Island Life Magazine Ltd June/July 2012 | Page 125

FASHION HEALTH & BEAUTY

Boost

your self esteem

Prudence Lee has been a

more and more.

teacher for 34 years, and

“Life for many is pressured

since 1990 has established

and challenging. Through my

drama and performing arts at

work, I attempt to give people

Sandown Bay Academy.

strategies to overcome some

During that time she

of the blocks they perceive

developed techniques and

are preventing them from

skills to improve self esteem,

being' successful'. These

confidence and reach

include yoga, meditation and

personal goals.

affirmations.

Pru said; “Performing is a

Goal setting
Goal setting comes first through discussion. Often so many aspects
of someone’s life are so intertwined it’s difficult to see ‘the wood
from the trees'. When a goal is set the most important thing is to
try to break it down in to manageable chunks that can be worked on
consistently. Anyone who has tried this can find that other aspects of
their lives feel as though they are obstructing the goal. This is where
developing other strategies to support the goal come into play. Such
as meditation, affirmations etc.

“I now work part-time training

intensive and demanding

teachers as the deputy

skill. It became clear to me

director of the Graduate

that the development of the

Teacher Training programme

whole individual was critical

on the Island, and the rest of

in order to be successful. I

the time I do life coaching.”

of course worked with young
people up to the age of 18, but
increasingly this spilled over
into all aspects of my life and
I began to work with adults ,
work colleagues and friends

"Don't me
asure
yourself b
y what yo
u
should ha
ve accom
plished,
but by wh
at you sho
u
ld have
accompli
shed with
y
our ability,
said John
"
Wooden,
o
ne of the
greatest c
oaches in
college
basketba
ll history.
J
o
h
n Wooden
is the only
person na
m
ed to the
Basketba
ll Hall of F
ame as b
oth a
player an
d a coach
.

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