what’s on my mind …

Meet Your Inner Critics

The characters you may not even know are there, each with their own view of the world and their own ideas about what you need. We all have an inner […]

The Critic that Stops Me

What the Critic Doesn’t See The more coaching and therapy work I do, the less surprised I am by the invisibility of the inner critic. It has become so normalised […]

The Addict in Me

I have been doing some work at a rehab centre and, in my short stay, have learned a few things. I look around and who surrounds me? Addicts. And I, […]

The Uncertainty Meter

I came across one of the most interesting ideas recently from Sarah Bergenfield speaking about the neuroscience of uncertainty. It’s not a new idea she is putting forward, but no […]

Not Finishing the Quest

I do worry that I am not doing more with my life. Not more in the way the world usually means it. Not more money. Not more achievements. Not more […]

If there is no problem with the problem

Fear wants to know. What happens when we stop trying to solve everything? There is so much to be afraid of — or is there? I feel myself tremendously impacted […]

Searching for Purpose

We had our neighbours over this week. They come from a very different cultural world to ours — they are Zulu. I don’t even know where to begin speaking about […]

The Embodied Dreamer

If you’re anything like me, you may feel tired, weary, or even afraid to dream. Disappointments and broken promises — from ourselves or from others — can leave parts of […]

How to Spot Personality on Holiday

Want to know someone’s (or more importantly, your own!) personality pattern?Watch them on holiday. When structure drops away, patterns show themselves—how we rest, control, avoid, pursue, organise, or disappear. Personality […]

A Handrail for the Holidays

Holidays reveal the great divide between the haves and the have-nots. And there are ways we find ourselves on both sides. But the fact that you’re reading this likely means […]