Alison, a young mother, first got in touch to explore ways that she could bring more balance to her life. She had a 2yr old and was living with her husband of five years. Motherhood was a challenging experience for her, and she felt imprisoned. Her initial coaching focus was on balance and health. How could she make time to recover her body, get fi...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Over the past 20 years I have been on many spiritually motivated retreats. These retreats have drawn their power from various wisdom traditions like Yoga, Tantra, Meditation, Vipassana, Mindfulness, Silence, Dance, Satsang, Nature, American Indian and Psychodynamic and more. The common theme through all of them has been to connect deeper with mysel...
Self Employed and being eaten alive by your company? The gift that is you Several years ago, the mission seed in your spirit that drives what you have to give to the world, started to power a creative fountain. At that time, driven by apparent opportunities, choice or necessity and without really thinking about it you started a company. Your baby. ...
Lost? Stressed? Confused? Exhausted? Disconnected? Unbalanced? Powerless? Miserable? Do you make a living or do you make a dying? In response to the growing number of clients that I see manifesting a very modern condition of stress and overwhelm in their lives, I have cobbled together the following commentary. Forgive me for providing an intellectu...
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...
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...
Does Playing the Victim Ruin Your Life? "If only... If only..." As a coach I often get to work with people in a space of deep honesty. Together we take a good look at a client's life situation and their relationship to that situation. We gain insights into their truest feelings (not the roles that veneer the feelings). We then go on to reveal the b...
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...
Has anybody noticed that things seem to be changing? It was business as usual for the last fifty years or so, but the current system is clearly fracturing. Things started to go off the rails in 2008 and since then world leaders have been scrambling to find solutions. People entrenched in the control structures of the old-way are grasping at solutio...
