Coaching Nuggets

Think back to the last 10 choices you made today. How many of them, if any, do you feel or think you made out of free will? And how many,

If we’re being honest, “Sorry, I don’t have time” essentially means: “Something else is more important to me.” Yet I hear so many of my coaching clients, supervisees and fellow

I’ve been sitting with coaching clients for thousands of hours. All of them want something (even if some don’t quite yet know what it is, or if the thing they

A short story/reminder to stay fresh, and to check into what you may have started to take for granted in your practice. A little while ago I ran a consultation

Most coaches I meet have a genuine desire to help people. It’s part of the reason I love spending time with coaches – in community, in supervision, at events, conferences,

I wanted to turn to my neighbour. I wanted to say “Isn’t he an incredible speaker!?! Wow.” But I neither wanted to interrupt her listening, me listening, or him speaking.

It’s clear to me that in the not so distant future of coaching and supervision, practitioners will be partnering with artificial intelligence to deliver a better service for their clients.

Being human vs.(?) Being a coach Coaching is a relational practice. When coaches start out, they tend to “do coaching”. As they mature, they become coaches. They hold space, being-with

When’s the last time you called your doctor’s office to tell them that the treatment worked and you’re no longer ill? My guess is you’ve probably never done that (unless

“When I first saw American Beauty, I was married. And the second time I saw it… I wasn’t.” Every now and again, there’s a piece of art that speaks directly

In my ideal world, everybody has access to supervision. And I’m saying “super-vision” because the term “supervisors” will, to most people, be associated with a “superior” looking over your shoulder

“NO. WAY!” I quite loudly stated, to myself, when I first watched this video about selective attention during my undergrad in psychology back in 2005. It’s difficult not to spoil