Journaling has been very beneficial to me. It has enabled me to create space. Space to think. Space to be with my myself. Space to exist. Space to learn. Space to create, Space to find courage and energy. Space to grow. * * * * * Journaling is a self-exploration tool, giving a voice to...
Energy has come up a lot recently in coaching conversations, possibly as a result of cold weather and lockdown for some of my clients. Maintaining balance in energy levels, focusing on self-care and restorative activites, brainstorming on how to best use high and low energy to...
One of the 3 words guiding me this year is "conversations". Today in The Self-Coaching Minute, I had a go at questions on just that - conversations. * * * * * We exchange news, ideas, thoughts and feelings through conversations.We use words, facial expressions, body language,...
Winter is the season of rest. A good opportunity to reflect and to think about what comes next. I have noticed that I tend to meditate and journal more in winter, and to look for activities that nourrish me.This is what gave me the inspiration...
What is Self-sabotage? Self-sabotage is a set of behaviours and habits that we engage in unconsciously and that prevent us from achieving something we have set out to do. For example: Not preparing properly for an interview or an important presentation, Not following up on your ideas...
Entering a new season provides us with an opportunity to take a step back and reflect on our lives, thoughts, emotions and journey of change through various colour filters. This month, the Auto-coaching Minute proposes a set of questions and prompts inspired by this transition...
Are you a never-enough thinker? Do you find it difficult to celebrate a promotion for more than 10 minutes? Do you worry about the future even when a dream comes true? Are you looking for a partner but always feeling that something is ‘missing’? While we might...
Displaying our feathers is at times a way to celebrate our little steps and our small victories. Or our big ones! Becoming aware of our progress and success has several benefits: Identifying and recognising the strategies that are working for us, and that we might be able...
We often find ourselves in situations where we make a big decision, choose between different options, decide to seize an opportunity, or instinctively take steps in a particular direction. These crossroads moments can be very small or turn out to be very significant. They influence...
To complement the 10 (personal) questions for revisiting lockdown from the previous post (see here), below are 15 questions to reflect on how you have related to your work during, and coming out of, lockdown. What have you liked in your work during lockdown?What have you...
