Your Happiness Factor

Ten Reasons Why Happiness is Important You might wonder why happiness is important. If you believe as I do that happiness is a choice and a skill that can be learned, why is it important enough to go out of your way for. Why choose happiness? We can find some good reasons in this list of ten things happy people have in common. Happy people: 1- Feel Good Happiness is fun and it feels good. That is a worthwhile reason why happiness is important all by itself. 2- Live Longer Many studies have shown that happy people live longer. One study followed nuns who wrote a short biographical sketch before taking their vows. At the age of 85, 90% of the nuns with cheerful biographies (top 25%) was still alive, compared to just 54% of the least cheerful. At 94 years of age, 54% of the most cheerful quarter were alive compared to only 11% of the least cheerful. Many other studies have shown similar results. 3- Have Better Health When life gives you lemons, make lemo...

Are you feeling stuck in the maze? When I talk to new life coaching clients the most common words I hear are;  “Can you help please? I feel stuck". It usually makes me think of someone lost in a maze surrounded by high hedges with no idea how to go forward or back. And sadly most have forgotten exactly how they got here. They are well and truly stuck. It doesn’t feel good to be stuck in a maze where all paths seem to lead nowhere. Of course, it is an illusion. There is a way to the centre and back again out into the wider world if you can get up high enough to see or you have a map. And that is I suppose what working with a life coach is about.  Finding a way to get up high, taking the broader perspective, or at least a different one, working out where you want to be in the big wide world and making a plan. Climbing that ladder or getting into the helicopter on your own can be frightening.  You need confidence to do it.  And when yo...

One Minute on Dealing with Guilt Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author, shares tips on how to deal with guilt. Guilt can trouble us in all parts of our lives - at work and at home.  I work as a coach with people who want to manage their feelings of guilt.  If you would like to work with me, please get in touch. Wendy Mason is the Happiness Coach and author of a new novel,   The Wolf Project.   Wendy is a life and career coach and writer. She is passionate about helping people find happiness at work and at home! To find out more email  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com , find her on Skype at wendymason14, or call +44 (0) 2081239146 (02081239146 for UK callers) or +1 262 317 9016 if you are in the US.  A free trial/consultation allows you to give phone coaching a real trial without any financial risk. And remember there are great benefits to be achieved from coaching by phone or Skype. CV review and interview pre...

Why Telephone Coaching Works I've  been coaching successfully by phone and Skype for a while now and clients have found it a very positive experience. It always amazes me just how powerful and effective coaching by phone can be.  But lots of people seem to have reservations about trying coaching by phone.  What phone coaching can do for you! First of all phone coaching delivers all the benefits that coaching by other methods delivers.  That is an opportunity to gain;  • Fresh perspectives on personal challenges and opportunities,  • Improved thinking and decision making skills,  • Better interpersonal skills and communication • Increased confidence at work and in your personal life. There are some special advantages specific to phone coaching. These include:  Concentration – it if often much easier to concentrate on the issues you want to consider Convenient and Relaxing -  as a client you can be in your own ...

What is personal development? Personal development is a way that you can develop yourself; sometimes alone, sometimes with support from others. Personal development can help you identity and develop your talents and potential. You can improve your career opportunities, enhance the quality of your life and contribute to the realization of your dreams and aspirations. What is Personal Development ? Personal development includes ; understanding yourself as an individual building your self-image and self-esteem developing strengths or talents improving your opportunities in the job market – your career identifying or improving your potential enhancing your quality of life and relationships improving health and social abilities fulfilling aspirations and dreams developing and carrying out personal development plans What is Personal Development? Personal development enables you to; Expect to succeed Take risks and set challenging goals Keep trying, if a...

 Stop Feeling Bored This is a simple little video aimed at a younger audience.  If you are a little older, it will remind you why you didn't get bored very often as a kid when inhibitions didn't limit your ability to be creative. Now, whose for a breath holding contest? Wendy Mason is a career coach.  She helps people reach their goals and aspirations, without sacrificing their home and personal life.  Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR.  She now divides her time between coaching and writing. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com Related articles Making Friends For The Facebook Generation A Great Way To Quiet Your Mind! Managing People - Dealing With Difficult Employees

 Making Friends For The Facebook Generation This is fun and somewhere in here is tiny kernel of truth but don't take it too seriously.  Not that I think you would, of course. This is from evmoneyTV http://www.twitter.com/evmoneytv http://evmoneytv.tumblr.com/   Wendy Mason is a career coach.  She helps people reach their goals and aspirations, without sacrificing their home and personal life.  Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR.  She now divides her time between coaching and writing. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com Related articles A Peaceful and Relaxing Meditation for Winter Friday Recipe - Walnut Crusted Fish - Something Healthy A Course in Personal Time Management From Brian Tracy

Find Some More Time - Time Management Exercise Here is a Time Management Exercise that will help you find where you waste time.  The lighting isn't great but the exercise is really useful: do the exercise. I agree with Paul in the video, I think you will find a big AHA moment if you do this honestly. Wendy Mason is a career coach.  She helps people reach their goals and aspirations, without sacrificing their home and personal life.  Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR.  She now divides her time between coaching and writing. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com Related articles Leadership and the keys to keeping your people engaged John Rohn on Sowing and Reaping Managing Time - Priorities and Setting Out Expectations For Others Something to ...

10 Easy tips to have more time for you! If you are always putting yourself on the back burner, it's time to make a change. Joining in with 10 Easy Tips to plug any leaks in your schedule that keep you from having enough time from Calendar Nirvana Coach Gretchen Duhaime. These are great tips from Gretchen; like other coaches, I find myself working through these with clients all the time. Wendy Mason is a career coach.  She helps people reach their goals and aspirations, without sacrificing their home and personal life.  Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR.  She now divides her time between coaching and writing. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com Related articles How to Deal with a Flirtatious Coworker! Eckhart Tolle on Loneliness Inspiring Quotes ...

Monday Quotes on Worry and Panic If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times. ~Dean Smith Nerves and butterflies are fine - they're a physical sign that you're mentally ready and eager. You have to get the butterflies to fly in formation, that's the trick. ~Steve Bull You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time. ~Pat Schroeder I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal - and soon they'll forget my number. ~Edith Armstrong We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives. ~Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail, 1979 I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. ~Wendell Berr...

The Art of Feminine Presence - a quick, easy exercise for you Rachael Jayne Groover, author of the book "Powerful and Feminine" quick and easy exercise to increase your personal presence immediately, so you can walk into any room and attract the attention you want Wendy Mason is a career coach.  She helps people reach their goals and aspirations, without sacrificing their home and personal life.  Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR.  She now divides her time between coaching and writing. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com Related articles How to Deal with a Flirtatious Coworker! Winning Friends In A Crisis - How To Manage Communications When Things Go Wrong! Inspiring Quotes on Courage Are you shy? Learn how to make friends in new situations. Wil...