Author: Julia Gibney

Professional Coaching and Mentoring

How to Set Effective Career Goals

I help people become better versions of themselves. Sometimes, this means helping them decide what they want to get out of their career. When I ask them what they want out of their career, the answer usually isn’t just “an income.” We all have dreams of what we’d like to accomplish in our career. Some…
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It’s Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams

If you knew it was impossible to fail, what dreams would you pursue? If your dreams are possible for others, then you can achieve them too! Your current position in life can be the launching pad to the destiny you’ve always dreamed about. It is true that bigger dreams take longer to achieve. However, if…
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Clarify Your Goals for Greater Success

In a recent coaching session, I was asked, but how do I make a goal and stick to it? In this world there are two types of goals, process goals and product goals.  A process goal is like a compass. It helps you focus on where you want to go in life and allows you…
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How to be More Socially Confident

Some people have social confidence to spare. It’s easy to see that some children are seemingly born with great social confidence, while others are not. Social confidence seems to come and go for most adults. For me, I was very much a wallflower for the best part of my early adult years. I used to…
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Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt

Have you ever thought to yourself, things like “I can’t do this” or “I’m not good enough” or maybe even “what will others think?” I know I have. This is a natural reaction to anything new or challenging. There is no question that fear and self-doubt can be crippling to some. Therefore, many people may…
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Self-Acceptance

With the advent of social media, comparing ourselves to others has become almost the norm. Social media makes it easier to compare ourselves to others rather than feel content about our current looks. We also tend to talk about how life would be easier if only we lost a few kilos or had the perfect…
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Tips for Overcoming Negative Self-talk

One of my biggest hurdles in becoming successful in my own right was to conquer my negative self-talk. Overcoming negative self-talk is one of the most critical mindset shifts you can make in your life. It seems that almost everyone appears to understand the importance of this shift, However, most people still struggle with it.…
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Self-Esteem – How are your nurturing yours?

Self-esteem is the way we think about ourselves and the value we place on ourselves, and low self-esteem is practically an epidemic these days. Every day we are bombarded with images of impossible success and beauty. And it’s hard to avoid making comparisons, and those comparisons never seem to work out in our favour, especially…
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Making Peace with Your Inner Critic

Last month I talked about the inner critic. We all have one! It is the way you talk to yourself. It can build you up or tear you down. When your inner dialogue is harsh, or critical it’s usually because you’re repeating things you heard from your parents or other authority figures when you were…
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8 Tips to Boost Confidence at Work

I often get asked, how can I be more confident in my surroundings? When I ask, what do I mean, they say… “like you. You’re confident!”. And the funny thing is, its all relative. There are times at work that I certainly don’t feel confident. But I appear confident as I have learnt how to…
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