OpinionLouise ThompsonLouise Thompson: Get out of your comfort zone regularlyClients come because they want change in one or many areas of their life. However: in order for life to FEEL different we need to learn to THINK different and we actually have to DO different.17 Feb 09:00 PM
OpinionBlog: Make and own choicesEach week, life coach, yoga teacher and corporate escapee Louise Thompson will share actionable tips to make life happier, healthier and less stressful.07 Feb 02:30 AM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: How to know if he/she is the oneBam. Right there. It’s a biggie and it needs more explanation. It’s not essential for happiness but it surely helps a great deal. It’s can be a lifelong quest... finding The One.27 Jan 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: Honour your own health and energy levelsHands up who has a new year’s resolution to exercise more, weigh less and reduce stress?20 Jan 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: 10 principles of happinessCan you boil down happiness to a formula? Of course not. Happiness is absolutely individual. As I work with people on their own personal happiness strategies, however, there are super clear themes that come through.13 Jan 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: The 2012 reflection questionGoals schmoals. If I see another " New year, new yoooooooooooooou!!!" article I shall surely scream, strangled by the cliche. And yet, therein lies the rub. Cliches become cliches for a reason, do they not? No smoke without fire and all that jazz.06 Jan 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: How not to get your knickers in a knot this XmasIt seems every magazine I look at this month is full of helpful "How to plan a stress-free Christmas in 27 easy steps!" articles.16 Dec 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: The gift of words"You would be fantastic at that!" I heard one woman say to another in a cafe last weekend. "You think well on your feet, you are super-organised and you have fantastic presentation skills; it could be the perfect job."09 Dec 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonLouise Thompson: Checking life's temperatureThere is an anecdote about boiling a frog that I kind of like. It’s from the 1800s when experiments of this type were much in vogue.02 Dec 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: Are you living your purpose?I was ill the other week, in bed feeling sorry for myself surrounded by a sea of tissues. It was the day the cleaners come and I just couldn’t drag myself out of bed so they had to clean around me.25 Nov 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: New kettles and nigglesI bought a new kettle this week. A fancy glass one with four pre-set temperatures. I know, I know, we are living life on the edge here at Thompson Towers.18 Nov 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: Lessons from the old schoolWhile in Britain last month I stayed with my good friend Sarah and her husband Nick from university days. It was so good to see them, we talked long into the night reminiscing, and howling with laughter about our long-gone student days.11 Nov 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: Worrying makes bad stuff happenWorrying is a pointless activity. Fact! Worrying is focusing on a fear that is not currently present. It's worrying about a thing that may or may not happen later.04 Nov 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: Why being ‘over it’ is actually a good thingCall me crazy but I love hearing when clients or friends are "totally over it". When they can't look at another "fat picture" or drag themselves into the office for another soul-destroying day.28 Oct 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: Four words to change your lifeWant to transform your happiness at work or home life with just four little words? Sure you do.21 Oct 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: How to extend the holiday buzzBeing away in fabulous Turkey has been a blur of sunshine, family, laughter and new sights, smells and tastes. A total break from the usual routine, any stress has melted away in the lazy Turkish summer heat.14 Oct 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: A question of weight lossHere’s the thing. Our brain is like Google. It’s an incredibly efficient search engine.07 Oct 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: Once were worriersWorrying about our problems is an almost constant occupation for many of us. The worry that we are raising our children right, or that we are doing a good enough job at work, that our parents are healthy and independent, that our spouse is happy.30 Sep 08:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: The power of beliefTrekking to Machu Picchu is a once in a lifetime experience, and I am so glad to have been able to do it. Once in a lifetime, that is, unless you are a guide or a porter on the Inca Trail.23 Sep 09:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: Eating out without pigging outNadia Lim's recipes in last week's <i>Bite</i> encouraging us to eat more slowly, reminded me of an article I read recently that said the average person puts on 3.6kg when on a two-week vacation to the U.S.16 Sep 09:00 PM
OpinionLouise ThompsonBlog: Looking after number oneSelf-care is often confused with selfishness, so frequently comes very low down on people's "To do" list - just under "clean out the garage" and "take jacket to the drycleaners".09 Sep 09:00 PM
