When my daughter was about two, and it was time to leave the park, she had an enormous tantrum. She was wailing and crying and stamping her feet and flinging her arms around. Then all of a sudden, in the midst of all that outrage, she caught sight of her hand and in...
A while ago, an idea popped into my head to do a public talk. Almost instantly, thoughts crowded in to rubbish it. They were soothing, matter of fact and as reassuring as the snake in the Jungle Book. 'What if no one comesssss, Clare? You could make a fool out of...
A wasn't invited to the work social. 'How could they?' he fumed. 'No one ever bothers including me. There's a work drink next week and I'm not going to go. That will show them I don't need them.' B had an idea for a programme she wanted to launch. 'No one is going to...
Will seeing that we experience the world from the inside out make me a multi-millionaire? This is a really interesting question because it takes us right into the heart of what we think we want for ourselves and what our wisdom wants for us and the relationship...
'Ah I get it! We create life through our thoughts. It's not going to help me lose this though is it?' (Grabs some belly fat). 'I mean this is reality... I'm not just thinking this!... If only!' 'Well I can see how it's true that some things are experienced through...
I asked Garret Kramer, one of the world’s top sports coaches what he promises teams and individuals. He replied: “I assure clients love, support and a resolute point within. Other than that: zilch.” Wow. I said. Because shit where do you go with that as a coach? I...
A client that I have recently started seeing emailed me to tell me she had left her job. What will she say when I ask her why, I wondered. Something like...? "It didn't make me happy." "I really don't like the people." "The politics were toxic." "They didn't make me...
A client that I have recently started seeing emailed me to tell me she had left her job. What will she say when I ask her why, I wondered. Something like...? "It didn't make me happy." "I really don't like the people." "The politics were toxic." "They didn't make me...
When I was about 14 in the mid 80s, there was a disco every Tuesday evening (Tuesday!) in St Luke's Church Hall. There would be a DJ, a in retrospect, slightly spotty, excessively hair-gelled youth devastatingly gorgeous adonis there up on a little platform,...
One week, Phil Hathaway, the gently nurturing and supportive leader of our coaching group suggested the discussion topic: ’Is the universe kind?’ Before we start, he said, I’d like us to watch a short video. The video he showed was of a cuckoo pushing an egg out of a...