Tag: career coaching

  • The Skills You Haven’t Lost, You’ve Just Stopped Seeing Them

    The Skills You Haven’t Lost, You’ve Just Stopped Seeing Them

    When drinking becomes a regular habit most nights of the week, something subtle but damaging happens, and for a long time, you probably wont notice or be aware of it. Not only are you losing energy and clarity, but you begin to ignore the very things you’re good at. Skills that once came naturally. Strengths…

  • The Christmas Countdown

    The Christmas Countdown

    How to Navigate the Final Two Weekends Before Christmas Without Letting Alcohol Take Over Each year, the final two weekends before Christmas come with the same mix of pressure and expectation, especially for leaders. There are celebrations, corporate events, client drinks, and the subtle message that visibility equals commitment. If you happen to be introverted,…

  • Are You Leading Today… or Just Getting Through It?

    Are You Leading Today… or Just Getting Through It?

    Here’s a question most first-time leaders never stop to ask:“What do I actually want from today?” It sounds simple, almost too simple, yet it’s the doorway to clarity, confidence, and intentional leadership. And it’s a question that often gets buried beneath pressure, self-doubt, and the lingering fog of habits that no longer serve you. As…

  • It’s Not The Amount You Drink, It’s The Reason Why

    It’s Not The Amount You Drink, It’s The Reason Why

    A recent client came to me feeling stuck. On paper, everything looked fine, solid career, respected by colleagues, doing “all the right things.” But underneath, they couldn’t shake the feeling that their confidence had quietly taken a hit. They wanted to feel sharper, more in control, and to actually enjoy the success they’d worked so…

  • The Revolution of Life Coaching

    The Revolution of Life Coaching

    Coaching ‘Old-School’ Stigma Looking back at coaching from when I started in industry, nearly 30 years ago, it was considered something only sportsmen and women would have considered, with discipline-heavy approaches. Analytics which are commonplace nowadays were emerging but not mainstream. The style will have been often more authoritative with less focus on mental health…

  • The ‘Middle Lane Drinker’

    The ‘Middle Lane Drinker’

    Have you ever heard this term? Do you think you might be considered to be a middle lane drinker? So what is a Middle lane Drinker? It’s not someone who has a serious dependency where they are getting up in the morning and needing a drink to kick the day off. Middle Lane Drinking is…