Coaching Nuggets

Much of life operates in waves and currents. Studying how water flows, the way it interacts with its surroundings, it’s fascinating to me. I remember reading “The Swarm” by Frank

What’s a meaningful existence? There are many answers to this question. One came to me as I looked out of my window just now and observed my neighbour attend to

I recently got caught in a YouTube Shorts wave. If you’re not familiar, this basically YouTube doing TikTok or Instgram reels-type content: <1min videos, somewhat targeted to your interests and

We’ve all been there: What should I do? Whether all the options seem equally good, equally shitty, or you just don’t know how things are going to turn out. Whether

I hate dentists!  Reason being that I’ve had a rather traumatizing experience when I was around 10 years old (Fuck you Dr Rose! You told me you’d “just take a

We carry a lot. Whether you’re a coach, therapist, a colleague at work, a parent, or simply a good friend – as soon as you’re listening empathically and offering your

Repeat anything 3 times in my coaching or supervision sessions, and you can be sure that I’ll appear to acknowledge it and get curious! Something I hear a lot of

I want coaching to be accessible for as many people as possible.  Ideally I’d like to see all people have access to a good coach, regardless of where they are

Who hasn’t ever wondered:  “What should I do?” Or perhaps more specifically: “What’s the right thing for me to do in this particular situation?”  My students, trainees and supervisees ask

I remember sitting on a bar stool at a US airport connecting to some random dude who I had just walked into the place with. As we sat down he

“It’s a leap year”, my colleague pointed out to me this week.  To most, what that means is that February’s got an extra day to balance the scores of the

One of the biggest mistakes I see coaches (and people in general) make is that they’re being too nice. They hesitate to disagree, challenge, confront or otherwise try to avoid