August 11th, 2010 › Personal › amanda › no comments ›
My own mid-life crisis came at the point at which I realised I was ‘barking up totally the wrong tree’, changed direction and got myself a more fulfilling and happy place in the world of work.
A surprising number of my clients (male and female) come to see me with going through a similar crisis of direction. Read more…
July 5th, 2010 › Children & Young People › amanda › no comments ›
The psychological leap from Primary to Secondary Education inevitably causes apprehension for both children and their parents, no more so than when this involves a transition from local village primary school to town-based secondary school. Read more…
June 11th, 2010 › Business › amanda › no comments ›
Did you know (and I didn’t until I started writing this post) that the fear of speaking in public is known as glossophobia? The word glossophobia in fact comes from the Greek γλῶσσα glōssa, meaning tongue, and φόβος phobos, fear or dread. Makes sense doesn’t it.
And of course many people have this fear. (The stats suggest 3 out of every four people
The physical symptoms (dry mouth, pounding heart, nausea, sweating) result from an adrenal fuelled ‘fight or flight’ reaction.
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