both mentally and physically, my confidence and self worth is way up there, so, thank you again" 

I was of course very happy for this person, I managed to maintain my modesty and still share this snippet. Feedback can be very helpful in motivating you to keep doing what you are doing or do something even better, don't you think?    

Life as a therapist

I wrote information for Business East (@BusinessEast on twitter) on their blog this week telling them a bit about life as a therapist and about going self-employed, so it might inspire others. 


I hope you enjoy reading it.

Angie Giles talks about life as a hypnotherapist