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PTSD, Coaching & Me…
It’s been a while since I shared anything or wrote anything – or worked. Three months in fact. There’s been period of absence from social media across the board and a period of absence more generally. Here’s what happened… If you’d asked me a week ago, had I ever experienced trauma, I would have said […]
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Nurturing Connection: Unpacking the ICF Competency of Maintaining Presence
In the world of coaching, there’s a profound emphasis on the art of presence. It’s not just about being physically present; it’s about showing up fully, with undivided attention, empathy, and authenticity. This fundamental principle is beautifully encapsulated in the International Coaching Federation (ICF) competency known as “Maintains Presence.” Today, let’s explore this competency and […]
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Coaching & Assertiveness
Leadership
Personal Development: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Personal development is a lifelong journey that has the power to transform every aspect of one’s life. Often referred to as “the gift that keeps on giving,” personal development is not just a self-help trend but a profound commitment to continuous growth, learning, and self-discovery. It encompasses various dimensions of life, including emotional, intellectual, physical, […]
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Leadership
Coachable Moments…
A Coachable Moment (noun, countable) : a pocket in time and space used to accelerate innovation in organisations. Grounded in positivity, with enough critical mass they can generate cultural shifts in organisational change and leadership development. In our Coaching Clinic at Nova Terra, we often use the term ‘coachable moments’. At first, our participants find […]
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Leadership
Coaching. It’s not exactly what you think…
There was a post involving me recently which posed the question: What IS Coaching? There was an image of me, delivering training for the next generation of coaches at Nova Terra, Brussels. It was in a forest, far from the confines of a typical training session or the image of a traditional coaching session with […]
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Leadership
Motivational Monday
16 marathons in 16 weeks…
This Sunday (April 23rd) I will run the London Marathon. 42km. In training, I have run a marathon a week on average. Needless to say my legs are looking forward to a well deserved rest, however my brain is more focussed than ever… read on to see what I’ve learned (and these lessons stretch way […]
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Coaching & Assertiveness
Coaching & Confidence
Leadership
I’m an Imposter…
I’m an imposter. And it is LIBERATING to say that out, loud and proud. Read on to discover how feeling like an imposter is great – and three personal hacks on Imposter ‘Syndrome’. First off, let’s debunk the idea that being an ‘imposter’ is a syndrome. A syndrome implies some notion that there is something […]
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Coaching & Assertiveness
Coaching & Confidence
Leadership
Bigger. Faster. Stronger.
I want to be more effective. I want to be more efficient. Bigger. Faster. Stronger… Not only are these the words I used myself when I arrived on my coaching journey, they are the words I hear time and time again, in various forms, from my clients. The desire to push harder, take on a […]
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Coaching & Assertiveness
Shame
Four Pillars to an Assertive Life
Grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one person I can, the wisdom to know that person is me (and the knowledge that if I don’t, I’ll end up in prison or committed to some other asylum).
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Coaching & Assertiveness
Leadership
Forgiveness in Five Minutes
This morning I missed an appointment. Not a client, but a meeting with a contractor at 8am. This. Never. Happens. Or so I thought… Over the years I know that I have judged people for not turning up to appointments, become angry, felt wronged, bitter, resentful. It’s fair to say I was carrying a lot […]
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