Three Surprising Things I Learnt from Being a Coach

Three Surprising Things I Learnt from Being a Coach

Training as a coach in my 50s felt like coming home. Coaching aligned with my life purpose and continues to amaze and delight me daily. I am a relative newbie, having started my business as a Holistic Relationship Coach for LGBT+ women (trans and non-binary inclusive)...
Five Reasons to Become a Certified + Credentialed Coach

Five Reasons to Become a Certified + Credentialed Coach

Following the launch of the Radiant Coaches: Live Sessions podcast where I interview a certified coach and receive a live coaching session, I have been reflecting on my own decision to become a certified coach.   The coaching industry is not regulated in the way that...
Coaching with Self-Compassion

Coaching with Self-Compassion

We are surrounded by (what feels like) interchangeable terminology relating to Self. Self-love, Self-care, Self-compassion. And what about self-esteem, self-confidence, self-worth. One thing I know from my research is that definitions vary depending on the author’s...
Routines & Rituals

Routines & Rituals

Coaching brings us deeper into relationship with ourselves. It provides a safe container in which to accept where we are at and then create possibilities for change. Routines and Rituals are a great way of sustaining those changes.   DEFINITIONS   Both routines and...
The Power of Journaling

The Power of Journaling

I have kept a journal since I was a teenager, or diary as we used to call it in the 1980s! Diaries were what maiden aunts gifted their nieces and took the form of a pink flowery hardback book with a miniature lock and key. The message was clear, this is an activity...
Improvisation for Coaches

Improvisation for Coaches

Around 20 years ago I did a course in comedy improvisation. At the time I was running a queer women’s theatre company in London, UK and producing small festivals of plays by new writers. After the course, I started running my own classes and soon we had thirty regular...