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David Bird Coaching, Counselling & Cognitive Hypnotherapy in Leighton Buzzard

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David Bird's Blog for Life-Coaching, Counselling, and Cognitive Hypnotherapy

David Bird Coaching, Counselling & Cognitive Hypnotherapy in Leighton Buzzard
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    • Who I Help & What With
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    • Radio Interview: Coping With Stress
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DB’s Coaching, Counselling & Cognitive Hypnotherapy Blog for Leighton Buzzard & Milton Keynes

Here's where I post what I write. Some may be useful. Some even entertaining. And if we're lucky, it's both.


March 05, 2025

Perfectionism: How Fear of Looking Stupid Will Hold You Back [VIDEO]

March 05, 2025/ David Bird
Perfectionism: How Fear of Looking Stupid Will Hold You Back [VIDEO]

Perfectionism.

Ye Olde Creator-and-Preventer of Flops and Failures…

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March 05, 2025/ David Bird/
perfectionism, failure, procrastination
August 27, 2019

Identity Theft: How Who You Are Can Keep You Procrastinating What You Really Want To Do

August 27, 2019/ David Bird
Identity Theft: How Who You Are Can Keep You Procrastinating What You Really Want To Do

At times we all put off things we dislike. Chores. Housework. Paying bills. But why procrastinate things we actually want to do?

Sometimes it's about identity theft…

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August 27, 2019/ David Bird/ Comment
procrastination, identity
June 07, 2019

Checkmate Procrastinate: The Hard-Wired Response That Drives Us To Distract (And How To Fix It)

June 07, 2019/ David Bird
Checkmate Procrastinate: The Hard-Wired Response That Drives Us To Distract (And How To Fix It)

Our minds love to problem-solve. Creating pleasure from pain. So improving things feels good. But not when it's lose-lose…

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June 07, 2019/ David Bird/ Comment
procrastination, freeze response, fight or flight, threat response, take action, decision paralysis
April 12, 2019

Busy Without A Cause: Why Lists Bring Decision Paralysis And How To Get Moving Again

April 12, 2019/ David Bird
Busy Without A Cause: Why Lists Bring Decision Paralysis And How To Get Moving Again

"What does success look like?" we ask to help avoid failure. And the answer may be easy mid-task. "When this is finished!". But then what?

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April 12, 2019/ David Bird/ 1 Comment
fear of failure, writing lists, anxiety, procrastination

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Mar 15, 2025
How to BOSS Social Interaction with Confidence [VIDEO]
Mar 15, 2025
Mar 15, 2025
Perfectionism: How Fear of Looking Stupid Will Hold You Back [VIDEO]
Mar 5, 2025
Perfectionism: How Fear of Looking Stupid Will Hold You Back [VIDEO]
Mar 5, 2025
Mar 5, 2025
Why Your New Years' Resolutions Fail Miserably (And 4 Steps To Achieve Them)
Jan 8, 2024
Why Your New Years' Resolutions Fail Miserably (And 4 Steps To Achieve Them)
Jan 8, 2024
Jan 8, 2024
On Being Most EXCELLENTLY Wrong: How Mental Breakdowns Can Work In Your Favour
Dec 16, 2023
On Being Most EXCELLENTLY Wrong: How Mental Breakdowns Can Work In Your Favour
Dec 16, 2023
Dec 16, 2023
Be More Laurence: Knowing How To Be More Loving, Open, And A Better Person For Everyone
Aug 23, 2022
Be More Laurence: Knowing How To Be More Loving, Open, And A Better Person For Everyone
Aug 23, 2022
Aug 23, 2022
Running In Circles: Trust Issues? The MOST Important Thing To Know
May 5, 2021
Running In Circles: Trust Issues? The MOST Important Thing To Know
May 5, 2021
May 5, 2021
Confidence: Why It Isn't Real (And How You Build Confidence Anyway) [VIDEO]
Feb 22, 2021
Confidence: Why It Isn't Real (And How You Build Confidence Anyway) [VIDEO]
Feb 22, 2021
Feb 22, 2021
Wordsmyth: The Hypnotherapy Fallacy (What Doesn't Work And How Change Actually Happens)
Feb 4, 2021
Wordsmyth: The Hypnotherapy Fallacy (What Doesn't Work And How Change Actually Happens)
Feb 4, 2021
Feb 4, 2021
Addictive Thinking: What Is Addiction? How It's Not The Thing, It's What You Believe [VIDEO]
Jan 30, 2021
Addictive Thinking: What Is Addiction? How It's Not The Thing, It's What You Believe [VIDEO]
Jan 30, 2021
Jan 30, 2021
Bouncing Back: 3 Key Traits That Separate Those Who Crumble From Those Who Cope
Jul 13, 2020
Bouncing Back: 3 Key Traits That Separate Those Who Crumble From Those Who Cope
Jul 13, 2020
Jul 13, 2020
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    • Video: Addictive Personality?
    • Radio Interview: Coping With Stress
    • Watch more videos
  • Podcast/
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