Achieving Your Potential Coaching
Navigating life's complexities more skilfully
Amazing chaotic glass sculpture from Chihuly at Kew Gardens April 2019 Are you looking for a little space in this chaotic world? Do you want some time to be listened to without anyone having any expectations? Why not come along to the Sister Stories Women's Circle on Wednesday 24 April to give it a try? …
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Looking for a new way forward in your life?
Great read from Seth Godin today about our stories. As you might have noticed I'm really interested in what helps us make the changes we want to and what holds us back in the patterns that no longer help us. Many of us want to do things differently - speak up in meetings, respond differently …
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Oh, I wish I had a woodpeckerthat could, oh so persistentlytap away at the bark around parts of my mindwhere old opinions and judgements lurkas if set in plaster, yet waiting to be cracked openreleasing space for new truths and possibilities to stir. Oh, I wish I had a woodpeckerthat could, oh so tenderlytap away …
I've worked with many leaders over the last twenty years who want to talk about culture. I love it, but there is often an under-belly - a little bit, 'do as I say, not what I do'. The leader who wants their team to be more creative, yet doesn't manage how they respond to ideas …
Richmond Park 30 January 2019 The waning crescent moon hangs low in the morning sky as if balancing just above the frosty treetops. Its delicate light illuminates the landscape in all its glorious detail. Each blade of grass, each tussock, hinting at things yet to come. All this possibility is burnt away by the light …
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I was with a client recently and at the same moment we both remembered this quote. We both recoiled as we remembered that we hold ourselves back sometimes, not living our dreams, playing slightly smaller to keep out of too much trouble. It acted as a good reminder to focus on what we really want …
Using nature to vaporise our old stories to start anew.
This wonderful piece from @thisissethsblog String too short to be saved | Seth's Blog had me chortling, admittedly in a slightly uncomfortable fashion... What 'small bumps in the road' was I holding onto as an indicator of my value? What small rejections? I love (and regularly talk to my coachees) about how we can hold onto …
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This is an interesting article that I offer to those of us who regularly wrestle with our inner critic. While I don't think we can silence the critical voice, we can certainly boost 'other voices' and pay much less attention to its messages. https://hbr.org/2016/12/silence-the-critical-voices-in-your-head
