Welcome to Zest Personal Development
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My name is Meg, and I'm an ex-RAF Officer and award winning Personal Development Trainer and Coach, delivering group sessions in key modern life skills to those most in need.
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Mission:
Levelling up. I believe that "reaching your potential" should be a right, not a privilege.
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Approach:
Challenging perceptions, raising self awareness, encouraging curiosity, and empowering change, whilst always remaining relatable and empathetic. All done with a sense of fun and humour but grounded in knowledge, research and a deep passion for helping people.
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Offering:
Face-to-face and online group sessions, workshops and courses, designed to empower, through developing key personal skill areas, such as resilience, emotional management, motivation, confidence and wellbeing.
Methods:
Practical tasks, thought-provoking exercises, searching questioning and bringing simple concepts to life combine for a unique, empowering and ultimately long-lasting impact.
TOOLS FOR SUCCESS COURSE
I'M AN ORIGINAL CATCHPHRASE
COPING WITH CHANGE AND UNCERTAINTY
“When we can no longer change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves”
Viktor Frankl
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A look at how our reactions shape our reality, and how we can cope during challenging and uncertain times
GOALS AND VISION
"Begin with the end in mind"
Steven Covey
We all have dreams. But how do we turn them into reality? Find out: why setting goals alone is not enough; what makes a good goal; and develop the tools to set and achieve your vision of the future
MIND MASTERY
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”
Charles R Swindoll
Our mindset impacts every aspect of our life. This session will give you the tools to develop a mindset for success
MOTIVATION
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great”
Zig Ziglar
What is motivation? Why are we motivated towards some things and not others? How can we beat procrastination and make sure that we do the most important things in the time we have available? Find out in this enlightening session
HABITS
“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily habits”
Bev James
The magic power of habits. Why are they so important and how can you leave behind unhelpful habits and replace them with more productive ones?
EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”
Maya Angelou
How we come across to others and how we make them feel affects every aspect of our lives. This session will help to raise your self-awareness and learn how to manage your emotions more effectively
WELLBEING
“For everyone, wellbeing is a journey. The secret is committing to that journey and taking those first steps with hope and belief in yourself”
Deepak Chopra
This session takes a look at what wellbeing means to us and how our current wellbeing compares to our ideal. Causes of poor wellbeing as well as ways to improve it will be explored
PHYSICAL HEALTH
“Take care of your body, it's the only place you have to live in"
Anon
Sleep, nutrition, exercise - all things which have a significant impact on our health and wellbeing, and where small changes can make all the difference. Explore the main components of physical health and discover ways to improve it
RESILIENCE
“She was unstoppable, not because she did not have failures or doubts, but because she continued on despite them”
Beau Taplin
Resilience isn’t one thing, rather a combination of all the elements covered during the course. This session shines a light on all the areas involved with building our resilience, in order to make us better able to cope, whatever life throws at us
REVIEW
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forwards”
Martin Luther King Jnr
Come and celebrate your success in completing the course! This session will give you the chance to reflect on your progress and help you to identify future steps to keep you moving in the right direction
Perfect audience ......
Everyone! All ages, all abilities, all levels, all settings - a truly universal course that explores the crucial foundational stuff that absolutely everyone needs, from top to bottom of any setting or organisation. It's the stuff that we know we know, but we need a shove in the right direction to raise our self awareness and put it into practice. I've delivered it across the board and it really works!
Ideal for ......
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Post pandemic reboot
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General all-round personal development
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Raising self-awareness
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Boosting personal skills, productivity and wellbeing
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Consolidation and practice time between sessions
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Those wanting a predesigned "ready-to-go" package