Feeling lost and lacking focus? Stuck on the hamster wheel and don’t know how to get off?

Sharper Life coaching can help you focus your energy and create your plan of action for a better life. In just a few sessions you'll get help with:

• Combating stress
• Boosting self esteem
• Increasing your confidence
• Overcoming depression
• Beating phobias
• Reducing panic attacks
• Achieving personal challenges
• Realistic goal setting
• Inspiring motivation

or just generally improving your work life balance, well being, or any other area that's important to you.

Sharper life has helped hundreds of people near you across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Through small steps, which are practical and do-able, you can quickly find new solutions to move forward with the life you want.

Using a variety of practical life-coaching techniques including hypnotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), enables you to achieve your dreams. With time and support to achieve your goals you can learn how to repeat your success again and again, with new perspectives for your whole life. All sessions are held in a relaxing, supportive space where there's time to focus on you.

Sharper Life has moved into a new area as well, with sessions now running at Peak Wellbeing on the first Thursday of every month (Next time Hannah's here is Thursday 6th May). Hannah is offering a special initial 70-minute session for just £50. In that time you can really begin to make a difference to an area in your life, whether it’s personal, professional or financial.

To learn more or book a session please call Hannah on 07939 460 812 and she'll be happy to answer any questions you may have about the process and how she can help you. You can also visit her website at www.sharperlife.com.


About Sharper Life
Sharper Life is the company of Hannah Sharples who has successfully been helping individuals and groups grow their confidence, communication skills, achieve their goals and overcome personal challenges for over 5 years. Prior to that Hannah worked as a trainer and coach within the financial industry. The client base and coaching team of Sharper Life are growing due to huge demand across the Midlands.

About Hannah Sharples
In 2005 after achieving everything I set out to within the financial sector, I qualified as an NLP Practitioner and secured funding to set up Sharper Life. I trained with NLP School Europe, Paris and London, with whom I am currently studying for the NLP Master Practitioner qualification. I have had many private clients and created numerous courses, enabling me to put into practice the NLP techniques as well as incorporating other skills that are based in psychotherapy, EFT, (Emotional Freedom Technique) and counselling, to allow a holistic approach to suit each individual client.

Case Study of Mr R
Having suffered panic attacks for several years Mr R came for NLP coaching as the situation was now seriously affecting his work. Through a mixture of coaching and specialised techniques, including one just for panic attacks, the attacks reduced significantly after one session. With 4 more session we were able to work at continuing to eliminate the panic attacks completely and build-in feelings of calm for every day and for those situations that would have previously been overwhelming.

Case Study of Ms C
Having initially come for help with feelings of jealously we were able to quickly get to the cause of the problem and work at self esteem and confidence, as well as communication skills to enable a more successful relationship. After just 3 sessions Ms C agreed to become Mrs D and they have had a much more harmonious relationship!

Testimonials
“ I took the time today to really take a look at myself and start to effect change with the help of Sharper Life” T.Bacon, Derby

“During the coaching sessions I've been able to deal with issues I would never have thought I'd be able to look at in my lifetime, let alone accept and move forward from, with tools to deal with these deep problems, I'm amazed” A.D Derby

“After having my first child I felt a bit lost, like ‘me’ was a lifetime ago. Having fortnightly coaching sessions meant there was time for me, to focus on what I wanted for me as well as my family. I was able to reconnect with my old dreams, and plan how to pursue them around my family, making the most of each separately. Now I am able to enjoy my children and have a career – something I just couldn’t get my head round before, let alone organise! Thank you so much” S.P Belper

Are pesticides poisoning you?

Are pesticides poisoning you?
Ok, so I know I was going to write about taking 15 minutes out each day, but my 15 minutes this morning was taken up by watching the shocking films below, and I just had to share them with you all.

Poisoned - New 60 Minutes Report On Pesticides - Part 1

Poisoned - New 60 Minutes Report On Pesticides - Part 2

The videos above focus on two pesticides, carbendazim and endosulfan. The good news is, endosulfan is banned in 62 countries, including the European Union. The first bit of bad news is, it’s still in use in India, Brazil & Australia (don’t eat any conventionally grown foods from these countries!). The second bit of bad news is that carbendazim is still widely used (although it has been in decline of late).
These chemicals can be fatal, and other hazards of these toxins include:

• Hyperactivity
• Tremors
• Convulsions
• Lack of coordination
• Difficulty breathing
• Nausea and vomiting
• Diarrhoea
• And in severe cases, unconsciousness.
• Many cases of sub-lethal poisoning have resulted in permanent brain damage from endosulfan.
• Suspected hormone disruption effects which can lead to foetal defects.

So what is being done about the use of these poisons?
The European Parliament approved pesticide legislation last year, which states:

• “Certain highly toxic chemicals will be banned [Good] unless exposure to them would in practice be negligible [define negligible], namely those which are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction, those which are endocrine-disrupting, and those which are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB).
• For developmental neurotoxic and immunotoxic substances, higher safety standards may be imposed. [Surely these should be outright banned too?]
• If a substance is needed to combat a serious danger to plant health, it may be approved for up to five years even if it does not meet the above safety criteria. [What about our health? What about the long-term effects of these chemicals on the plants, not to mention the delicate ecosystems (insects, rivers & streams, birds) that play an essential role?]
• Substances likely to be harmful to honeybees will be outlawed." [Thank goodness!]

For me, although this legislation is a step in the right direction, it just doesn’t go far enough. I have this vision of the super-powerful chemical companies lobbying governments to approve all manner of poisons that haven’t been properly trialled or their long-term effects taken into consideration. I am clearly biased on these matters, and would prefer for no hazardous chemicals to be used ever, but I understand this is simply not possible at the present time.

So what can we do about it?
I like to use the ‘Peaceful World’ analogy here, as when we have a world full of peaceful people, we have a peaceful world. This means that action needs to be taken on an individual basis, which is then spread to more individuals, until we get to a point of critical mass and the minority becomes the majority.
So my advice is to buy organic. (Bet you didn’t see that coming!) I know it can be expensive, but when you use every part of every item of food you buy (broccoli stalks to make soup, chicken bones to make stock*), not only does it make it more cost effective but also more eco-friendly.
If you wish to avoid the supermarkets and their expensive, ‘freshly flown in from Kenya’ approach to organic food, there are plenty of veg-box schemes around. I personally use Trinity Farm in Cossall. They’re great value, local, organic & biodynamic, and lovely people to boot.
If you’re at all green fingered, you’re probably already growing your own. I’ve had my very first foray into growing my own salad this year. Everyday I watch with delight as the pots on my windowsill start sprouting, and I know that in a few weeks I’ll be enjoying super-fresh, organic salad that cost just a few pennies and only minutes of my time.

*Be Your Own Butcher! To get organic chicken breasts at the same price as non-organic, buy a whole organic bird and cut the breasts, wings and legs off yourself. You can boil up what’s left to make a delicious stock for gravy, soup, risotto…

Wishing you peace and good health,

Bess

P.S. In last month’s health-e-newsletter, I ended it by saying that the obesity epidemic is all down to sugar. Which of course isn’t true! There are many complex factors, including lack of physical activity and fast food. If you want an in-depth explanation about how sugar affects your health, I recommend the following video - Sugar: The Bitter Truth. I get so swept up and passionate about these things that I get a bit carried away at times. Forgive me!