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Choosing good role models can help us to become the best version of ourselves.

There’s an old saying that we meet people for a reason, as season or a life and they are all really important to me.

The possibilities for trying out different ways to learn new skills and gain fresh experiences are limitless.

I took flying lessons a few years back. It was one of the most liberating (and totally scary) things I’ve ever done. When I went solo for the first time I thought I’d never make it off the ground in one piece, but I did! (otherwise, I wouldn’t be here…). One of the things they […]

Here is a simple process to improve collaboration, share observations and provide useful feedback.

If someone had said to me that it would be ok to say what I felt, I would have simply whispered what I believed: “I’m not very good at my job.”

This is the fifth article in my series about Managing How You Feel. If you’ve read articles 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the series, you may remember that your state can be influenced by the way you unconsciously filter information that you notice, by the way you represent experience to yourself internally, and by […]

The research is showing that there is a strong link between phone use and the rise in mental health issues

Life’s a journey. You never standstill. With every minute and every movement, you are changing. Sometimes the winds of change blow gently, sometimes they are like a hurricane. Whether it’s a change you have wanted for a while or one that life has suddenly thrown at you, it can be a challenge to keep balanced and mentally sane during the transition period.

Every day, in my work as a professional coach, I work with people who are struggling under the weight of work-related stress, who are worrying, fearful of things going wrong, feeling overwhelmed and under a level of pressure and expectation they can’t cope with, finding it hard to get a good night’s sleep, unable to […]