These past week have brought several unexpected encouragements from often unexpected quarters or at unexpected times. None of them were sought, they just popped out at me in passing, as if to say: Hey, you’re doing OK and I love who you are becoming.” Equally, I have had the opportunity to encourage or have affirming… The post To encourage takes courage appeared first on Equip For Life Coaching ..read more

What was your dream when you were little? Maybe to be an astronaut, or a professional footballer or a film star. Perhaps something more pragmatic – my cousin always said when he was young that he wanted to be a lollipop man because you didn’t start work till you were 65. So funny. It is… The post Inspire the dream appeared first on Equip For Life Coaching ..read more

Last time I was musing on how we get to where we are today. What life lessons do we learn on the way to here? This feels very prescient as I reflect on the fact that Elder Nearest-and-Dearest is about to launch herself into the adult world of work.  17 years of education come to… The post On celebrations and life lessons appeared first on Equip For Life Coaching ..read more

How did you get to where you are today? Where have you come from, and who were you 5 or 10 or even 20 years ago? An odd question to start with, you observe. So let me explain where I am in my thinking. Over the course of this past week, I have had several… The post How did you get to where you are today? appeared first on Equip For Life Coaching ..read more

Why would I want life coaching? What is life coaching, and what could life coaching do for me? These are great questions. Sometimes the best way to answer questions like this is with a story… Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a woman in her 40s called Suzanne. She is a… The post What could life coaching do for me? appeared first on Equip For Life Coaching ..read more

I love sea glass. To me, it is treasure waiting to be discovered, every piece telling a story of a lost bottle or ink well or glass reflector from times gone by. Sea glass can be around in our oceans for decades, and it intrigues me to think of who handled it first and in… The post Beauty out of brokenness appeared first on Equip For Life Coaching ..read more

It is amazing what you notice when you really stop and look. Often we chunter through life at full pelt without really stopping to notice what is around us – in our homes, in our  communities, in our families, in our relationships, even in our own bodies. But when we choose to stop and look,… The post An inspiration to stop and look appeared first on Equip For Life Coaching ..read more

Balance. There is an interesting word. A simple concept, but like so much of life, much harder to put into practice and live by. Look it up in the dictionary and you get words like equilibrium, harmony, calmness. Does that describe your life? Or does it feel more like you are living an unbalanced life? … The post Living an unbalanced life appeared first on Equip For Life Coaching ..read more

I have been musing over these past couple of weeks about what I have learned and continue to learn after writing, developing and launching The 10 Things Challenge some 8 years ago. The 10 Things Challenge is an accessible process for self development. If that is enough to sell it to you and you want… The post An accessible process for self development appeared first on Equip For Life Coaching ..read more

Progress is not linear. We know this in theory, but oftentimes, the reality of this can catch us off guard.  It can be too easy to look at what we are wanting to learn, and expect ourselves to learn it once. To then fully absorb and assimilate those learnings, and come out the other end positively… The post Progress is not linear appeared first on Equip For Life Coaching ..read more