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June 15, 2010 – 4:53 pm

Hi – I just don’t know where time goes.  This is my second week on maternity leave and I am just tackling some of those important jobs I must do, before I meet my second child.  

For those of you who have yet to listen to the teleseminar I ran in May, there is a further opportunity to listen again to the three great, 30 minute, interviews with:

Carol Costello- who shared with us fantastic tips on how to manage our time better.

 Jules Wyman - discusses what confidence is and how to get more and

Elaine White - parent, wife and successful business woman.  Listen to Elaine’s inspirational story about how you can make working for yourself really work.

Until Tuesday 22 June, you can listen to each of the sessions by signing up via my website on the Parents-Your Time page at http://www.rachelsmithlifecoach.com/parents-your-time/

As the sessions are still available to listen to for another week, I will honor my offer I made at the time and give 3 x 30 minutes FREE 121 coaching sessions to parents who sign up to the online coaching programme for parents – worth £150.  Just call me on 07501 265 783, e-mail me or sign up at http://www.rachelsmithlifecoach.com/parents-your-time/ for a no obligation chat about how coaching could work for you.

Please note, I will be removing the teleseminar after 22 June, so this is really your final chance to listen.

And, look out for more teleseminars in the autumn when I return with more inspirational guest speakers for you.

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Free advice!

April 26, 2010 – 8:42 pm

For a while I have been blogging about my brand new coaching programme, Parents-Your Time.

And it is now ready for any parent who is looking for affordable, effective and flexible coaching.  We are talking about a 6 month coaching programme for well less than £100!  Normally for a similar 6 month programme you would be looking at anything from £240 upwards.  But not this baby!

And just because it’s got an affordable price ticket doesn’t mean it is rubbish – oh no.  You will have access to a comprehensive coaching programme that allows you to work on any of the six modules in your own time and at your own pace.  It’s brand new and online using the latest coaching package to deliver this to you and you can upgrade at anytime to the next level of coaching that builds in one to one telephone coaching with me.

And if that wasn’t enough, to launch this programme I am running a FREE teleseminar, w/c 10 May.  Join me over three evenings when I will be talking to experts in, time management, confidence and setting up in business and getting their top tips on how to get the most out of our busy lives.

On the final evening I will be giving to the first people to sign up to the programme some amazing additions to the online coaching programme for FREE.

So, watch this space for more information on the teleseminar or e-mail me at rachel@rachelsmithlifecoach.com to reserve your place.

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Spring is in the air!

March 18, 2010 – 4:46 pm

Like a mother hen, my brand new egg is nearly ready.  Here is a sneaky peak at what I have been working on during the winter months.

For all you parents out there I have created a brand new ONLINE coaching service, just for you. 

This is one of the first interactive coaching services available online.  It has been built with busy parents in mind and it will help you get the most out of your life.

I will be sending out more information about how you get your hands on this lovely new coaching service over the next couple of weeks.

I still have a few tweaks to make and then I will be ready to let it go.  In the meantime, if you are a parent and would love some affordable and effective coaching, let me know.  By e-mailing me now, I can make sure you are the first to hear of it’s launch and my crazy plan to let a small number of you run with it for a discounted price in return for your feedback.

E-mail me now at rachel@rachelsmithlifecoach.com to register your interest.  

I look forward to sharing more information about this new service and what else is coming up during March and April – if you are ready to re-energise your life, you don’t want to miss this.

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Confidence – we would all like some, but what is it?

February 21, 2010 – 2:25 pm

Yesterday I was working on one of the elements of my new coaching service for parents and it was all about confidence.

And in truth, this topic foxed me for all a while.  We all say we need more confidence in particular areas of our lives, however have you ever wondered what confidence is?

Is it a feeling?  A belief?  Or knowledge you are confident in say driving the car, using a pc, cooking dinner, delivering a killer presentation?

And how can you instill confidence in yourself and others?

After researching what confidence is, I was surprised to find that many of the reference books coaches use, confidence is not specifically covered by them.

