A meeting with my business mentor today had me noticing how essential it is to have mentors, supervisors and fellow coaches to notice my own blind spots. Feeling dulled and unmotivated I wasn’t really sure what I wanted from my meeting with this wise gentleman, but it was in the diary and I showed up […]
I advocate taking a business strategy day every 6 months. For myself this has felt like a luxury given that I am a sole trader, and have a multitude of other roles to juggle in my life. However, in service of walking the talk that I talk, I do it anyway. What is becoming more […]
Thoughts on Healing in a business context: During a business networking event, a fellow guest approached me what I thought was quite an extraordinary question: He asked me if i was a ‘healer’. Almost without hesitation i replied ‘Yes!’. “But you are a career coach” I hear my internal saboteur exclaim, and, this is merely […]
I notice that in panic I will often look outside of myself for the answers, only to find they resided inside me all along…. Whether it comes to career decisions, to choosing what to do on a personal situation, or knowing how to navigate my emotional world, when I cones down to it, I really […]
“If you don’t Ask, you don’t Get!” is a phrase I remember from my childhood. As A Yorkshire lass I cannot abide feeling like I am being manipulated. I would much rather, if someone wants or needs something from me, that they simply ask. This might be a bit straightforward and northern of me, but […]
Interesting to observe how often the people I work with become authorities in their field. It’s also interesting to note just how often this authority originates in what was perhaps seen as ‘an oddity’ in their youth. There is some kind of logic behind this. When you consider that we need to work hardest at […]
My first mentor told me the story about ‘the busy fool’ and some collaborative work I did today brought it to mind. Years ago I was sitting with my seasoned mentor, and I remember saying ‘how can I market myself! I feel so vulnerable selling myself. I can do it for others, but not for […]
If you do not celebrate your learning and reward you achievements, you will become undernourished. Beginning the next project, job or qualification, when you are already undernourished, makes it more difficult to do. Keep repeating this cycle and you will burn out. Fact. Stop, think of something you did well in the last day […]
How often do you pause to listen? We do not hear ourselves, or our own needs and desires, for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons is practical. Most of us are very busy, juggling work and home and family and friends and community and it seems there is little time to set aside […]
This world is placing great emphasis is on being ‘ the being’ and not ‘the doing’. Sometimes however doing the exact opposite by taking action can be the best way to quit getting stuck in ‘the thinking’. We live in a society that has become overly sedentary and cerebral. We believe we can sit and […]