Articles & Resources

Clarity Sometimes Comes When You’re Not Looking

There is often a lot of talk within the coaching world around clarity, especially when comes to finding a career you want to move into. But sometimes, clarity comes when you least expect it and when you're not looking. It has taken me to get to nearly 53 to be clear...

Are You Following the Career You Intended or Did You Fall Into It?

In one of her excellent podcast episodes, Kimberly B Cummings highlights "meaningful career moves do not happen without intention." I couldn't agree with this more. When thinking about my first career, the only intention I had was to find a job. I wasn't even thinking...

Make the Right Next Choice in Your Career

Changing careers at any stage in your life can feel daunting, especially if you are doing it during your midlife years, but it doesn't need to be. There is a tendency to think if you are unhappy in your current career then the only choice you have is to leave...

50 in 2020 and my 20:20 Goal Challenge

The turn of the new year is often a time for many people to make New Year's Resolutions aka as New Year's Delusions or New Year False Promises, for others it is a time to reflect on the year that has just past and to look forward to the year ahead. For me, I'll be...

Why is it Easy to Invest in Others but not in Yourself?

Has anyone every asked you to lend them some money, allow them to crash at yours for a few nights, asked you to play taxi for them etc? Have you ever said no to them? The chances are you haven't or don't as often as you would like to. The thing is we often invest more...

Who’s on Your Island with You?

I often talk about the importance of having a support network, of ditching the toxic people in your life. I understand that this might be difficult to do and if they are family members, it might be impossible to do but you can choose how much time you spend with them...

Reflections on the 30-Day Blog Challenge

Hard to believe but the end of the challenge is here, today's is blog number 30!!! Looking back, I was naive when I set the 30-Day Blog Challenge; I didn't appreciate how all-consuming it would become or just how hard it would be to write something that had to be...

Are you Following Your Dreams?

It has taken many years and a lot of time doing what is popularly called "personal development" work to get where I am today. Along the way I feel I have grown as a person. I have made changes, not just been in my career, but the things I have learnt during that time...

7 Steps to Create Balance in Your Life

It is very easy to feel overwhelmed in life, not having a moment to yourself, not doing the things you love and spending too much time working, doing long hours in the office and then more at home. Creating balance within your life is about making conscious choices...

Standing Out in a Crowded World

One of the challenges when starting out your own business, creating a new venture, being seen within at work for the effort you put in or if you're looking for a new partner is how to put yourself out there. In doing so you leave yourself open to criticism or...
5 Steps to Take Care of Yourself

5 Steps to Take Care of Yourself

Working in the public sector can place high demands on your physical and emotional well-being. You're in jobs which require you to be switched on all the times. Unlike some other jobs I had, there was never a time when I was a probation officer that I said,...

Is Your Dream to Work from Home?

Is Your Dream to Work from Home?

Whilst working as an employee most of the time you have little say in where you work and for some professions and roles you can only ever work in one specific environment, for example, within a classroom of a school or on a ward within a hospital. In some...

What’s the Worst That Can Happen?

What’s the Worst That Can Happen?

Sometimes, when it comes to making a change, to take a chance, we hold back. Many people are risk averse, fearing failure, rejection, sometimes fearing success because of that might bring. In some instances, we don't enjoy or celebrate our successes because...

Anyone Can Create a Business

Anyone Can Create a Business

When you think of a business owner who springs to mind? Richard Branson, the panel members of Dragon's Den, Alan Sugar? We live in an age where it has never been so easy to start your own business. The opportunities are immense from turning a hobby craft...

Too Late for a Career Change at 50?

Too Late for a Career Change at 50?

It's almost Friday night, I'm looking at the weekend ahead. Next year will be my 50th birthday and I am thinking this will be my last career change. My business might evolve but fundamentally what I do will remain the same. I feel as though I have reached a...