WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Coming from the highly regulated legal profession, I was initially aghast at how easily one could 'become When people asked whether I was a Life Coach, I baulked, partly due to what I saw of Life Coaches in desirable and sustainable change for the benefit of the coachee and potentially for other stakeholders", I I often find myself using a gardening metaphor to describe the sort of coaching I practise.

The motivation to address an issue in the Outer Track encourages a client to do the Inner Track work. Inner work allows for new ways of addressing issues in the Outer Track. ’s life Examples: Intake/Conversation for understanding, 5 whys, I/We/It or Four domains model, constellations practices, Speech Acts, Results Coaching models, Productivity techniques eg GTD methods, habit-stacking, I Reconciling different approaches allows us to work with a client in a more intentional and integrated

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? When initially contracting with your clients it is a good idea to include a caveat to confidentiality In the time that I have been mentoring or training coaches, many have voiced concern about working with Indeed a trusted relationship with a coach might be the first step to uncovering and identifying issues I often use the metaphor of being a yoga teacher helping yogis to understand through a practice of postures

2007 was in a hotel room of about 80 random people and even though there were probably folks there I Since then I have attended numerous trainings, workshops and retreat and learned that, however great the teaching, what I learn depends a lot on the environment of learning and how much I can integrate is a function of peers I can continue to journey with. This has been especially true in Asia where I need to localise what I’ve learnt to meet the context and

The ICF core competencies include a whole domain on co-creating the relationship. Hence rubrics like W.A.I.T. (”Why Am I Talking?”). Applied formulaically it was really irritating to have everything I said repeated back at me. If I know something may feel like an exercise, I would now make some space for it with a quick “is it I winced because whilst I knew it was the wrong answer I recognised the feeling.

I cannot change: the Courage to change the things I can: and the Wisdom to know the difference" As a decidedly 'un-serene' child, I asked my aunt where I could get the serenity that I hadn't been granted I remember many a time arriving tired and not in the mood for my yoga practice but finding I could magically borrow from the energy of the group and on other occasions I lent my energy to others. years, but received no answer, until I prayed with my legs.”

Dear Friend I hope you are well. I took a step back to redesign and now the newsletter is for more general interest topics, like the topic Resonance In my search I found this great video about the concept of resonance in Physics. For the last year I have been a community member of an organic farm in which we invest in a season of I'll be sharing what I learn on the Bamboo Forum and I started by posting a video by David Holmgren,

Dear Friend I hope you are well in this month of Diwali and Thanksgiving. Two years into the pandemic, I hope you are finding light and much to be thankful for wherever you are But then I found myself thinking about.....Monkeys. As my own little monkey starts considering Uni, I look back at the supposedly useful subjects I studied ideas for a future that is 'sustainable and inclusive and growing', I wondered what planet they were

Dear Friend I hope you are well in this month of tricks and treats. This month I look at how coaching has evolved into so many categories and varieties that it's difficult An example I use in the blog is how 'languishing' went viral this year, arguably because it captured In the 90's when dieters were calorie conscious, I remember my lunch buddy at work regularly asking of whatever I had chosen "is it worth the calories?"

Another is to say that I have some ideas that I would be happy to share but would first like to know As an ex-lawyer, for example, I sometimes have clients wanting to get my take on a legal issue and I If I have particular referrals for experts I will also offer them. When I hear a client asking for advice I might say "sounds like you are seeking some advice on this.. I wrote of earlier.

Over on the Bamboo Blog, in Part 3 in a series on Coaching ourselves through Crisis, I explore how rituals can resource us and later in the newsletter I explore hope, helplessness and how to honour where we At Bamboo Being, in addition to the daily pleasure of working with Pauline, the Bringer of Order, I am I get to hang out with the delightful Cathy, or visiting faculty like Janine or Sarita. So next month I am launching a pilot programme for a Bamboo Coaching Community to broaden and build

Dear Friend, I hope February went well for you. With Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day and Shrove Tuesday in the space of a week, in a normal year I'd 'Coaching' has become a very broad church since I started 15 years ago and it can be hard to explain So I'm starting a new series on the Bamboo Blog exploring what distinguishes developmental and Integral I will also be linking to the work of colleagues around the world.