We’ve come to the end of February, a month commonly associated with love. I’ve been working through Fearne Cotton’s Happy Journal which took love as its focus for the month and has encouraged me to reflect on love in all sorts of different ways. I also completed a challenge for Mind (the mental health charity) […]
Recently I’ve been coaching a number of people who have at certain stages identified the fact that there is a certain message they need to remind themselves of on a regular basis. Some people call this a mantra (though to some this phrase makes them cringe so I won’t be using it in this post!). […]
My focus for this year is to be courageous – you can read more about this in my blog post on choosing a word for the year. In 2017, I did some really exciting things, and I could have done more exciting things if I had been more courageous. I’m now focusing my energy on doing things […]
Last week I had a coaching call that was particularly important to me. I really wanted it to be a success – even moreso than usual. Afterwards, I was reflecting on the conversation. On many levels, it could have been classed as a failure. Here are just some of the reasons it could be considered […]
As we move towards the end of the year, many people, including myself, reflect on the year and think about what they would like to do differently next year. As someone who is always setting new challenges and is keen to continue to improve, I often move on to the goal setting stage before taking […]
Wow. Yesterday was the final live webinar for the first Overcoming Imposter Syndrome online course I co-facilitated as part of the Mindful Leadership for Women Programme and marks a personal milestone in an incredibly emotional and fulfilling journey. Back in April myself and Sarah Durrant began discussing the idea of establishing a programme to offer […]
So often we’re on the journey of life, running as fast as we can in the direction we think we should be heading. For many years I was running in the direction I’d set myself, and things were fine. I went past some nice scenery and appreciated the view. I helped people along the way. […]
A few weeks ago I attended my first Street Wisdom event in Stockport. I’ve been inspired by fellow coach Claire Bradshaw who is coaching outdoors and taking inspiration from surroundings to support development of her coaching clients. I’ve been familiar with research showing why this is so effective, and have seen it in action thanks to […]
This morning I received some coaching from someone I have a co-coaching relationship with. I came into the session with just a small issue (OK, maybe not so small) – that of my identity. I attended a workshop on personal brand earlier this week and it pushed some of these niggles to the forefront of […]
I’m going to put myself out there and share something I haven’t talked about much on the blog (admittedly the title is a bit of a giveaway!)… coaching. I bloody love coaching. I love being coached, I love coaching others, and I even love self-coaching (though it’s never as effective as being coached by someone […]