I client shared a piece of advice that took years for her to fully understand: Be smart be dumb. As teenagers of today might say: ‘wait what?’ And that is an example of being smart and dumb. If it doesn’t [...] Read more

A coaching theme this week has been rumination. In NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) theory, there is a presupposition that every human behaviour has a positive intention. In other words, even the most detrimental behaviours will be serving us in some way. [...] Read more

Inspiration for today’s blog came from my fabulous spinning instructor, Terry, this morning.  As he found me half dead on a gym mat after class he generously acknowledged my effort!  I, however, shared my frustration that I still (after years) [...] Read more

I came across this famous quote by the Persian poet Hafiz: ‘The words we speak become the house we live in’. It chimed beautifully with a common theme amongst my coaching clients: catastrophising. Catastrophising is the habit of an untamed [...] Read more