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  Someone somewhere told us a big fat lie….that it’s better to give than to receive!  I doubt many children would agree with that and they would be right.  It is far better to receive but we seem to have … Continued

It’s that time of year when you begin to notice the changes that are occurring all around you.  The air is getting crisper.  The leaves are beginning to transform from vibrant green into a multitude of magnificent colours – orange, … Continued

When discussing goals with clients, I often ask them what might get in their way or hinder them from achieving what they really want.  Lots of things come up but rarely do people admit to having difficulty in asking for … Continued

Sometimes the greatest learning and growth takes place in those moments in which we choose to pause, instead of reacting in our normal habitual way. Viktor Frankl (in Man’s Search for Meaning) said that “between stimulus and response is our … Continued

Today I asked a coaching client how she experienced joy in her life.  The question seemed to puzzle her.  Joy?  She hesitated before contemplating the question.  She struggled to come up with an answer. My intention in asking the question … Continued

International Coaching Federation Video: What Is Coaching?

  “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”.        (Maya Angelou)   We sometimes forget that in every interaction we … Continued

Life is very loud!  Often we don’t have time to listen to what we really need to hear.  But the signs are always there.  If we could only take the time to be quiet and listen.  Listen to our superior … Continued

The Jesuit priest and spiritual writer, Anthony de Mello, tells a great story. It is called The Golden Eagle. A man finds an eagle’s egg and puts it under one of his hens. The egg hatches amongst the ordinary chickens. … Continued

  What do you expect from other people?  Do they live up to your expectations? The Pygmalion effect is the phenomenon whereby the greater expectation placed upon people, the better they perform. A famous experiment was carried out by two … Continued