Claire writes: “In a mentor coaching group, we were talking about challenge and why it can feel uncomfortable. One of the delegates suddenly realised that in their day job, they talk about being ‘kind not nice’. Being kind not nice can mean that saying what we see...
Claire writes: “I’ll never stop laughing (or saying doh!’) when I suddenly see something obvious that I have never seen before. This week it’s about space. Now that most of my work is online, I will always give a 5 minute comfort break every hour . And I...
Claire writes: “We often demo coaching in our training courses and webinars. It’s the easiest way for people to understand and experience what simplicity looks, sounds and feels like. When students practice, they will always give and receive feedback – starting...
Peronel writes: “I was at a private view recently where the gallery owner was waxing lyrical about the artists’ work, explaining what Sally was doing as she painted and what we could experience looking at the pieces. It was only when Sally talked about her...
Claire writes: “‘If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough’, said Einstein. This always brings new challenges for me. I have just started listening to Smart Brevity by Schwartz, Allen and VandeHei. It won’t surprise you to find out that the...
Claire writes: “When I started my sabbatical at the end of July last year, I was in the middle of coaching two different people who were in the middle of change. We’d been meeting reasonably often so a 10 week gap felt to them like a big space. In our July sessions,...
