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The GYST Coaching Blog is hopefully going to be a valuable resource for you.
It contains my thoughts, my processes and advice on a wide range of subjects. Hopefully this will be insightful and will inspire you on your own journey into self-development.
The contents of all of this is my opinion and I welcome healthy debate with regards to all of it.
I always aim to write in a way which people will find educational and instructive without falling into the category of just being preachy!
If there’s any subjects that you’d like to see me write about then drop me an email chris@gystcoaching.co.uk
The Blogs
How to Be Happy (and it’s now how you think it would be)
What will make you happy (and it isn’t what you think) What would make you happy right now? If you could snap your fingers and have anything to make you happy what would that be? When you ask people what would make them happy they’ll typically tell you that they need...
Boundaries: How to Set Boundaries, Maintain and Defend them
Boundaries - How to Set, Maintain, and Defend them If you’ve got to the point in life where you might describe yourself better as a doormat rather than a human being, or you get simply told that “you’re too nice” then you’re in the right place. The boundaries that we...
The Most Important Ingredient in a Successful Relationship (you’ll never guess it)
The most important ingredient in a successful relationship When relationships end people tell their close friends and family who rally around them and give them tea, biscuits and normally the same bit of advice. “You should spend some time by yourself before starting...
An Alternative to Positive Thinking
An Better Alternative to Positive Thinking Positive thinking is one of the latest things that you simply must do if you want your life to be better apparently. You’ll see it in people’s instagram bios - “positive thinking only”, on dating profiles you’ll see “no...
How to Feel More Attractive: Part 3
In part 3 we’ll be diving deeper into more techniques including the very biggest one of all, stopping caring what other people think about you. In part 1 and part 2 you’ve hopefully learnt about how attractiveness is a mental game not a physical one and also taken on...
How to Find Yourself More Attractive: Part 2
How to Start Finding Yourself More Attractive: Part 2 If you want to start finding yourself more attractive and you’ve not read part 1 yet then please do - there’s an important exercise at the end of that which can really get you started well on your journey to...
How to Find Yourself More Attractive – Part 1: It’s a mindset thing
Why is it so hard to find yourself attractive? Just the idea of saying “I’m sexy” or “I’m hot” without cringing yourself inside out seems utterly impossible to a lot of people. They would in fact rather be thought of as being unattractive over being believed to think...
Memento Mori: Finding the Joy in Mortality by Remembering You’re Going to Die
Let’s be clear, you’re going to die one day. The moment you were born you were given a death sentence. Right now that shocking thought which, let’s be honest, you already knew will either be terrifying you or inspiring you. If you’ve found that the stark reminder that...
Saying Sorry Too Much – How to Stop Over-Apologising
Saying Sorry Too Much - How to Stop Over-Apologising The word sorry has got to be one of the most misused words in the English language. People are saying sorry for absolutely everything nowadays when there's absolutely no need to. If you're someone who finds...
“It’s All In Your Head” – Why It’s Time to Stop taking it as an Insult
“It’s all in your head” - why it’s time to let that be an inspiration, not an insult “It’s all in your head”. If you’ve suffered from any mental issue at all, particularly one where that causes physical symptoms such as in IBS and Anxiety then you’ve heard this...
How to Tolerate Uncertainty | Anxiety Relief and Advice
How to be more tolerant of uncertainty Humans are often described as being creatures of habit, we like routine, we like knowing where we’re going to be and to an extent we love certainty. Uncertainty however is the great cause of anxiety, with all of the millions of...
3 Ways to Deal with Intrusive Thoughts – Stop Being Overwhelmed
3 Ways to Deal with Intrusive ThoughtsAn intrusive thought is one that you’d rather just wasn’t there anymore, it is one that can often bounce around inside of your head for hours and is at best unhelpful or at worst harmful. Intrusive thoughts come into your brain...
Overcoming Your Phobia: 6 Things to Stop Doing Today
Overcoming Your Phobia: 6 Things to Stop Doing TodayOvercoming phobias can seem like a pretty daunting thing to do, the problem being that the longer the fear goes on the worse it tends to become. Your fear may then get to the point where you seek therapy in some form...
How to Recover from a Bad Break-up, Feeling Heartbroken or Long-Term Relationships
How to Recover from a Bad Break-UpIntroduction to Bad Break-Up Recovery This is about the mental recovery and mindset following break-ups. It is primarily written to help people who didn’t want their relationship to end, however people who chose to end their...
Worst thing to do when overcoming a bad break-up
The Worst Thing You Can Do When Overcoming a Bad Break-UpWhether your break-up is one that you've chosen, is amicable or had forced upon you it's always going to be emotionally charged. The last thing that you need is even more emotion in your life. I've become more...
Everything happens for a reason | Or does it? My Thoughts
Does Everything Happen for a Reason?“Everything happens for a reason” It’s a cliche as old as time itself and something that is thrown around both by friends who want to make loved ones feel better and on social media in scripty fonts over perhaps a peaceful mountain...