Positive Being

01/10/2025

The best advertisement going – a client’s testimonial.

25/09/2025

It is so encouraging to hear words like these from a client. this is what coaching is all about. New perspectives, more choices and courage to take a different path.

18/09/2025

Helen: Asking for what you need isn’t selfish

Problem – Helen’s toxic work environment had eroded her confidence. She felt she had to mask her real self at work which was exhausting. She had the offer of a new job, and she knew it was time to move on, but with her self-esteem and energy levels so low, she doubted her ability to learn the new skills required.

Goal – Helen wanted support managing the transition as she recognised she had become more anxious and negative in her thinking. She wanted a reset in order to get her confidence and positivity back! She wanted to feel more like herself again; to feel appreciated and heard, able to ask for support when needed and have her boundaries respected. She also wanted to regain some balance between her work and home life.

Action – Using positive psychology techniques, Helen started to regain a sense of who she really was. Coaching offered her a fresh perspective so she was less entrenched in her situation. She started to find her voice and discover what was important to her. She began to make herself important in her own life and regain a sense of her own value; ‘I'm beginning to absorb the lovely stuff instead of only hearing the bad.’

Outcome - ‘I’m feeling more creative and energetic. Work hasn't sapped all the life and enthusiasm from me… I've done more in the last week than I've done in the last six months.. it's a complete reset.’
After our 6 sessions Helen looked lighter and more energetic. She said ‘I’m being upfront and honest and prioritising self-care. It's OK if I say ‘this is what I need’, it's not selfish.’ She is establishing a good, positive routine.

‘I’m not trying to prove myself or be something that I'm not. Making myself unhappy and masking. I'm letting that lovely me come out, instead of trying to be somebody else.’

She has risen to the challenge of her new role: ‘I'm able to do these things, I'm able to learn, and interact and have a relaxed conversation with people. I don't feel so tense... and I'm coming up with ideas for things. I have brain cells waking up!... I'm a useful person that contributes to society rather than being in a job I couldn't see a future in, where I wasn't appreciated or happy. Now I see it doesn't have to be like that.’

Family life had been ‘on the back burner because I wasn't in the right mindset… my attention and interaction with family wasn't there, but… now I’m making time.’

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Want to find out how transformative positive psychology can support you to make changes in your life? Book a 30 minute, no strings attached, 30 minute consultation call.

16/09/2025

Hope is not just a feeling; it's a muscle that can be strengthened! 💪 Discover how to cultivate your hope muscle to improve your mental, physical, and emotional health. Read more here: https://wix.to/vR5koI3

If I claimed that hope could improve your mental, physical and emotional health would you think I was being a little bit too hopeful? Give me 3 minutes. I will try and convince you otherwise.Active HopeFirst of all, I’m not talking here about hope as a form of wishful thinking or a raft to cling t...

11/09/2025

Where do you stand on manifestation?

Do you swear by it or is it a bit too 'woo woo' for you?

Here's the thing about manifestation. People only tend to do the first bit - the wishing, the day dreaming, the calling in.

It's the next step that is crucial - you need to act. You need to do stuff towards those goals. Discover your values, choose your dreams, tap into your strengths and ACT.

In my blog for I talk about one aspect of this; tapping into your strengths to support your goals and to keep you well.

Take a read.

We talk a lot about strengths in positive psychology coaching. This is because they offer a fantastic doorway into greater self-awareness, allowing a deeper und

07/09/2025

I hope you enjoyed the questions I was asking on Facebook recently.
Did they make you stop and think?
If you want to see a few more then take a look over on my Linked In page. Link is in the comments.

04/09/2025

Routines go out the window over the summer. You’re juggling so much; work, kids, life, perhaps getting away on holiday.

This week the kids are back to school and all of a sudden autumn has arrived.

September always makes me want to go out and buy stationary - new pens, a snazzy notebook, erasers that try and smell of fruit.

So, imagine, you have that notebook in front of you now. Open it to the first page, crease the spine with the side of your fist so it stays open. Your pen is in hand, a hot cup of tea beside you.

Right. It is time to put yourself back on your own to-do list. What do you want to do, what are your goals, what would you like to change or leave behind?

What are you going to write…?

01/09/2025

26/08/2025

What is transformative positive psychology?

In this video I explain what it is and how it can help you to get unstuck and start moving forward. So you can find your road to a brighter better future.

22/08/2025

Tap in to your creative side!

Amy from Block Printing is here with another one of our popular Block Printing Workshops. Suitable for beginners, why not try your hand at some relaxing, enjoyable printing. Free workshop, just pay for what you use.
Friday 12 September 2025, 11am to 12.30pm.
Eventbrite booking link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1581799778719?aff=oddtdtcreator

19/08/2025

I need help!
But I don’t know what…

I get it, it is hard to know what you need, and there are so many different options out there; counselling, coaching, psychotherapy, neuro linguistic programming, mindfulness and all the subdivisions within those professions. How do you know what’s for you?

I’m going to help you with the first of those hurdles - coaching or therapy?

Therapy
Therapy generally involves talking to a trained professional to help you process difficult emotions, manage challenging life events or mental health concerns. Therapy is about exploring past experiences so they can be addressed and processed. It can help you to understand and heal pain, trauma and psychological issues.

There are lots of different approaches, like CBT, PCT, DBT, EMDR so don’t be put off if you tried something before and it wasn’t for you. Talk to the practitioner and get a better idea of what it involves. Experienced therapists will have a lot of different modalities under their belt and can often adapt how they work to what will be most helpful.

How Is Coaching Different?

Coaching is future orientated
Coaching focuses on the future rather than resolving the past. There is some cross over because, of course, how you are now is a product of your past experience, but with coaching you are thinking about how is this affecting me now? We look to challenge old habits and create new ways to think and behave.

Coaching builds your self-awareness so that you can better spot these ways of thinking and being and act more consciously.
It promotes action, change and development.

The Coach / Coachee Relationship
Another difference is the relationship between the client and professional. In coaching the relationship is more collaborative. A coach acts as a guide who asks the right questions to help you shift perspective and move forward. A skilful coach is a catalyst who steers conversations towards insights that can be hard to spot on your own. They might support you with accountability too if that is what you want.

What Sort Of Things Does A Coach Help With?
Coaching conversations are about goals, mindset, behaviour, emotions and motivation. They are about destinations; you’re at A and want to get to B. Your coach will help you get there. The intention is positive change, empowering clients learn to recognise their own inner resources and how to tap into them.

Coaching is great for

• navigating life transitions,
• problem solving,
• building confidence,
• achieving goals,
• personal growth and development.

I hope that has helped. Please book a call if you have more questions.

17/08/2025

The new academic year is starting next month and my diary will be filling up... So if you have been toying with the idea of investing in YOU then now is the time to get in touch!

Book a totally free 30 minute meeting with me to find out how I can help you with your goals, motivation, mindset, confidence and positivity.

Book an appointment here https://calendly.com/tracy-bevan/consultation-call-tracy-bevan