I had a plant I was very fond of. I’d had it for eons. I went abroad and in my absence, it withered & dried. I felt that all the effort I’d put into growing that foliage had been wasted. Grief for an old friend was attached to this plant so it was a double […]
Is what it takes to make the coaching relationship potent. The joyous part of this coaching is seeing this amazing process work over and over again. Whatever the focus of the piece of work we contact to do, be it career coaching, be it health, relationship, life or finances, there is a tipping point where […]
That’s what I learned today. Whether you’re angry, lonely, frightened, despairing, or exhausted, if it’s in service of your passion and your purpose, show up! You have no idea of the outcome, for this is not your responsibility. What we can be almost certain of is that nothing will shift if we don’t do our […]
it wasn’t until I was in my early 30’s the I began to recognise that to be envious has a purpose. As a child I had held the message that ‘envy was a sin’ and I am not even from a religious background. This message permeates all layers of our society & culture. It thus […]
……Is the Facebook status of a colleague of mine. I have to say that I concur. I never envisioned being my own boss, but I suppose it was inevitable given my intolerance of systems that do not work and my level of impatience. when I desire change I desire it now and only a small […]
I am unsure if this is a gender difference, although in Linda Babcock’s book “why women don’t ask’ I am certainly sure she would name it as such, but whilst I was swimming this morning I noticed an interesting shift in me. As a fairly proficient and certainly a keen swimmer, I realised that I […]
Whilst this sounds like one of those blindingly obvious statements, it is amazing just how often we do not do so. Often when making a plan for the future, we actually start from where we would like to be or indeed the plan was where we believe we should be. ‘Should’ is an important word […]
It might seem like an arse-backwards phrase but it strikes me increasingly, that whilst we might extend love or kindness and friendship to others, and they in return to us, we often behave in an opposite manner internally towards ourselves. Where we would treat clients with unconditional positive regard, we often judge ourselves hardest. Where […]
…….is not a phrase that is said too often. It is something that is usually viewed as an asset to any team or project. As a completer-finisher I (& those who know, love or work with me!), know only too well that there are downsides to this trait. Firstly, because I have no intention of […]
I never ‘got’ that word when I was small. Somehow when I heard it said of me I would understand somehow that I was ‘different’ from other people and inherent within that was a separateness. It seemed as if others stood together and I stood apart, alone? I only write of this now because I […]