Someone I know (let’s call them Alex) got asked to cover a colleague’s shift last week. It wasn’t convenient. They’d already booked the day off. They’d had plans for actual rest. But the message came in with all the usual […]
When Helping Goes Too Far – A Trap Every Coach Needs to Notice
Something happened recently that knocked me slightly off balance. Not dramatically. Not catastrophically. Just enough to make my nervous system tilt. I received a message that landed at the wrong angle on the wrong day. In the grand scheme of […]
The Hidden Cost of Judging Everyone Else
Let me tell you about a man I used to know. We’ll call him Dave. Because that’s his name. Dave wasn’t a bad person. He wasn’t cruel in the obvious ways. He didn’t shout or hit or rage. He just […]
What Yellow Cars, Bees, and Confetti Have in Common
I want to tell you about an experiment I have been running recently – one that has quietly shifted the way I see the world. You may already have seen parts of it on social media. If not, you will […]
The real reason your practice isn’t growing (and how to fix it this week)
Let me guess: you want to grow your practice… but somehow an entire week has passed and you haven’t done a single thing to market it. No email, no ad, no blog, no follow-up. Just vibes and “I’ll do it […]
Why you’re further along than you think (even if it doesn’t feel like it)
There’s a quiet pressure that creeps in for so many of us – particularly those who have been doing the inner work for a long time. You start thinking, almost accusingly: “I should be further along by now.” It’s a […]
Why Your emotions explode just when change begins to work
You ever get the feeling that the moment you finally start making progress – that’s when your emotions blindside you? It’s a strange and painful irony, isn’t it? You do the hard work, you make a change you’re proud of, […]
The Third Skill No One Warned Me About in Self-Employment
I remember the day I left the safety of my regular pay cheque and stepped into the unpredictable world of being self employed. Up until then, I’d worked in childcare – employed, structured, predictable. But when I completed my NLP […]
Do Things Really Get Worse Before They Get Better?
Do Things Really Get Worse Before They Get Better? I did a consultation the other day – something many of our practitioners offer for free to people considering one-to-one sessions. I asked the client whether they’d had any previous therapeutic […]
How TIP Interrupts PTSD Flashbacks When Nothing Else Helps
On the outside, everything looks normal. You can be sitting in your living room, watching something ordinary on TV, and suddenly your body behaves as if the worst moment of your life is happening all over again. That is the […]
