What the heck is going on?!

Ok, here I am again at last!

Apologies for being AWOL for so long.  I have great reasons which I really don't want to go into at great length here just now.  Although,  if you see my Bio has had a big change and now I'm a single girl.  A big shock to many including myself!

So, a slight change of jewellery and here's off to a great new base for a new novel.

Needless to say, life has been crazy chaotic.  Although I'm on the up in a big way.  Honestly,  I feel when people have a bit of a 'crisis' (you might call it) they either fix themselves by crying lots,  sleeping for ages and feeling really sad - getting lots of lovely cuddles from loved ones - or,  like me,  really grab life by the wotsits and decide to use it as a positive change.

Sounds perfect eh?

Well yes, of course it would sound perfect.  This is me,  Mrs positive,  Mrs Lusher Life.  Agreed,  I really do love to make my Lusher Life and when things are taking a downturn I do realise that it's all part of life.

It's a journey isn't it!

It's important to realise we are human.  So while I'm recovering,  my body is taking a little bit of a bashing as my stress can go inward.

Now, with the Law of Attraction in mind,  we create our reality with our thoughts.  I'm thinking that my life needs x, y, z right now and by agreeing to these things I feel better.  

For instance,  (as i know that was hard to grasp)  To feel in control,  I need to realise the control is in my hands!

So what will I do with my new found freedom?  Well that's up to me but creating a Lusher Life is what I'm all about so everything I do must be moving forwards in that direction.

Realising this sad story had a sad ending has just given me the 100% clarity that I really need to write this as a story in a book which is of course my passion.  I love writing and more and more it is starting to become a reality that I can make it happen.

She says as she twins screens at the new desk which is located next to the radiator!

Meanwhile,  I'm off to write some blogs on my very exciting Salon Blog which you can find here.

I will,  I promise,  knuckle down to getting these 2 books finished that I keep luring you in with.  I'm ready for lots of hard work and getting this blog 'up there' is going to be awesome. 

Much love to you all.....watching your news too

Louise x

Life Coaching - Attracting the good stuff

What exactly is life coaching?

I totally have huge passion for this part of my job.  I've loved helping so many people.   Often they have felt confused about a situation.
Sometimes not motivated.
Very often simply need to thrash out a few ideas.
Business people have needed to be held accountable.

"Louise really helped me when I needed help with a big job decision.  I'm in a high profile position with work and didn't feel I could air my worries to colleagues. Speaking it all through with Louise helped me make the right decision for my future and I'm really glad she was able to make it clear for me." Rosie

"I was always so worried to go certain places at certain times.  I knew I was being silly.  But Lou made me realise this is my fear and it's real to me and I suppose not silly after all." Barbara

If you find you lie awake at night worrying about things you don't need to worry about really or the answers keep arguing with themselves inside your head as you drive around each day, maybe Life Coaching if for you.

Showing you how to get motivated is a big step forward. 

Clearing the 'spaghetti head' as I call it is another.

Realising that everything doesn't have to be perfectly in place.  Including you.  You can still make progress.

Answering your lifes purpose.  Your passions.  Making them your dream come true.

There are so many ways in which coaching can help you.  Once you feel clear on your direction there will be no stopping you.  What is stopping you right now?  You may even be able to answer your own issues just by reading this post.

Posts like this have been known to ignite a spark into your decision to make a change.  Why not!
Will it make your life seem better?  Go for it!

http://lusherlife.co.uk/lusher-life-coaching/  See here for more help.

Or come on over and join my facebook group for free to share some space with other like minded people.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/lusherlife/

Sending much love in time for an awesome day.

Ps sign up to this blog to hear news of my brand new weight loss coaching programme that's coming soon. Only £9.99 per month

Salon Mystery Shopper Services

Salon Consultant and Mystery Shopper services

So, what does a client see?

When you invite a client into your salon, are you ready to impress them? To hear a gasp of “Wow!”

Now, should you find that you are the type of salon who’s decor and interior will never make the client gasp with that “Wow” what can you do?

Give up?

Accept that profit will be low, staff turnover high and just go with the unacceptable levels of service that go hand in hand with a regular salon that has no “Wow” factor?

Of course NOT!!!!

There are so many ways to turn around your salon if it is not making a profit….. these ways can be easy and they can be FREE.

Would you like to know HOW?

Generally, it might be surprisingly easy.  Yet if you are a salon which  has managers busy cutting hair 80% of their time, then you might well be missing some direction and leadership.

The best foot forward there is to employ help in the form of experienced and educated salon consultant, yes, like me!

Having many years working in management and lots and lots of training, there is a wealth of experience just waiting to be shared with you and your team. Some people are concerned they may be tied into a contract of some sort and end up paying a lot of money for this service.

Generally, there will be no contracts and you are free to book as many or as few days as you like although don’t expect too many miracles with only one day booked.

Often, coaches or consultants will offer an hour or two over the net using skype or other forms of chat.  This can be cost effective.

Yet my recommendation for my salons first and foremost is to book a Mystery shopper report.

This is not your bog standard report with yes/no answers. Instead this is carried out by qualified industry experts who can do the usual observations and then also go ahead and make recommendations with clear instructions on HOW you can do this yourself.

