Did anyone mention that we as individuals get to choose our own professional identity definition? Did anyone explain that to you whilst you were choosing your ‘options’ at senior school? Nope, nor me! “Professional identity is defined as one’s professional self-concept based on attributes, beliefs, values, motives, and experiences” (Ibarra, 1999; Schein, 1978). I didn’t know […]
“It takes a village to raise a child” and it takes a whole community to grow a business. After years of bruising and challenging career experiences I harnessed the lot by using my coaching and supervision skills and began to empower others to harness their expletives in service of their career passion. This was juicy! […]
When i entered the frustrating fifteen years of my career I had no idea of the benefits. The years filled with what I felt were failures. The years where I quit roles that didn’t quite fit, keeping moving. The years where I felt my confidence being corroded in the corporate world as I sought over […]
We all deserve to do nourishing work. This work nourishes me as much as it nourishes my clients. Together, we ‘still’ time in order to ensure it is all lining right up and that my client is really listening to themselves and what their past is telling them. Autonomy, mastery and purpose hold so much […]
My love of empowering people began in my early twenties when I became a Team Leader for the Prince’s Trust. I witnessed, over and over, the profound impact that ‘opportunity’, presented compassionately to individuals, could have on lives. The challenges we confronted together enabled them see themselves from a totally new perspective. From this place […]
Birthing The Daemon Career Coach: Beltane 2015: One Year On. During an interview last week I was asked “who was actually part of my business?’. The simple answer is of course, that as a sole trader, this business entity is ‘Just Me’. The real answer however has so much more depth and breadth. My first […]