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I'm often asked, "How can I be a better coach?". And there are all the usual answers like presence, experience, awareness, beginner's mind, dancing in the moment. And then there is this answer: "Be a better...

  When you have a client stepping into a new leadership role or taking on new challenges, they may doubt their capabilities or feel their confidence flag. Clients can also get confused about how to...

In 2017 the ICF created a brand new Community of Practice (CP) with a focus area of "Life Vision and Enhancement" - for those who do life coaching in their practices. And (I) Emma-Louise Elsey was invited to...

Visual cards are a valuable addition for any workshop or coaching toolkit. They are a "go-to resource" for boosting engagement and conversations at workshops, retreats, team meeting or coaching...

When someone reaches a place in their career where they've earned the title of 'leader', it's easy to assume they must inhabit, better than the rest of us, that golden space we yearn to know: Confidence. And...

We know things in so many different ways. The most common way we understand our world is through our intellect and verbal fluency - traditionally more left brain skills. These skills are essential. We can...

Click here to get your Kindness Bingo Sheet February - the month of love, and kindness! Do you, like me, believe that kindness is a hugely under-rated form of human expression? Here's what I...

It's October - and for many of us, the reducing hours of daylight focuses us inwards. And as we approach the end of the year, it's a great time to prepare for annual goal-setting and look deeply...

With the end of the school year approaching fast, and many children graduating and setting off to make their way in the world, many parents are experiencing "Empty Nest" syndrome. Summer is also a great...

People these days are tired and stressed - much of the time. But it's not just from their busy lives and multiple competing priorities. It's also from keeping up a mask, a pretense of who we think we should be...