Involving 2 reports, one will detail the findings of the “client”/ mystery shopper as you would find as a regular mystery shopper and then as a consultant, you will find details of websites you can connect with to find free furniture,  better deals on your retail products etc….

After taking action over a couple of months, you can then go ahead and see the results. If you find you are simply too busy to deal with this yourself then you may need to get the consultant onboard to help put things into action for you. At least you have the chance to change things yourself with an expert opinion to help you.

Imagining that your salon is creating a WOW factor to your clients is no good.

You need to KNOW that your clients are seeing great things when they walk into the salon.

My next few blogs I will be detailing this for you step by step so you can begin to have a think about exactly what will be seen through the clients eyes. All for FREE so please sign up for my blog and you will find out when I’m here giving you the heads up on your competition!

Come on, let’s do it!

Find me… @louiseusher

http://www.facebook.com/lushersalonconsultant

"The Crazy ideas keep going round and round in my head!" - is this you?

The crazy ideas keep going round and round my head

 
Just like the now famous song, "The Climb", sometimes, we are so busy striving for the things we dream of.  When you reach the top of the mountain you may well find yourself looking for another mountain to climb.  

Why? Well the reason is simple. Very often we find the thrill of the chase is in setting out with a dream, a passion unfulfilled or indeed the drama of trying to create a reality out of your own dream.

Does this sound true? Are you   a person who loves to keep thinking of new ideas all the time?  Have you often found people might say things to you like, "You are always dreaming up new things, try sticking to one thing."
This is called the entrepreneaur.  This is who you are.  Cut yourself some slack and realise that you are indeed a person who will frequently drive yourself crazy, be your own critic and also indeed wish you had an 'on/off' switch for your brain.  Especially while driving the car or listening to someone who you are far from interested in.  You might even go so far as to use your "hairdressers ear" and nod in the right places or indeed 
"Hmm", 
"Ahh" and 
"Oh really" in all the right places while you are switched off but tapped into your own brain.  This, my friend, is not a bad thing. Yet it drives you NUTS.

Ok, anaylse yourself. As you are the person who has the best perception of what will work for you and what won't.

What WILL WORK FOR YOU AND WHAT WON'T?

You have tried lots  of ideas which were great, might have even made you money, yet you hated it.  Something called your Solar Plexis (or gut feeling) alerts you to the fact that this just didn't sit right with you.  So how do you sort out what you do want? Which idea should you go with and which ideas should you write on a peice of paper, screw up and throw away?

The coach in me has decided to speak to you here and now and ask you to listen to within.  At times, you can feel so totally broke or "textbook" says things are going wrong.  These can often be the times that you are happiest.  Can you explain why? Not always! Something from within loves these feelings for some reason and therefore you need to listen closely to them.  Do this and you are on route to a brilliant life.

So how? Louise, tell me how?

I didn't tell you how yet did I?  You can sort out your "Stuff"..........it's pretty straightforward and you can do this clearly in your coffee break.  Ask me using my email louise@stranddesigns.co.uk and I will send you a  FREE formula that will stop the spaghetti brain and also will help you focus and love yourself for taking ten minutes to sort it out!

If you love this please help someone else towards a Lusher Life and forward/share/like/love....................and don't keep it a secret

Much love - 

Louise Usher

Creator of a Lusher life
Twitter: @louiseusher

Gaining control of your business- gaining control of self esteem

You made it!!!!

Fantastic!! Your dreams came true and that inner confidence you gained has given you enough adrenalin to get your business off the ground. Those sleepless nights of crazy ideas and jotting things down
* Asking friends for help
* Finding creative ways of getting help with minimal cost
* Driving round half asleep
* Getting some press coverage
* Painting and decorating (you thought you were a hairdresser?)

And your business is open!!

Woo hoo - congratulations!

Now what?  You have hired the best staff in the business and you have found they know LOTS about thier craft or skill.  Exactly what you wanted! Brilliant.

Problem is, some of the staff may be more skilled than you, some may be older than you, some may sell more products than you.

This, little by little, wears away at your self esteem.  You feel like you lost control. Oh no, how did that happen? What happened to the drive, passion and ambition?  Let me tell you, it's still there and you still have it in you to be the LEADER you dreamed of being.  You can do this but how?

Decide exactly what it is that makes you feel you have a low self esteem.  Do your staff listen to you?  Do they respect you?  Are you behaving like a leader?
Maybe the problem just lies within you.  Maybe you are questioning yourself.  Are you good enough?

Of course you are good enough.  How you turn it around is a question you can answer within yourself but you need some help sometimes to realise this.  If you walk around like a victim about to be picked over by the vultures who are your staff then guess what? .... they are going to do exactly what you think they will.  The BEST way forward is to physically begin by walking tall,  by COMMANDING respect from the staff,  by being a LEADER.

Find the answer within yourself and decide what is keeping you low, then go ahead and turn it around.

If you feel you would like some further direction on this or need to talk things over with someone who can listen knowingly (I've seen it all from previous clients) then go ahead and ask me for some help. louise@stranddesigns.co.uk

Much love

Louise