Friday, October 27, 2023

Navigating Psychological Triggers with Natalie Cutler-Welsh

On the 26th October 2023 I was a guest on Up Your Brave with Natalie Cutler-Welsh on www.realitycheck.radio  

We talked, amongst other things, primarily about Navigating  Psychological Triggers (and there are a lot of those around at the moment).

You can listen on the RCR app or you can listen here (1 hr 7 mins) https://realitycheck.radio/aaron-mcloughlin-coach-and-celebrant-on-navigating-psychological-triggers/ 

Check out Natalie Cutler-Welsh, International speaker, MC, author and business coach and trainer.  - https://nataliecutlerwelsh.com/

 



Thursday, May 25, 2023

Turn Your Sleeplessness into Sleeping Bliss


Can't get to Sleep?
Can't get back to Sleep?
Wake up feeling tired or cranky?
Is a loss of sleep affecting your work, relationships, study or health?
Are you finding it difficult to work out why your not sleeping and no matter what you have been doing you wake up dissatisfied?


Sleep is essential for a happy healthy life and so, when sleep it's not happening...well you may be reading this because you know what happens! Life can be extremely miserable when you aren't getting enough sleep.

Sleeplessness and insomnia are major problems today and can be caused by a number of factors such as stress, trauma, anxiety, depression, worrying, illness and pain. In fact, many factors can contribute to sleeplessness and, as many people will attest, sleeplessness can contribute to many issues in life.

The good news is that you have some options!

SLEEP COACHING(1-3+ sessions)
I work with people experiencing issues with sleeplessness and with associated challenges such as insomnia, weight gain, lack of motivation, depression and more. Sleep Coaching sessions are primarily NLP and Hypnotherapy based and utilise strategies from my Better Sleep Sooner book.


BETTER SLEEP SOONER BOOK
Better Sleep Sooner is sleep 'psychology' and strategies at its best. The book is unique because not only does it work with the 'hygiene' of sleep, such as, timing to bed, contextual considerations etc, it also works effectively with the issues that occur in our thoughts and feeling about sleep, both in and out of the bedroom.

Better Sleep Sooner works effectively with the mental and emotional issues that can fuel sleeping difficulty such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, phobias and fears, using powerful mind-body healing strategies.

BETTER SLEEP SOONER COACHING PROGRAMME(6 sessions)
If you have attempted all the sleep hygiene suggestions and still need help then I can take you personally through my Better Sleep Sooner Coaching programme, which may indeed be the difference you are looking for. We can explore background factors and tailor strategies from my toolkit of structural psychology techniques to suit your particular needs.


The Better Sleep Sooner strategies - developed by me - are a set of tools and strategies created after experiencing many months of insomnia during a long illness.

I've taught the Better Sleep Sooner strategies to children and adults of all ages with continued success, and this success is a result partly due to the simplicity of the programme.

BETTER SLEEP SOONER PROGRAMME WORKSHOPS
As well, I've also taught the programme to Health Care Professionals in both New Zealand and Australia.

The tools and strategies come from many disciplines, primarily NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) and CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), and are designed to empower you to take control of your sleeping issues quickly and without the use of drugs and without any side effects.



Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Attention to Joy - Thank you Nick Cave


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I came across a reply to a couple of questions asked of Nick Cave on his blog https://www.theredhandfiles.com

The questions were: "What is joy? Where is it? Where is love in this world that is such an evil mess?"

Sunday, May 1, 2022

Tricks for building wellbeing

 This morning I ran a webinar and as I was rambling along I remembered a trick that helps to 'scramble' the worries, anxieties etc that we can often experience - and it involves a pencil. 

It's a short video, and, it may bring a smile to your dial. 




Thursday, April 21, 2022

Internal representations

 Internal representations and building resilience, mental/emotional flexibility and more choices in life. Internal representation are simply the way we internally represent the world around us and our internal world of emotions, feelings, etc

Our internal representations literally define how we live our lives. Many of our internal representations are built in our early years and, more often than not, personality traits automatically borrowed from family members and closest community connections.

The video is a short discussion about internal representations and how we can, for want of a better word, 'play' with them for greater self awareness, success and fulfillment in life.

Here is a link to the audio only version of this video. LINK :-)