All experience is preceded by mind, Led by mind, Made by mind. Speak or act with a corrupted mind, And suffering follows As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox. All experience is preceded by mind, Led by mind, Made by mind. Speak or act with a peaceful mind, And happiness follows Like a never-departing shadow. The Dhammapada, translated by G...

Kate got in touch to explore setting up an appointment. We chatted for around 15 minutes about the wretched place that she had found herself in. She reported a visceral sadness that was consuming her mind, body, and workweek. She told me that she had never experienced feelings quite like these before.  One moment she was blissfully in love, an...

I often get enquiries from people who describe themselves as feeling numb, disconnected from their body or disconnected from other people and nature. It got me thinking about why so many people feel so disconnected. In my experience life doesn't have to be that way. I can help you RECONNECT with your own essence, to reconnect with nature and other ...

How to be more passionate in Life Over the past fifteen years I have continued to evolve and hone my life coaching methodologies. Around ten years ago I realised that the underlying themes of many of my life coaching sessions were Passion, Purpose, and Peace. I liked the alliteration, and Passion, Purpose and Peace became the strapline to my variou...

Case Study - What should I do with my life?  This case study illustrates how my life coaching can sometimes be a deep journey into the self and what it means to be alive. My coaching is always a delicate balance of spiritual discourse and movement towards real-world action. Perhaps some of the ideas I offer here can stimulate your own inquiry ...

Life Coach support for a Midlife Crisis This article may be of interest to you if you're a man in midlife or you are married to someone in midlife or you want to learn more about this important time of change. I have noticed over the years that quite a few clients sought life coaching support to help them navigate the uncertain waters of a midlife ...

If you are Lost? Stuck? Bored? Stressed? Confused? Exhausted? Directionless? Disconnected? Unbalanced? Powerless? Miserable? Lonely? Numb? Dead? AND you are ready to live a Passionate, Purposeful and Peaceful life THEN welcome to Great Life Coach, I can help! You are in the right place because lost-ness, stuck-ness and confusion is one of the most ...

She was six years old when I first met her on the beach near where I live. I drive to this beach, a distance of three or four miles, whenever the world begins to close in on me. She was building a sandcastle or something and looked up, her eyes as blue as the sea. "Hello," she said. I answered with a nod, not really in the mood to bother with a sma...

All experience is preceded by mind, Led by mind, Made by mind. Speak or act with a corrupted mind, And suffering follows As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox. All experience is preceded by mind, Led by mind, Made by mind. Speak or act with a peaceful mind, And happiness follows Like a never-departing shadow. The Dhammapada, translated by G...

Arguments, uncertainty, fear, misunderstanding, unheard, sex-less, unromantic, where did our love go... You have probably only found your way to this page if you feel like change is needed. Consider the following two very different marriage definitions… Expansive and worth aspiring to -- Healthy relationships are not based on neediness but on the p...

Do you feel out of balance in your life? Are you living a Juicy Life? We all know the signs -- stress, ignoring priorities, always late, no time, kids growing up too fast, no creative outlets, all work, no play, loneliness. These signs are just that, signs pointing towards getting you to do something about it. Perhaps your organisation would benefi...

Introduction to Life Coaching with Great Life Coach This short video is intended to offer a flavour of my unique style of life coaching for MEN. Do take five minutes of your valuable time and get to know me a little better! In this video I discuss perspectives on life the challenges faced by Men and life coaching. I shot this video while hiking dee...

I am often humbled to work as a life coach. Hearing peoples honest stories of what they put up with and all. Over the years I have learnt so much about the human condition, the traps we build for ourselves and the stories-of-smallness we convince ourselves of. I could write a book. One condition that I hear about almost on a daily basis is The Rat ...

What is your relationship to Success and Failure? The forces of success and failure often affect our ways in the world. I offer success coaching to individuals as well as providing motivational talks to groups/audiences. Some ponderances for you... So is success what happens when you do not fail? What if you could not fail, would you be successful?...

I worked with a client a few weeks back, and we were discussing strategies to be more confident in life. I caught myself saying the following statements. They appeared to strike a deep chord with my client, so I felt to share them with you. You are the most qualified person in the whole world to be YOUBeing YOU takes no effort.It takes no effort to...

People often ask me about my work. What do you actually do?! What kind of people do you work with? I realise my work is unusual. Walking into all manner of situations through a typical work day. I always feel privileged in my work, working deeply and honestly with people. The challenges are varied, but in each case I support people to untangle them...

Introduction to Life Coaching with Great Life Coach This short video is intended to offer a flavour of my unique style of life coaching for MEN. Do take five minutes of your valuable time and get to know me a little better! In this video I discuss perspectives on life the challenges faced by Men and life coaching. I shot this video while hiking dee...

The big city can be a very exciting place to manifest, to create and give our gift to the world… However for many who are socially conditioned, parentally conditioned, educationally de-natured and then tossed onto a ladder that pleases everybody else; only to find several years later that precious life was squandered in an unconscious daily cycle o...

I was recently cited in the following article in the London Daily Telegraph which you may also find interesting. Why are Men less happy than Women? The social divide in the gender's response to adverse emotion has been well documented, both academically and anecdotally. Great Life Coach, a life coach and male mentor, recognises the adverse influenc...

Very often the subject of Assertiveness arises in a coaching relationship. We all lack assertiveness somewhere in our lives; I see both powerful people and the timid giving themSelves away. You have surrounded yourself with your current life situation because of the choices you've made in your life. As you learn more about yourself and the choices ...