When I began my online Transformational Coaching business in 2017, I didn’t know if my vision was possible, but I was excited to find out.
I began as Stephen Covey said, “with the end in mind”. My challenge - to create a profitable (in my terms which includes Social Return on Investment) coaching business AND enjoy every day AND do it in a sustainable way.
Read MoreRecently I’ve noticed a connection between the amount of screen time in a day and the amount/quality of sleep. Screen time, especially social media has been cropping up in coaching sessions recently. Coaching clients are describing how it makes them feel angry, less than, lack concentration and generally eats up hours of what could be more fruitful life.
Read MoreTwo years after I had my first ever set of personal branding photographs taken by the talented Ursula Kelly, I had a new set taken by the equally talented Tanya Lloyd. These were two entirely different experiences that in contrast taught me a lot about the ease, freedom and joy available when we are fully ourselves.
Read MoreWhat big (or small) dream have you got inside? To give it a chance to become your inspiring future you’ve got to get it out, dust it down and show it to the light of day. A couple of years ago, Jazz musicians Rachel and Paulus did just that. They shared their big dream with me: to open a Jazz club in Nottingham! Read on for the rest of their story…
Read MoreOver a year into my own coaching practise, one word is coming to me over again and that is intuition. I’m beginning to see that helping my clients reconnect with their intuition is the vital ingredient.
Read MoreFEAR. It’s almost the only thing that I help my clients with. Of course, I help them get clear about their values, what makes them tick. I help them create an inspiring vision for their career and life stage. I help them widen horizons, explore possibilities, test options and develop action plans that deliver the results they dreamed of. BUT, what I really do is enable them to bust through their own fears. Once they’ve done that, the other stuff is easy.
Read MoreIn the first stage of my career I started and grew a creative business. I ran it for fifteen years. For most of those years I was passionate about and committed to my work and business. I enjoyed the many challenges, got a buzz out of pushing beyond my limits on a regular basis. I thrived on developing specialist knowledge and expertise. I felt empowered by the responsibility and the status this work afforded me.
Read MoreReclaiming enjoyment starts with noticing where and when enjoyment is missing then making small tweaks and changes to get some quick wins and put foundations in place for the longer term. In this video I’ll give you some tips on how to start reclaiming enjoyment.
Read MoreWe’d travelled from all corners of the UK and further to attend. In the very safe context created by the organisers we shared our inner experience of life. The purpose was to get free from habitual limiting thoughts and beliefs holding us back from our potential. Working with this diverse group of people, I realised that, however we looked on the outside, on the inside we all faced variations of the same human challenges.
Read MoreRising to new levels of performance, expertise and responsibility inevitably requires one to break through fear. This process is how growth and expansion happen.I witness my clients doing this time and time again. Their courage to go in deep and expose the crappy, horrible self-limiting beliefs is humbling and inspiring.
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