So yesterday I faced a tricky situation – if I couldn’t articulate what confidence is, how can I help clients increase theirs?

In a nutshell, I came to this understanding – confidence is a mindset.  It’s what you tell yourself about you.  There is only one person who can change this and that’s you.  Other people can help you improve it but ultimatley it’s only you that controls what you think and believe.  And this bit is really important - you control whether to accept what others say about you.

Obviously it’s more complicated than just saying it’s a mindset and there is work you can do to change this mindset, which I explore further in my coaching service.  What I can share with you, are some simple rules:

  • be kind to yourself – become your own cheerleader
  • forgive yourself for any blunders (accept no-one is perfect)
  • learn from these blunders
  • turn your inner voice down that tells you can’t do something
  • think more – I can do this
  • celebrate your success and where necessary…
  • fake it!

If you want to learn more about how to increase your confidence than e-mail me at rachel@rachelsmithlifecoach.com or call 07501 265 783 and book in for no obligation chat about increasing your confidence and more.

And if you are interested in finding out more about the new coaching service for parents coming in April, check out the new Parents-Your Time page on the website and log your interest.

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Goals, goals, goals

February 7, 2010 – 10:00 am

So why are goals so important - well this morning I am living proof of why goals are SO important.  This weekend my goal was about continuing to develop my new coaching practice for parents and update my blog and boy if I hadn’t clearly set this out, I would still be lounging in bed rather than being up at 7am to work.  I know most of us, would agree that Sundays are for relaxing however if I hadn’t got up I would have spent the rest of the day berating myself for not getting the work done.  So now I am finished I can spend the rest of the day relaxing and making my son his viking outfit he has been asking for.

For you:

  • What is going to move you forward this week? Set a goal, personal to you.
  • How will you know you have acheived it, what will it be like?
  • What have your already done to kick start the goal, what is left to achieve?
  • How will you achieve it? Describe the steps you will take.
  • By when?

And don’t forget to celebrate your achievements!

If you are interested in exploring the strength of goals, e-mail me or call me to discuss your personal goals further.  For parents, I have just completed a new session on setting powerful goals for my new coaching practice, check out the new page ‘Parents – Your Time’ for more information.

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What gets you going?

January 23, 2010 – 1:32 pm

This week, its all about motivation.

After I met Claire Young on Wednesday evening, I have been considering what motivates me.  If you don’t know who Claire is, Claire was the runner up in The Apprentice in 2008, you might remember her as the one Sir Alan Sugar nicknamed the Rottweiler.

Claire is a deeply motivated woman – who from an early age knew she wanted to be successful and so far, she is doing fairly well.  When I asked her where she got her motivated from, she credited the strong role models she had in her life from school through to the current day and having a supportive family.

So where do the rest of us get our motivation from?  Generally speaking we don’t feel motivated about those things we personally find easy to achieve.

If you are not sure, try this – consider all of the things in your life that give you pleasure.  Be aware of how they make you feel, what you are seeing and hearing. 

Now think about something in your life you want to change but struggle to achieve and tap back into the feeling of those pleasurable things in life you have just created. 

Next, decide on one action that moves you closer to achieving your change.

And believe that you can achieve it – by changing your perception of what you CAN achieve will help you move towards your change!

Claire’s personal moto is – Just do it!

What’s yours?

I have tapped into my motivation this week, as I am continuing to develop my new coaching practice for parents.  Watch out for my new web page ‘Coming Soon’ with more information and details about how you can get involved.

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What makes you tick?

January 5, 2010 – 9:54 pm

Wishing you a very happy and healthy New Year.

The start of a new year is a great time to really understand what makes you tick, the thing that really motivates you.  Once you have discovered this, making goals, getting jobs done, spending time with people and even making changes to your life can seem fairly straight forward.

Are you ready to discover how?

It’s all about your personal values.  Your personal values are the things that make you tick – these can be anything from valuing integrity, humour, and trust.  These values are yours and yours alone and can’t be changed.  They are not tangible – they are not things that you have or things you do.

