I have a wonderful new client who came to me with some goals that she wanted to work on through coaching. Not so unreasonable you might be thinking. And a couple of months ago I would have jumped right into the goals with her, making sure they were SMART and all the...

Authenticity is a big buzz word. "Be yourself" we keep getting told. And that would be great of course... if we knew who we are. The more I coach people and the more I explore the nature of the self and reality and our understanding of ourselves, the clearer it is to...

Authenticity is a big buzz word. "Be yourself" we keep getting told. And that would be great of course... if we knew who we are. The more I coach people and the more I explore the nature of the self and reality and our understanding of ourselves, the clearer it is to...

I've never thought of myself as creative. My four year old draws better than me. I got a fail in my needlework O'level. My cooking repertoire has reduced itself down to macaroni cheese. And yet I am realising now, thanks to Michael Neill and the Super Coach Academy,...

The importance of our individual purpose here on earth has been identified since the beginning of human thought. It is referred to as 'dharma' in the ancient Indian text the Bhagavad Gita and today it is recognised in the most respected human development research as...

On a Wednesday my daughter gets the school bus. Every Wednesday at 8.14 I turn into Stephen King's Carrie, head to toe in pigs' blood, setting fire to everything I point at. Well, my equivalent is zips breaking and shoes disappearing. Less blood and fire and screaming...

This year I've been lucky enough to spend a lot of time working with, observing and being coached by some of the best coaches on the planet. This is my take on what makes an outstanding coach. 1. They know you don't need them and they tell you that... They know that...

A client has booked coaching because he is wrestling with the big decision of whether to leave corporate life or to follow his dream job. Before joining the Super Coach Academy, I would have prepared all sorts of pros and cons templates, life wheels, impact analysis...

    A flood in a New York hotel in St Patricks Day week and then a booking made by a travel website in a hotel that didn't have a room led to me wandering the streets between midnight and 2.30am with my suitcase and nowhere to go. Even as I was wandering I...

    A flood in a New York hotel in St Patricks Day week and then a booking made by a travel website in a hotel that didn't have a room led to me wandering the streets between midnight and 2.30am with my suitcase and nowhere to go. Even as I was wandering I...