Personal Values

Breaking Negative Habits of Behaviour – Part 3

To break the pattern, you will need to recognise that you need to break it, get support or follow the steps to break it, and want to break it. If you have been actively working on the pattern you want to break and noting down your answers, you will have the information you need to get yourself started and break your pattern. If you want to break you pattern and haven’t been asking yourself the questions honestly or noting your answers, then I suggest that you do this now. Read the rest of this entry »

Breaking Negative Habits of Behaviour – Part 2

When we start to display the behaviour on a regular basis (either publicly or privately), it becomes a pattern, and patterns are familiar. Once a behaviour becomes familiar, our feelings towards it change. Perhaps when you first did it you felt pleasure, relief, safety, shock, or anger at yourself for having done it. Once it becomes a pattern, these feelings are dulled. They are still there, but dulled. So you may have that nagging voice in your head telling you that you ‘should’ do something about this, but the feeling you feel is rarely strong enough to move you to action. So you continue. Read the rest of this entry »

Breaking Negative Habits of Behaviour – Part 1

Do you ever feel stressed out because you keep repeating the same mistakes? Do you gravitate towards people who seem to mistreat or take advantage of you? Do you want stability in your life but seem to make decisions that take you further away from that? Perhaps you want to break a habit but never seem able to really shake it. Do you know what you need to do to promote your health, but just seem to do the opposite? Whatever mistake you feel you are repeating, it can be wearing to have to face up to it again and again. Read the rest of this entry »

Are You Fed Up Of All the New Year’s Talk?

At this time of year, the talk about New Year’s resolutions can be a bit much for some. Some of us are motivated by sudden bursts of goal setting and activity, while others hesitate to start as they know it will inevitably end in them feeling disappointed with themselves. Why do New Year’s resolutions often fail? How can you make 2012 a better year for you without setting yourself up for failure? Read the rest of this entry »

Defining DISC & Making It Work For You!

DISC profiling is a psychometric assessment based on the work of Dr William M. Marston, an expert in behavioural understanding. Through his research he identified four personality styles: D – Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Compliance. The assessment measures the levels/intensity of these four styles in our personalities to produce your own personal DISC personality style. Your profile gives you useful information that can identify: Read the rest of this entry »

Feel Good and Be Successful!

Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Are you looking for a way to manage your stress effectively? Do you want to get on with your life but find that things seem to keep getting in the way? Do you have a long term health condition that you would like to manage more effectively? Perhaps you would like to start or have started your own business and need to stay on top of things. Whatever your circumstances, feeling good is the way to be successful and this could be the starting point you need! Read the rest of this entry »

Reclaiming Control Over Your Life!

Do you feel that you don’t know where you life is going right now? Do you feel at the mercy of others? Are you just waiting to see what will happen? Do you feel that things just aren’t right? Is your conscience bugging you because you aren’t living your life according to your deepest values? Perhaps it’s time to reclaim control over your life! Read the rest of this entry »

Do You Really Want What You Say You Want?

Is there something that you really want in life but feel that it eludes you? Do you talk a lot about what you want but not really take any action? Have you asked yourself whether you truly want what you say you want? There may be some internal conflict. Read the rest of this entry »

You Can Boost Your Self Esteem!

Do you feel low about yourself and question the value that you truly have? Is it the easiest thing in the world for you to help and esteem others and then neglect yourself? Do you find yourself allowing others to treat you badly, or even abusively? Would you like to feel better about who you are and start to see the benefits of this in your life? Well this article could help... Read the rest of this entry »

Step Out Of Your Roles And Just Be You!

How many roles do you have? Are you a mother, father, son, daughter, husband, wife, manager, friend, counsellor, teacher, carer, or peacemaker? Could you add more to this list? Do you feel like you constantly have to play a part and feel that you are getting lost in it all? Do you need some breathing space to ensure that your life is going where you want it to go? Proactive Wellness offers you a professional space in which to do that! Read the rest of this entry »