Learning to Coach by being Coached A new six part training programme aimed at those people who are beginning to take on coaching role where they work. Each one hour session will blend teaching with live, individual coaching. The tutorial / coaching sessions will be facilitated by a qualified and experienced coach. Keep an eye out for further news on… Read More

Ploughing though books about forms of dementia can often be hard work and sometimes they’re full of jargon, medical and other terms. This is when fictional works can help as they can portray a context to the situation and build empathy with the characters involved. I’m not going to do a thesis on the reasons why, just post a few… Read More

Over my career I have known the benefits from working with people who have taken the time to coach me and sometimes act as my Mentor. As a Student Nurse the Hospital’s Senior Psychiatrist became in many ways my unofficial Mentor, I was too young and inexperienced to realise it at the time and he never said that he was… Read More

As we all know, the present situation is wearisome, difficult and draining. It is testing peoples resilience to navigate the activities, that a few months ago, were uncomplicated and needed little thought and effort. Whilst I would love to promote our Mental Health, Wellbeing and Resilience resources, at this moment I don’t feel its right to push it. The important… Read More

Providing training, supervision and support has become the realm of creativity since the initial lockdown, in what now seems another era, and lo, we are in Lockdown again. For some organisations keeping on top of supervision and training has become ‘need to do’ instead of ‘getting done’ activities. Time is taken up with managing the day today logistics involved in… Read More

I’ve decided not to wish people a Happy New Year and will wish you an ‘all the best instead. It has been the most difficult year for everybody and especially for those in health and social care. The demands have been challenging, draining and frustrating. Over the past months I have been spending a lot of time providing support and… Read More

When depression seeps into one’s soul and mists the mind with sullen thoughts. Depriving the body of its will and motivation to do, existence becomes a dark cloud that floats without any sense of beneficent direction or will to fight. Depression is that loss, not of creativity, I can create when depressed, but that loss of doing something with it…. Read More

Sadly, whilst we should be shocked, angered, bewildered and puzzled we should not be surprised. We are working in a ‘perfect storm’ within health and social care. Deregulation, austerity, a recruitment and retention nightmare, poor leadership and management, discrimination and a whole host of other issues. I work within the health and social care sector and have done for many… Read More