 In an ideal world you would be ‘honouring’ all your values in your life, however often we neglect some of our values and our actions can be out of synch with what really drives and motivates us.

 If values are so important, how many people know what their personal values are and how much these are being honoured on a daily basis?

Do you know what your values are?  Try this quick exercise to help identify yours.

  • First of all, think about what your personal values are.
  • Write these down – you can use more than one word to describe your value i.e. fun/humour.
  •  Prioritise your identified values – are you missing any? 
  • On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest and 10 the highest) identify how much each value is currently in your life.
  • Next, compare how you have prioritised your values, to how much you currently have this value in your life and ask yourself – is this the right balance?
  •  If you feel that you are not ‘honouring’ some of your values enough – consider what can you do to have more of that value in our life and what you will achieve by that.
  • And do it. 

I can assure you, you will feel more harmony once your values are being significantly honoured in your life.

The beginning of a new year is a great time for reflection on these matters and what a great way to start 2010 with improved awareness of what your values are – after all these are things that drive and motivate us.

Now as play is a personal value I hold, I am going to make the most of the snow we currently have!

And if you are a parent and are interested in learning more about identifying and building your values into you life, sign up now to hear about the brand new coaching service I will be launching soon – just for parents.

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Calling all parents – brand new coaching service

December 15, 2009 – 9:56 pm

For any parent, who would love to have some one to one coaching, however the cost and the time commitment have put you off, I have some exciting news.

I am currently developing a brand new coaching service just for parents, which is cost effective and you can complete the coaching anytime.  And the most important aspect of this service, is you will begin to take the steps towards improving important areas of your life, supported by your own personal life coach.

This new service will be available early in the new year – interested?  Sign up now (go to my homepage) to receive regular updates about this new service or e-mail me at rachel@rachelsmithlifecoach.com and I will add you to my mailing list.

IMPORTANT – I have capacity to work with a limited number of parents, so I will be offering the new service on a first come, first served when it’s released in the New Year.

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Challenge your negative beliefs

November 22, 2009 – 2:26 pm

How many of us are living our lives whilst holding onto negative beliefs about ourselves?  They can sound like this:  I am too old, not healthy enough, it’s too late, I am not good enough…

Where do these negative beliefs come from – some come from experiences in our childhood - something you read in your school report or something your parents told you and other beliefs come from our adult lives. 

And the important thing is we hold onto these and these negative beliefs influence our lives and the decisions we make.

What happens when we let these negative beliefs go?  Consider what it would be like to let go of your top three negative beliefs, what difference will this make to your life.

Try letting go of some your negative beliefs.  Turn your negative beliefs into positive statements about what you know is true about yourself and be aware of these during the next couple of weeks. 

What is the difference, I would love to know.  And if you are interested in working on these further, I am currently developing a BRAND new coaching service that is personal and affordable and you can do it at your own pace. 

WATCH this space for more information.

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Giving up!

October 31, 2009 – 5:15 pm

Giving up is what I am currently wrestling with - there are a couple of areas of my life where it would be SO much easier if I just quit, gave up on my dreams, plans and aspirations.

Hey, I have been tempted…my inner voice has been working overtime telling me to go for the quiet life, forget putting the extra effort in and just accept these things will remain the same.  And that decision would be ok – in the short term.

Before I gave up though, I sat down and answered these killer questions:

  • what are the consequences of giving up?
  • who else is impacted by this?
  • how do I feel about giving up?
  • what or who is stopping me?
  • what can I do to overcome these challenges?
  • what action can I take right now that gets me closer to the result I am looking for?

And what this made me realise is, these areas of my life are too important to me and my family for me to give up.  I have invested time and energy into these and the results are still the right results for me. 

Everything I am working towards is getting me closer to achieving my long term goals and when I revisited these, my goals still excite me.  I know where I am going, why I am taking this route and what I will achieve.

So when your inner voice is giving you a hard time, take some time to sit down and ask yourself those killer questions.

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