A client recently made a beautiful connection between wonder and the practice of mindfulness that we’d worked on together. His question was, simply, wasn’t mindfulness at heart, practising a sense of wonder at the here and now? As Thich Nhat Hanh puts it, Peace is Every Step. Linked to this, a recent Radio 4 […]
Decisions, decisions
“How can I learn to make decisions?” I’d say this makes my top five requested coaching outcomes. There’s no obvious correlation between these clients – gender, profession, role, seniority. This isn’t about making better decisions – it’s about making any decision, even down to “which ice cream flavour? So what’s really going on here? I’ve come across two common themes – […]
How to ask for a promotion: Part 1
I was recently asked: “How do I get promoted?” Obviously, there is no single way to get a promotion. There is a way to make it much more likely – and that is to ask. The old rule of “don’t ask, don’t get” is very true. Many people hope that through working hard and doing […]
The only way of doing things ( or, why there isn’t one)
An issue that often comes up with clients is the fixed belief that there is one way of doing things, a way that everybody else knows ( apart from my client) and everybody else is doing (ditto). The mythical “right” way to live. Sometimes even a simple invitation to consider the possibility that there is never only […]