Category: Help

  • Mental Toughness and Goal Setting- What can we learn from endurance athletes?

    Mental Toughness and Goal Setting Determined, highly driven and tough minded are the character traits needed when competing in ultra-marathons, ironman triathlons or long distance endurance adventures. These can be beneficial to us all and translated to non-sport related activities. I have been fascinated for many years by Ironman Triathletes and adventurers who push themselves…

  • The Thrive Programme in Schools – Recent Case Studies

    The Thrive Programme in Schools Over the past year, The Thrive Programme has launched an initiative to put Thrive into schools. We have already been successful with our book Thrive for Teenagers and it is our opportunity to bring effective principles of The Thrive Programme to a younger audience in relevant environments. Below is the write up of…

  • Parenting right for brighter futures: Caring not controlling

    Caring not controlling Parenting right for brighter futures: Caring not controlling We all know that parenting is the toughest job out there ; now new research supports the Thrive Programme and helps us to do it right. Caring and sensitivity. As far back as the Bowlby research in the 1960s a link was established between…

  • Why is it so important to process events in an INTERNAL way?

    Processing Events Internally… Why is it so important to process events in an INTERNAL way? This short video discusses the difference between processing events in an external manner versus an internal manner. If you’ve read any of my Thrive books, you will know what is meant by an internal and external locus of control. If…

  • Self-esteem is key to weight management

    Self-Esteem and Weight Self-esteem as a key to weight-management Are you on first name terms with your muffin-top? Bingo wings in a flap? Or on a mission to put on a few pounds and get back into the ‘healthy’ range?   Research shows that high self-esteem is significant in helping you to achieve weight-related goals.…

  • Mean what you say… Say what you mean…

    Mean what you say… say what you mean… Oi! You! Mind your language! Wash your mouth out! No, not that sort of language… Learning to ‘mind your language’ is an important part of The Thrive Programme. It has a big impact on your mental wellbeing. When we change our words we can change our minds.…

  • Top tips for NYE Resolutions – from The Thrive Programme..

    Top tips for Resolutions Top tips for Resolutions…….Be healthier, go to the theatre, read more books, and just generally be a better person. Sound similar to your list of New Year’s Resolutions? It might be easy to identify what we want to be in 2014, but sticking to the path to acheiving our goals is…

  • New Year’s Resolutions

    New Year’s Resolutions New Year’s Resolutions…. Rob Kelly was asked to contribute along with other experts to the Daily Mirror’s lifestyle article on the best way to achieve your resolutions. Use positive words Rob Kelly, therapist and creator of The Thrive Programme “This New Year, I’m going to ‘mind my language’ – that is be…

  • New Year’s Resolutions don’t work.

    New Year’s Resolutions don’t work. Try something different this year! Did you make any resolutions this year? If so, have you actually stuck to them? In fact by the end of the month 66% of people who made a resolution will have given up already according to a recent Bupa New Year Resolution Survey by ComRes.…

  • Ways to Beat Christmas Stress and Anxiety

    Beat Christmas Stress and Anxiety Beat Christmas Stress and Anxiety…Rob Kelly wrote in the Huffington Post. Christmas is rapidly approaching and the festive excitement is building up. Sparkling lights are being switched on, parties are nearing, the shops are filled with gifts, and snow is forecast. Christmas is bursting with family fun, mulled wine, log…