Burnout Context A few weeks ago I was on a call with one of my coaching clients – a leading academic – who was clearly unwell. Yet against the pressures of work responsibilities, demands of his team and colleagues, my suggestion that he considers taking a few days to recover was met with shock and…
Regrets. We are always told to live without them. Yet when every decision in life is bound to a specific context and time while our evaluations of them often enjoy far more freedom, having no regrets seems a tall order. You may be living the life you have always dreamed of and yet you may…
People come to coaching often because they want to realise BIG results. I have managed to learn a great deal about productivity by achieving the following: a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Caltech – one of the best science universities in the world write and publish a book with the No1 UK publisher Wiley and Sons,…
Micro and macro moments of bliss Before Christmas, my editor Victoria Woodward and I met for dinner to celebrate each other’s presence in our lives and to catch up. That was a great highlight in my social life: genuine connection, truthful stories, and a strengthened friendship. I felt so lucky and walked away inspired at…
What critics do? We all have an inner critic. Critics tend to: Get in the way of our aspirations and potential success. Evaluate us from the sidelines without doing any actual work! Judge us and our feelings, behaviours, and actions. Sometimes even judge our entire self as in, “You’re just all bad, worthless, a loser”.…
While the UK Summer broke more records than most Olympics in terms of how hot this country got, the cold season has finally arrived: grey skies, frequent soggy rain, the crackle of radiators, and more tea and coffee to sip trying to feel a warmth from the inside that warm socks in my drawers. I…
The mind comes in a body and every body has a mind Integrative stress management starts from the fact that the mind is located within and connected to the physical body. Just as the mind has a body to experience life with, the body has a mind or felt sense to collect and register experiences.…
Our one true goal: a good life When it comes to goals we all fall somewhere into the “to set them” or “screw them” camps. But somewhere along the way we all stop to ask ourselves these unsettling existential questions: What is the meaning of my life? How can I be happier? Is this all…
Back in 2013, I was asked by my local chapter of coaches what my background as neuroscientist can provide in terms of practical insights that they could apply to their practices. The question wasn’t surprising but that was the moment that I realised that neuroscience would soon supersede coaching. Nowadays, every coach is keen to…
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