As humans and as professionals, we all have our own unique combinations of things that count as ‘hell’. We also all have our own combinations of coping strategies that see us through these disaster zones. My own particular version of hell right now is a 4 year old just gone to Big School, a husband […]
I am often intrigued by the silence that occurs when I ask that a client take the first concrete step towards achieving their goal. They know they have come for career coaching in order to effect change. I know they have come here to effect change. And yet, when it comes to actually making […]
Guilt tends to come with the territory when it comes to returning to work. Though there may be a variety of reasons why a return to work makes sense, many women grapple with guilt about ‘abandoning’ their children. Even if staying at home was never going to be an option, it’s like we are hormonallu […]
It being the last day before The Small Boy starts at Big School brings me to considering how little we sometimes value our ‘present’. Being right here, right now is after all, a gift. We will all have known those who have not had the privilege of making it this far with us. None of […]
The title might sound ‘sacred’ but for the purposes of this blog the sibject matter lies much more in the realms of the profane. When we give, be it gifts on a birthday, or time to a colleague or assistance to a stranger, we generally receive in return. That grin of gratitude, or the sigh […]
How might it be …..? What might it look like if,,,…? What if …….. We paused? If we stopped for a minute or two to reflect internally? What if we disconnected from the musts and the ‘shoulds’ and from the external demands What if we took a few moments to shed everything & to connect […]
Often coaching work involves a ‘permission giving’ role. Usually clients know, deep down, exactly what they wish to do. Once we have excavated to discover what you want and need, then, I can enable you to enable yourself to do that thing….. So today I give you the permission to do just what you need […]
You may feel conflicting and powerful feelings regarding going back to work after having your baby. And according The NCT our culture seems to be failing to ease the transition for us too: ” It’s hard to understand how we’ve created a culture where women are somehow made to feel ‘greedy’ for wanting both a […]
I’ve been pondering the benefits of truly being ‘of service’. I am not a coach and clinical supervisor for the money. I have chosen these two roles because I have a passion for helping people close the gap between the beliefs they hold about what they are allowed to do, and the brilliance they are […]
Sustainable change requires a rigorous attitude. What I am noticing is that whilst it is can be easy to put a boundary in place in a professional environment, and sustain it, It is sometimes easier to abandon such a boundary in our personal lives. Because we care, because we want to believe the best of […]