When I first moved to my present house two important things happened.  First, I was offered a job advising prisoners on their options inside and second, I become the proud companion of Sheba, my fluff...

Over the years I’ve read many books on the art of questioning. Much has been written on how to craft the perfect question to get the info you need. We all know the standard closed and open questioning...

How is it that our mood can turn on a sixpence? We let ourselves be open to the changing winds – what we read in our texts, what we hear from friends and family – what we think about ourselves.  It al...

When I was growing up, my Father worked in a Bank. Long hours. Commitment. Future planning. He saw effort and investment working out in positive returns. He expected his children to be hard workers to...

For those of us in the UK, we’re all about to return to schools and resume our education provision. It’ll be a challenging time for everyone – students and staff alike.

I’d like to ask you to approac...

We all know the story of the Ostrich who puts his head in the sand to hide away.  Remember yourself as a child – hiding behind your hands, convinced no-one could see you because you couldn’t see them?...

Many years ago I began to sit in a Spirit Circle.  It was the start of a wonderful process of discovering more about myself, and my purpose.

The Spirit Circle Leader was always careful to put us in a...

It sounds the opposite of logic.  Why would you go backwards when you strive to move things on?

Most of us are locked into our yesterdays anyway, so looking back often isn’t a problem at all.  But st...

Ego is our sense of self, and it can trip us up when it gets too big for itself.

We’ve all known colleagues – friends and family, with big egos.  There’s nothing wrong with feeling confident and prou...

A few summers back  I gave a talk at The Exams Office Conference in London and Leeds on Communicating with Colleagues. Part of the presentation asked, “How do you say Good Morning to yourself, and oth...

We all know the story of the Ostrich who puts his head in the sand to hide away.  Remember yourself as a child – hiding behind your hands, convinced no-one could see you because you couldn’t see them?...

We’re all familiar with the young fit teenagers in ra-ra skirts shaking pompoms on the sidelines to whip up crowd support.  It might seem very un-British to some of us. But the concept has a place in ...