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I had some coaching last night from a coach I have a lot of respect for and trust in. We got to talking about the place for therapeutic thinking, knowledge and expertise in the coaching field. The two roles, therapist and coach remain distinct but there is...

I recently saw a key note speaker at an event whose presentation left me with a very uncomfortable feeling. That was not his intention nor his objective. It got me thinking about some of the mistakes that are commonly made when presenting, and wondering how we...

The Gestalt cycle of experience is a very valuable tool when assessing your process in all manner of actions, from the minute, fulfilling of basic human needs to the ability of a large organisation to fulfil a companywide change program. It takes us on a mapping...

Working with personality styles in depth, as I was recently, I began to see how we, so often, work against who we are to do our best to ‘fit in’ with what’s expected of us. When we know ourselves well, we can behave more authentically and be more productive and...

I have been thinking a lot about focus lately. In yoga, there is the term, drishti which is Sanskrit for focused gaze and is used to develop more concentrated intention. One of the very many things I love about yoga is the time taken at the start of every practice to...