Overwhelmed
It’s been a tough couple of weeks inside my head. Regular readers will know that I’ve started a course of therapy to help me better deal with the challenges around …
Seven spaces
Almost 2,500 years ago Confucius wrote a text known as The Great Learning. In it he talks about what it takes to be a leader. The central theme is that …
Emptying my pocket
Monday saw me at a loose end. My therapist had to cancel and I was left with a hole in the middle of my carefully crafted morning. Rather than waste …
What a difference a year makes
This time last year I was struggling. Awaiting professional help for my mental health. Since then I have waited and waited for my referral to come up. The time punctuated …
The calm before…
It’s been an eventful day, England won the first Ashes test, Chris Froome accelerated away from his rivals in the Tour de France to win on the summit of Mont …
Bounce-back-ability
Recently I’ve been delivering a series of workshops on resilience. Sometimes these are a joint venture with Ian Pettigrew (@KingfisherCoach) and other times it is me solo. Ian and I …
False summit
I like to walk in the mountains, not climb you understand but quite serious stuff, all 4 seasons, snowstorm or sunshine. Ice axe & crampons at times. There is a …
I’ve been to a marvellous party
It’s not very often that I get an invitation from Stephen Fry. It was good of him to invite me to his party, after all we’ve never met. Someone had …
Unstoppable
Yesterday I was at a launch event. It wasn’t all red carpet, champagne and canapés, instead a group of well meaning people met to hear how the charity Mind are …