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A professional service providing clients with feedback, insights, and guidance from an outside vantage point. While it is similar to the practice of a physician, attorney, or psychologist, the major difference is that coaching is an on-going collaborative partnership built on taking action. A coach is hired when a person is making a career transition, starting a new business, feeling dissatisfied, re-evaluating life choices, or simply looking for personal and professional bre

Play Play is a child’s way of communicating and it should not be seen as just mere play but that the meaning of “play” is very important. Within the generation, we live parents no longer are able to skill their children through play. Much skill is lost and children more than often need to be taught the skill of play. Parents are at a loss with the different behavioural patterns their children display not being able to cope with these issues. Toys When a child plays it has

Adult & Teenage Assessments Assessments help you in managing the problem situation that you find yourself in. In this way, we touch on the following aspects: To what extent do you still want to achieve? Are you still satisfied with your circumstances? Are your future expectations realistic? To what extent do you experience frustration, stress and helplessness? Self-Image: to what extent do you suffer from feelings of fear, guilt and worthlessness? What are your strengths with

Ronelle’s Doctoral Degree within “Biblical Counselling for Dependency and Co-dependency of Adults Originating from the Childhood” obtaining Doctor in Theology with the discipline of Biblical Counselling (Th.D) can be viewed here… Doctoral Degree Petronella Joubert

Raak die spanning van ‘n buierige tiener vir jou te veel? Hier is raad. Article Lig Magazine March 2016

Don’t discipline a child for mistakes, accidents, or failures – toddlers, unfortunately, make a lot of mistakes, accidents and fail a lot due to the fact that they need to learn, grow and understand Don’t break the bond of love – punishment can be done with a lot of love. The child needs to know that he/she is always loved and it is that what the child has done that you don’t like and not the child Don’t be a dictator – don’t say no too often and without explaining the reason

One of the most powerful “tools” a parent can own are rewards and consequences. Definitely more than once per week a parent will struggle with unwanted behaviour which causes much frustration all around scrambling to gain control to change this behaviour. One problem with unwanted behaviour is rooted in inconsistency regarding rewards and consequences and I want to add what I expect as a parent from my child. A child needs consistency in order to know who is in authority. Ano

Often times stress will manifest when we carry over yesterday’s concerns into our present-day concerns. An accumulation will almost always end up in a high-stress level. Therefore, we must be able to “dump” all of our concerns from the previous day or days and concentrate wholly on our today. So here are 3 stress-busting tips – Stress-Busting Tip #1 Resolve right now to release every thought from yesterday and be only mindful of the now…. this thought only…this breath…this mo

Fear gets to the best of us, whether it is fear of failure, fear of success, or even fear of fear. All of us have experienced fear at some point in our lives and it can be a real stumbling block that holds us back from being truly successful. Fear can’t hold you back forever if you don’t let it. There are several ways to overcome fear, here are my top 9: SEPARATE REALITY FROM PERCEPTION Ask yourself what is really going on, locate the facts and place them over your feelings.

There are all kinds of strategies, ways of thinking, patterns of behavior, and practical tips for improving your life and feeling better about yourself, but they’re all redundant if the foundation isn’t there. That foundation is the real you, the you that you know deep down you are. The trick is that it takes confidence to find that and to bring out who you are – here are three keys to real inner confidence. Get To Know Your Values Personal values are a big passion of mine an

What do you want to achieve? Before you actually set up, decide what you want to achieve with your business. If you are already in business, review where you are going, are you clear about this? Take time out to think about and write down your goals for your business? – Write it down Research shows that only 3% of people write down their goals, and on average these people earn 10 times those who don’t have goals. Plus research shows that people with up-to-date written goals a

We’ve all done it at some time or other. We put off things we are supposed to have done. We continually delay finishing that project or starting that business, or simply doing things looking after ourselves. We become lazy and the more we are stuck in that rut, the more effort it takes to get out of it, hence why procrastination can literally stop you in your tracks from achieving all that you desire. Not always easy, but deliberate decisions must be made in order to use the

How do we react when our plans fall through? Do we roll with the punches? Or does anxiety keep us from enjoying life? When we look at what has been happening regarding Covid then stress levels certainly can increase. I find myself in isolation currently that seems to have no end in testing positive each time I test and that in itself can cause stress as I need to go home and resume my daily tasks, however, what can really be done about that situation is a very interesting q

Life consistently presents us with challenges and changes and at times this can lead to us feeling stressed. Planning how to manage and cope in various life situations, and finding out which coping skills work best for you, is the key to succeeding with stress rather than experiencing distress. This article contains ideas for coping with stress and also acute emotional crises. Here are some ideas for coping with stress: Understand more about stress – this involves recognising

Fatigue and a lack of energy have become a part of life, especially now. Trying to find the answers to why we are feeling that way is not always going to be answered. We can however shift our focus and put our attention to what we can do to alleviate what we are feeling. Trying the following energy boosters one at a time or more than one at a time can help you discover which ones will work for you in alleviating tiredness. 1. Energetic music Different types of music have diff