A learning experiment – 7th-week sabbatical
Some reflections about a learning experiment, trying a '7th week sabbatical'
Sam Meikle – True Strength Podcast – Episode 14
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Sam Meikle and provide a space for Sam to share her story. The inte ...
My personal reflections from Street Wisdom at #CelebratingPeople19
As a coach, I spend much of my time helping other people to pause and reflect but - ironically (or perhaps hypocritically) - I don’t do quite enough of that myself. So, I was delighted to book onto a ...
Celebrate who you are (Dawn Smedley – True Strength)
Examining some of the themes from the True Strength interview with Dawn Smedley, starting with celebrating who we are: "Sometimes I should just look back and celebrate who I am fundamentally. We all s ...
Freewriting – Accidental Genius
The art of creating something new can be difficult. Mark Levy's 'Accidental Genius' looks at the process of freewriting for overcoming this blockage and then looks at how freewriting can be a useful t ...
Advanced #3GoodThings
The habit of identifying 3 Good Things each day is a powerful habit from Positive Psychology and can be impactful. This post details a simple way to extend the habit into something that has much great ...
Positive Psychology in Application
Positive Psychology isn't the same as Positive Thinking (where we try to look on the bright side of everything). I've noted some of my learnings from a recent workshop called 'Positive Psychology in A ...
How to stay resilient
Part 3 of a series on Personal Resilience looking at some simple strategies for making sure that you maintain your bounce-back-ability at all times.
The Strategic Latte
Every time I have a Strategic Latte, I come away inspired, refreshed, reminded about why I do what I do and the bigger impact I want to make , full of ideas, and with a plan to overcome any obstacles ...
Why you shouldn’t follow advice
There is a lot of advice around and plenty of people offering it although it may not be the best place to look for answers.
3 ways to coach yourself
Coaching can be a powerful tool and this post examines 3 ways in which we can coach ourselves.
How I’m doing work that I love
I'm very fortunate in that I really love the work that I do and this blog post attempts to capture the most significant steps in me getting here, in the hope that it might help people who aren't yet l ...