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Photo by  Rohan Makhecha  on  Unsplash "No one's far from anyone anymore" OTC Australia 1988 TV Commercial dialling overseas from Australia (click here for the commercial  https://youtu.be/orySdjb95_M ) I have a client who has been working in overseas to help grow an newly established organisation. He is highly passionate about what they do and was settling into life in a new country.  His long term  career goals are realistic and ambitious, and he has a strong realistic sens

“To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.” Jack Kornfield A new client contacted me for coaching because she has too much on her plate and is acutely aware of the need to let go of some things in her personal and work life.  During the first coaching session we discussed her current role in a high level of detail. As we broke her job down into all its components, she rated her level of s

"You've got me feeling emotions Deeper than I've ever dreamed of" Emotions by Mariah Carey (Click here for the song) https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Plutchiks-1980-Wheel-of-Emotions_fig1_234005320 To be professional and demonstrate high levels of emotional intelligence we need high levels of emotional control. Those who like a bit of neuropsychology know that the amygdala is primed to hijack our responses when we face danger and send us into a fight, flight or freeze z

"It’s a relief to be called out on your contradictions ... Once they have air we can change ..."

Silence is a micro-skill that can elevate a leader from good to great.

Photo by  Evgeni Tcherkasski  on  Unsplash I have two new clients in very different industries who have both requested coaching because they do not want 2020 to be as overwhelming as 2019. Interestingly they are both in careers that they enjoy and roles where they find purpose and meaning and challenge, however they have both recognised their wellbeing is sub optimal and they will need to change things in their life and work. Despite the fact that values have a really bad wr