There is nothing like an emergency to help you establish your priorities. Whether the trigger is physical, emotional, financial, is often an irrelevance. They all stimulate exactly the same chemical in our brains, adrenaline. This is the fight or flight drug. You’ll have heard of it. One of the effects it can have in our […]
Whilst I make every effort to ensure that my blog and my practise are professional and protected by the appropriate codes of practise, protocols and contracts, I find there is one exception. When the sun shines, as brightly as it is now, in this glorious Indian summer we have been blessed with, everything administrative can […]
What if we believed we could choose our mindset? It is possible to look at just about any situation, or any individual, in a multitude of different ways. Then we evidence-gather to ‘prove’ this to ourselves. Sometimes it is preferable to feel ‘safe’ and ‘right’, even if we neither like the conclusion we reach, and […]
Few professionals would admit that sneaking off for a snooze mid afternoon constitutes ‘agility’. Call it a ‘power nap’ however and you’re in a different realm. When one is early to rise AND late to usher the last client out through the door, you have to make the most of opportunities as they present themselves. […]
We are cyclical beings we humans. We have biorhythms & social commitment rhythms, sleep rhythms and Luna ones too. The mid week blues, our social rhythms, can make Wednesday a challenge. Whether we entered our week fresh or frazzled from our weekend endeavours, by mid week, the excitement has worn off. The project might not […]
Firstly, remember to breathe. You might think I jest but when we feel hurt, overlooked or let down, the thought, becomes a feeling, becomes a physical hurt. A deep breath, or several, gives the whole experience some space. Wait 72 hours before responding. In the heat of the moment, in a desire either to retaliate […]
Firstly, prepare. I cannot emphasise this aspect more. If you are an anxious-avoidant personality then MAKE yourself face the oncoming challenge. Be it an interview, a exam counting towards your CPD or putting a business start-up proposal to the bank, prepare! In this digital age it is easy to discover the answers that you will […]
Firstly there is reward in a job well done. The people who we did the work on behalf of will usually acknowledge this too. Colleagues can be invaluable in helping us recognise our achievements. There is nothing better than peer-recognition. These people know just what it took to make the project work. Secondly there is […]
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 […]
Spending time with fellow coaches is really nourishing for me, both as a coach and as a human. I don’t meet with these colleagues in order to exclusively discuss techniques or my business, but, because we are inevitably as curious about the human condition we inevitably stray into the territory of exploring the intricacies of coaching […]