My assessment is that I am an over-thinker. More specifically, I am what an over-thinker would call an over-thinker. I liken my brain to the plant in "Little Shop of Horrors" - you know, the one who gets a little bit of flesh to eat, and then starts crying out "Feeeeed me, Seymour!", causing poor…

Sometimes, it all seemed too hard; as though I was wasting my time. Why would I ever be any different anyway? I have been like this for over 40 years. Who am I kidding, thinking I can change? What is going to happen when my coach finally realises that I am useless? And what kind…

We are continually in judgement. In our present, we use opinions that are based on our past to determine actions that create our future. We embody our opinions and they become the mould from which our responses (actions) are created. Our opinions therefore shape how we take action; that is, they provide the pre-understanding from…

During the week after that first coaching conversation, I tried to focus on my language. In situations where I would normally panic and say “I can’t do that”, I found myself saying, either silently or out loud, “I wonder what we can achieve”. In meetings with senior leadership, who I usually found to be aggressive…

I remember how I felt at that first coaching conversation: that horrible ball of anxiety in the pit of my stomach, and the feeling of uncertainty as I started to talk about my self-doubt and how it was affecting me. The feelings in my body were very real; the mass of anxiety would take over…

Feeling broken, it was time to find help. At first I didn't even know what help looked like. Was it a psychologist? A mentor? A coach? I had no idea. Years prior, I'd had an interest in coaching. I really didn't know much about coaching; I had just thought that helping people sounded kind of…