Do you find it hard to complete things? It may be a DIY project you started or another creative endeavor that you were super excited about. It can even be something that needs doing like your business accounts or a project with an immovable deadline. We have all been there! Something needs to be finished…
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April Highly Recommended Read This month’s recommended book is Atomic Habits by James Clear. You can watch a time-friendly 8min lecture from James which will cover the main idea below. I like this book and the way James has picked up the trail left by another fantastic book by Charles Duhigg entitled The Power of…
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Juggling multiple roles and needing to manage conflicting priorities is common to us all We all have many roles: coach, team leader, spouse, parent, child etc. and often its difficult remaining serene when there are many conflicting priorities. I’m a Brit living in France where I am building my coaching business and continuing my HR…
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March Highly Recommended Read This month’s recommended book is It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn. You can watch a conversation with Mark below. This is a very exciting book that picks up the mystery which is underpinned by a…
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Conscious or subconscious thought patterns Mental functions can be either conscious or subconscious. The conscious mind consists of thoughts you are easily aware of. They take place when you’re awake and choose to apply purposeful attention to what is happening and what you want. The subconscious mind consists of everything else such as habits, reflexes,…
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February Highly Recommended Read This month’s recommended book is Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and Hope to Find Hope by Johann Hari. You can watch Johann in conversation with Decca Aitkenhead, interviewer for the Guardian from a Thursday lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) below. This is a beautiful, deeply…
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Contemplating self-love Whether you get swept up in the red hearts and roses or decide to go against them, there is no denying it – February invites us to contemplate love and closeness in all its forms. While Western culture tends to celebrate the nobleness of giving and sharing romantic love, at its core love…
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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…
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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…
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People come to coaching often because they want to realize BIG results. I have managed to learn a great deal about productivity and goal achievement 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…
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