Ronnie Slade

Explaining The Grow Model.

There are three core values of coaching.You will often hear these repeated and referred to, both explicitly and implicitly,Coaching is non-critical. Coaching is non-judgmental. Coaching is confidential.Taking this one stage further, these core values also... Read >

Life Coaching-Explaining the Grow Model: the 'R' the 'O' and the 'W'.

Hopefully, you would have completed the 'G' section of your personal GROW model from my last article,establishing a personal goal or issue? Now you are invited to explore the realities, options and a way forward for your current situation. The 'R', the 'O... Read >

The GROW Model: Part 1 Exploring Your Goals Or Issues

In my last post entitled: Explaining the GROW model, I explained that GROW is an acronym for: G = Goal R = Reality O = Options W = Will or Way forward. In this article you have the opportunity to "coach" yourself. This is a unique opportunity for you to i... Read >

The Origins of Life Coaching.

Many personal development and self-help techniques can be traced back to a few individuals who took an idea and packaged it to make it accessible to all.Coaching is the result of a gentle evolution which owes much to these other techniques and, like all t... Read >

Pay As You Go Mobile Phones: A Perfect Solution For Infrequent Callers.

The mobile phone is firmly entrenched in countries around the world. Business people would feel naked without their mobile phones. Busy Mums need to stay in touch. Teenagers wouldn't be caught dead without their mobile phone - they'd miss out on everythin... Read >

12 String Acoustic Guitar

The 12 string acoustic guitar is a great instrument. In technique, it is basically exactly the same as a normal 6 string guitar, yet there is more depth to it. Because it has double strings, it has an added poignancy that is hard to characterise. The sust... Read >

Lowering high blood pressure naturally is the way to go!

High blood pressure is a common condition in today's society. There are many factors which contribute, including stress, poor dietary habits, excess weight and a lack of good circulation. While your doctor can prescribe medications to reduce your high blo... Read >

1980s New Romantics - Stadium Rockers- And of Course the Video Stars!

But album sales during this decade also reflected a taste for more established and mature sounds. In the 1980s, pop music's paranoid obsession with youth greatly disappeared. The generation born in the post - war years demanded music to satisfy and reflec... Read >

Move Over! It's the 1960's and Here Comes Rock 'n' Roll!

All that had changed by the mid - to - late 1960s. By the time album sales overtook singles in Britain and America in 1967, the LP's principal purchasers were teenagers and the prevailing repertoire was pop and rock - not the soundtracks, Broadway show sc... Read >

Punk, New Wave, Dance, Disco, Soul and Reggae - It's All Here - The 1970s!

In terms of the range and variety of music, however, the decade to which Lennon referred was anything but a drag. The 1970s were a boom period on both sides of the Atlantic, both for the creative output of artists and musicians and for the fortunes of the... Read >

1950s Music - Elvis and Sinatra and Their Ability to Provide That Essential "Lift" to Our Spirits

The music made for the new albums market in the 1950s was altogether different from that produced for the singles market. As far as the record companies were concerned, singles were predominantly for teenagers and children. They also catered to the tastes... Read >