Author: Julia Gibney

Professional Coaching and Mentoring

Ways to Lower Stress in Your Personal and Professional Life

With Christmas almost upon us, this time of year can create all different kinds of stress. Family occasions, having a career, dealing with difficult co-workers, and annoying customers means that you could be under a lot of stress. Unlike much of the stress in other areas of your life, professional and family stress is often…
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How to Turn a Deadline in to a Walk in the Park

Coming up to the end of the year, there could be a need to finish certain tasks before going on a well-deserved break. However, with the impending end of year holidays approaching, you may have set yourself some dreaded deadlines. If so, that feeling could be sending you into a state of inaction, causing you…
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How to Stop Burnout Before It Starts

Research shows that most workplace accidents occur in the months of October and November. This could be attributed to the fact that people push themselves harder and harder towards the end of the year, which could lead to burnout, if not an accident. Burnout can significantly affect your mind and body causing you to suffer…
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The Secret of Successful Learning and Behaviour Goals

As a Professional Coach, people come to me to achieve career ambitions, learn new life skills and become ‘more successful’ in life. In order to do this, you have to set some sort of goals to achieve to help you get there. When people think about goals, they tend to focus on performance goals. However,…
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Eight Tips for Bringing Your Personal Goals to Reality

As we approach the end of the year, some people start reflecting on what they have achieved in the current year, and what they hope to achieve in the new year. Some people go about their daily life just getting by from one day to the next, all the while saving their dream goals for…
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How to Deal with Difficult Coworkers

In today’s blog I am going to tackle some more difficult situations that you may experience during your working career. How to deal with difficult co-workers. Now, in your personal life, you can walk away from toxic friendships. At the office, it’s more difficult to distance from someone who tries to take advantage of you.…
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12 Ways to Ensure That Your Resume Gets Read

Have you ever sent off numerous resumes for different jobs and heard nothing back? According to the employment website, Glassdoor, the average corporate job opening attracts 250 resumes. With that kind of volume, it’s little wonder that most resumes get looked at for 7 seconds or less. So, how do you make yours stand out?…
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Five Ways to Reduce the Stress of Working from Home

Working from home may sound like a dream come true at first. You get to sleep in longer, have direct access to all your favourite snacks and beverages. You don’t have to dress up to go to work or even take a shower if you don’t feel like it. Plus, there’s no exhausting daily commute…
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Reduce Stress Before a Job Interview With These Techniques

I help people craft their CV’s and cover letters to help them get to an interview. I also help people prepare for their interview. Now let’s be honest, interviews can be pretty stressful experiences. Even if you’re excited by the prospect of potentially getting a new job, the chances are you’re probably going to be…
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4 Crucial Questions to Ask Yourself when Considering a Career Change

Some people really know what they want to do when they leave school, college, or university. However, for many of us, we have no idea what we really want. We choose a job or career based on what our parents, friends, or career advisors say, or whatever is available at the time. Then, ten or…
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