An overview of stage 1 - Who Am I? This podcast describes aspects of your everyday experience – such as roles you play, your emotional responses and your behaviour – that we will examine during the first stage of this series. It explains how greater self- awareness enables you to clarify what is important to you and how you interact with those around you. This prepares you for Stage 2 - Who Do I Want To Be? in which we’ll look at things you might want to ...

Series Overview: Who Am I? Who Do I Want to Be? How Do I Get There? In this series of podcasts I’ll help you to increase your self-awareness and start to reflect on what is important to you. Over three stages, (‘Who Am I?’ ‘Who Do I Want to Be?’ and ‘How Do I Get There?’) I’ll show you how you can gain greater autonomy and make more helpful choices. I’ll share ideas about how to make changes, as well as learning to tolerate things ...

What are emotions, and why do we sometimes feel them very powerfully? When are strong emotions helpful, and when do they cause difficulties for us? Why might it help to understand our emotions better? More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self published by partnership publishing Contact jennyoyston@gmail.com to order Book and Kindle version available from Amazon

Introduction to Stage 2 An overview of stage 2 - Change This podcast considers how you might make changes in your life in order to enhance your wellbeing and level of contentment. More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? published by partnership publishing Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self Contact jennyoyston@gmail.com to order Book and Kindle version available from Amazon

Physical Aspects How you might identify and achieve a better balance in the physical aspects of your lifestyle, such as diet, relaxation and exercise. More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? published by partnership publishing Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self Contact jennyoyston@gmail.com to order Book and Kindle version available from Amazon

Emotions Managing and regulating your emotions can lead to a calmer, more relaxed way of living. We explore various strategies that help with emotional regulation. More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? published by partnership publishing Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self Contact jennyoyston@gmail.com to order Book and Kindle version available from Amazon

Values you hold Our values are fundamental to the way we lead our lives and how we see ourselves. Your values determine the choices you make and what matters to you. I invite you to spend time exploring and articulating your values and what they mean to you. More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self published by partnership publishing Contact jennyoyston@gmail.com to ...

Thoughts & Beliefs By examining your thinking patterns and the beliefs that underlie these, you can challenge unhelpful thinking and replace this with more helpful ways of responding to events. More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? published by partnership publishing Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self Contact jennyoyston@gmail.com to order Book and Kindle version available from Amazon

The way you behave affects your relationships and your enjoyment of life. When you explore you own behaviour, you will find patterns or ‘styles’ which you use in different situations. Which situations do you handle well, and when is your behaviour less helpful? What can you do about this? More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self published by partnership publishing Contact j...

Summary of what we’ve done so far Bringing all the above together, you will have increased your self-awareness. The last section asks you to consider what makes you happy, and what gives your life meaning. It invites you to think about whether the balance is right, and whether the choices you make are always for the best. Finally, it explains how in stage 2, we’ll explore the changes you might want to make, and some strategies you could use. More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This...

Behaviour We look at ways of behaving more assertively in a range of situations including dealing with conflict, saying no and handling criticism. More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? published by partnership publishing Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self Contact jennyoyston@gmail.com to order Book and Kindle version available from Amazon

Getting There When it comes to actually making changes, people sometimes like to work towards clear goals. Others take a more flexible approach. We look at how either of these approaches can enable you to put in place some realistic and positive changes to your life. Finally, I offer some tips about how to begin and maintain these changes. More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self publis...

Roles you play You play many different roles in your life, in various contexts. We identify these and explore the qualities, skills and characteristics you bring to them. By acknowledging such abilities and qualities, you can also gain a sense of how you might develop your potential in many areas of life. More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self published by partners...

The power of your beliefs Our beliefs have enormous influence over how we live our lives and on our mental wellbeing. Much of our behaviour is driven by our beliefs, and our self-esteem is affected by the things we believe about ourselves. More ideas at Jenny Oyston - Home (weebly.com) This podcast is based on the book Who Am I ? Building Blocks For Becoming Your Best Future Self published by partnership publishing Contact jennyoyston@gmail.com to order B...