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Dr. Helen Johnson: Blog

11 May 2023

Shame and How to Deal with It

If I could give you one piece of advice it would be this – never ever ever think you are above something...

Shame and How to Deal with It

14 Mar 2023

PERMA Tool in Positive Psychology: Why Awareness Alone is Not Enough for Happiness

PERMA Tool in Positive Psychology: Why Awareness Alone is Not Enough for Happiness

11 Jan 2023

How come you can be successful with a shi**y mindset?!

If the gods and goddesses of business coaching were to be believed then success and mindset go hand in hand...

How come you can be successful with a shi**y mindset?!

20 Dec 2022

Mind Reading: A filthy habit. How do we help people to kick it??

If you don't know what mindreading is it is where we tell ourselves stories about what another person is thinking...

Mind Reading: A filthy habit. How do we help people to kick it??

1 Dec 2022

Money Talks - but should it?!

There is a LOT of discontent in the personal development and business coaching world around people ...

Money Talks - but should it?!

2 Sept 2022

Why to hone your craft even in stressful time

In challenging times we are going to get stressed and when that happens we are going to go into fight, flight...

Why to hone your craft even in stressful time

5 May 2022

The secret lies in the hidden and rejected

Here is a little terrifying fact for you: All those parts of you that you push away – the parts you dislike ...

The secret lies in the hidden and rejected

28 Apr 2022

Do you really want to tear down those bars?

One year I was attending a conference and my PhD supervisor couldn’t go so he tasked me to create ...

Do you really want to tear down those bars?

14 Apr 2022

How to spot when someone is trying to wriggle out of responsibility

Is there anything more crazy making than when someone starts wriggling out of their responsibility for things…

How to spot when someone is trying to wriggle out of responsibility

15 Feb 2022

Resilience: Why I know my stuff (or don’t…)

Let’s just start with a disclaimer right here, which is that I do not think that pure ‘experience’ means much when...

Resilience: Why I know my stuff (or don’t…)

3 Feb 2022

Robbing Myself: A Cautionary Tale

I would have sworn blind that I wasn’t doing any such thing but that’s the beauty of a powerful question...

Robbing Myself: A Cautionary Tale

21 Dec 2021

The Year of the Goddess 2022

Way back before the pandemic and babies and the like, I wrote a post about how six different Goddesses...

The Year of the Goddess 2022

7 Dec 2021

How I learned to be a shameless naval gazer

There are people in my life – who shall remain nameless even though they would never in a million years read this...

How I learned to be a shameless naval gazer

19 Nov 2021

Why being strategic about your relationships matters (and doesn’t make you heartless)

If the title of this post makes you feel a bit sick then this is the post for you! The reason? I already know that...

Why being strategic about your relationships matters (and doesn’t make you heartless)

31 Oct 2021

How to get your ‘woo’ side right.

Ahhhhhh, the modern day dilemma – how  how much ‘woo’ is right for you? Or even, is this too woo/not woo ...

How to get your ‘woo’ side right.

14 Oct 2021

The top mistakes people make when pursuing their own development

Deep down, most of us (all of us?!) have a strong desire to learn and grow – we just can’t help it. Part of being...

The top mistakes people make when pursuing their own development

18 Dec 2020

A revolutionary idea that doubles as a gift

As Christmas approaches and we are allowed into our bubble bubbles or whatever the rules are, we may all be...

A revolutionary idea that doubles as a gift

3 Dec 2020

Other people are not a mirror

Yesterday I was doing an online workshop (it was epic) and having an existential crisis because it was the kind ...

Other people are not a mirror

19 Nov 2020

My son’s impression of my snoring is bringing on an existential crisis

So the past couple of nights when my son is about to go to sleep he has been doing this absolutely ...

My son’s impression of my snoring is bringing on an existential crisis

5 Nov 2020

Skills most students never learned that you could probably use to this day

I teach at University level. Despite the fact that feedback from my students has included ‘tells too many dad jokes’...

Skills most students never learned that you could probably use to this day
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