Following my very first coaching conversation, I had gone home and googled Ontological Coaching. In doing so, I came across an Ontological Coaching and Leadership course, which sounded amazing. My excitement was short-lived when I realised that the contact person for this course was my coach. That just felt weird; stalkerish, almost. So I closed…

Historically, I have a tendency to arrive at a point in a job where I assess that it is all too difficult, and I decide that it is time to leave. This usually happens at around 12-18 months into a role. The reasons for it all feeling too difficult can be varied. It might be…

It was towards the end of that first year that my coach offered me the possibility of attending a meditation class. I was pleased that he made this offer via email. I would have felt as though I had to say yes if he had asked me in person, and there was no way that…

To be honest, it has taken me a lot of time, reflection and angst to write this post. It comes from a very difficult work time (way back in the past) that I now generally feel at peace with,. However, it appears that I am not so at peace with it when I sit down…

My previous blog post, How Being Grateful Made a Difference, has triggered in me a huge reflection about moods and emotions that I have decided to share here. This post isn't relevant to one particular time in my journey. Rather, it is relevant to life in general and, as such, can possibly be considered a…

On 13 January of the year that I had my self-doubt crisis, my Dad passed away. Ten weeks earlier, we had been told that a previously removed tumour, the result of a squamous cell carcinoma, had returned. It was in the forehead/eye socket area and was following a nerve towards his brain. There was nothing…