Anne McKeown - Master Life Coach. Certified NLP & Time Line Therapist

With nothing to do, the mind is unable to prevent negative thoughts from elbowing their way to centre stage - worries about one’s love life, health, investments, family and job are always hovering at the periphery of attention, waiting until there...

Everything we do is based around our FEELINGS! We watch a romantic movie because it makes us feel good. We buy a new dress because it makes us feel good. We hang out with friends because they make us feel good.
So what do we do when events cause negative...

Have you seen the movie Groundhog Day?  Do you know why it was so popular?  One reason is that everyone could relate to it: the boring repetition of daily life, the predictable patterns, the same old habits.  We all have repetitive behavior...

Is it true that we automatically become more forgetful as we age? I've always believed this to be true, I watched it happen to my parents and my grandparents.  But then I heard an interview with Dr Michael Merzenich from the University of California ...

The topic of motivation fascinates me. 
I love to understand the different internal and external drivers that move people forward in life.
I recently had an insight whilst reading The Achieving Society, by David McClelland. Through cognitive t...

In the 1970s linguist, John Grinder and mathematician Richard Bandler studied individuals who were excellent in their field to find out what made them different to those who were merely competent. They discovered that their beliefs, mindset, and strategie...

As we move into the second half of the year, this is the perfect time to reflect and question how the rest of the year will be. Ask yourself, has 2018 been a successful year so far? Why has it or why has it not been? Asking ‘why?’ is an import...

At the beginning of each year I choose a word to guide me through the next 12 months. A word that I find inspiring, a word that resonates with what I’m trying to achieve. Now that we are half way through 2018 I have been reviewing this year's word w...

Do you like listening to music? Do you have a favourite genre? Do you sing along while driving? Are you motivated to dance when you hear it? Are you soothed by it? Every person will answer these questions differently because we all have our own taste and ...

With Mother’s Day approaching, it is important to appreciate the female figures who inspire and guide us in our everyday lives, especially mothers. Many women of wisdom are mothers who work for their communities with no expectation of  reward.
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To relax means to become less tense in the body and less anxious in the mind ~ Anne McKeown

 As a Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Progamming (NLP) I teach clients how to use the mind to relax the body and how to use the body to relax the mind. ...

Be able, accepting, adventurous, assertive and altruistic
Be brave, beautiful and bold
Be caring, committed, confident, co-operative, courageous, curious and coachable
Be dependable, discerning and always discreet
Be encouraging, empathetic and enthus...

Indeed, you become what you think about. The human mind is the last great unexplored continent on earth. It contains untapped riches beyond your wildest dreams. And it returns anything you want to plant. But this brainpower is often unused because peopl...

Being alone is not the same as being lonely. You can actually enjoy solitude without feeling alone by:

Read a good novel by your favorite writer. Time will pass quickly. In order to find a good book from the comfort of your home, you can order on Amazo...

Empowerment is one of those words we hear banded about a lot these days. I even have the idea of it embedded in my company name 2Mpower.co (the 2Ms are my daughters Maris & Megan, for whom I strive to be a positive role model).
When we overuse a word, it...

As we live our lives we either focus on living for pleasure or working for achievement. Too much pleasure orientated living and you'll stay at home instead of going to the gym, sleep in instead of working, getting unfit and probably fired!  Too much ...