Greetings!

Welcome to the May Newsletter!

Summer is just around the corner, and the weather is getting much better. We've just had the warmest April on record. Its time to start planning for those lovely summer holidays, that we have been working so hard for.


" Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." - Denis Waitley

Assert Yourself
What is assertiveness?

Assertiveness is about communicating our own needs, wants and feelings to others by being open and honest about what these are.

If your an assertive person :

• You can set clear boundaries, and feel entitled to defend them if they are attacked.
• You will enjoy life and have no difficulty in taking pleasure.
• You can give and receive both compliments and criticisms, learning from both.
• You can communicate clearly to others what you are feeling and what you want from them, in a calm way.
• You won't let a fear of conflict silence you and you are prepared to take the consequences of communicating your feelings and wants.

Assert yourself

Anything which improves your self-esteem will help you to be more assertive. A boost in self-esteem will automatically help you to become more assertive. If you feel better about yourself, it's likely you will feel more confident about asserting who you are and what you want, it will also allow you to be more self-confident and you will gain the respect of your friends and relatives.

Looking after yourself is essential to lifting your self-esteem. This can take the form of an occasional treat - buying yourself something or wearing something that makes you feel good, or doing something that gives you pleasure.

Boosting your self-esteem will also come from doing something you're good at and emphasizing the things that mark you out as an individual. This will help you to take pride in yourself and your abilities.

Are you assertive enough? / Can you be more assertive?

Assertiveness has a lot to do with not tolerating or putting up with something any longer.

• What are you putting up with now that you don't want to?
• Do you find yourself putting things off?
• Do you run away from difficult situations?
• Do you find yourself doing things (especially for others) you do not want to do?

If you answer "yes" to any of these questions get in touch for your free 15 minute consultation.

Did you know?
 

On May 1st 1979 - There was an Election victory for Margret Thatcher. The Conservative Party has won the general election making Margaret Thatcher Britain's first ever woman prime minister. Mrs Thatcher arrived at Downing Street to take over from James Callaghan after her party won an overall majority of 43 seats.

On May 13th 1995 - British woman conquers Everest, Alison Hargreaves, 33, is only the second person ever to reach the peak of the world's highest mountain unaided. A British mother of two has become the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. She reached the 29,028ft (8,847.7m) summit at 1208 local time on Saturday - 0723 in Britain - and immediately radioed her base camp. Alison tackled the mountain's notorious north ridge from Tibet after more than a year's training on the slopes of Ben Nevis .

On 8th May 2000 - Sneak preview of new Tate Modern, The Tate Modern art gallery in London has opened its doors to the world's media ahead of the official opening by the Queen on May 11. The world's largest modern art gallery is housed in a conversion of the former power station on Bankside which cost £134m and took four years to reconstruct. The new museum will have enough space to display works long hidden from public view due to lack of space - international modern art from 1900 to the present day by the artists such as Dalí, Picasso, Matisse, Rothko and Warhol as well as contemporary work by Dorothy Cross, Gilbert & George and Susan Hiller

Have a great month of May, enjoy the bank holidays if you are in Great Britain , recharge those batteries, ready for a great summer!

" Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer." - Muhammad Ali