I found this a compelling account of working through bereavement, the loss in this case of the narrator’s father. The book is an account of how the narrator (Helen) comes to acquire, train and co-habit with Mabel, the goshawk. It is … Read More
This is not your common or garden things-going-bump-in-the-night horror film, though there are plenty of bumps. The Babadook is positioned more within the psychology of horror, and in particular within the area of the horror that is traumatic bereavement. What … Read More
Moods are subtle, changeable, and often hard to identify. You can lose yourself for long periods of time in a mood. Moods are absorbing and generate their own kind of reality. They can cut you off from the world. There … Read More
Executive coaching as a discipline is interested in coaches obtaining elements from psychotherapy training. There are feelings that coaches should know themselves well before they attempt to know others. Yet, nowadays, running counter to the value of depth, the … Read More
When trying to understand and change your leadership style, it can be helpful to find or develop a metaphor which helps you think about the way you work, a metaphor which stands outside your daily working practices. For example, whilst coaching … Read More
A coaching client I will call Michelle knows that she can become hard on herself. She reports a negative critical voice, which under certain situations will quickly undermine her. It picks on her achievements, undermines her confidence and spoils the relationships … Read More
Discovering you have failed, be it an exam, an interview, a relationship or a cup final can be crushing. It is not what you planned for and somehow you have to find the energy to carry on, to remain resilient. … Read More
One of the ways in which I have learned to measure the effectiveness of coaching conversations is by reference to the level of energy being produced and manifested within the work. It is often the case that an individual has … Read More
I have found that during assessments, a surprising amount can be learned about how we manage our relationships and professional lives by considering what our lives were like when we were seven years old. To some degree the age seven … Read More
The assessment is a crucial opportunity to gauge presenting issues. Often I have found that the interventions I have made at chemistry meetings and assessment sessions are some of the most powerful moments in the coaching work that follows. I … Read More