12 Days of Inspirational Quotes – Day 11

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Day 11 is given over to John O’Donohue, a new favourite of mine. I discovered his wonderful books of blessings, such as To Bless the Space Between Us, through the brilliant Fi Parashar and have been using them liberally ever since. I find his books have a magical quality in that whenever I dip into […]
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12 Days of Inspirational Quotes – Day 3

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Liz Gooster I like to describe myself as happily ‘At Large’ in an independent portfolio career, balancing coaching, leadership development, coach training and being a mum to my young daughter. Positive psychology is a big influence on my work and I’ve recently gained an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology from the University […]
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The 12 Days of Books #12

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To round off my 12 Days of Books series, we don’t just have one book, we have a whole list! A mini library, if you will. Some of these I’ve read, others I’m part-way through. Some I’ve dipped into, others I’ve yet to begin. If you read any of them, I’d love to know what […]
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The 12 Days of Books #10 – Resilience

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‘The capacity to remain flexible in our thoughts, feelings and behaviours when faced by a life disruption, or extended periods of pressure, so that we emerge from difficulty stronger, wiser and more able.’ Resilience is helpful at the best of times. In the current context, it feels even more critical to do what we can […]
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The 12 Days of Books #9 – Why We Sleep

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‘Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day.’ Matthew Walker’s Why We Sleep was published in January 2018. It made quite a splash. I remember seeing it piled high in the window of Waterstones. I was intrigued, but I knew I couldn’t read it […]
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The 12 Days of Books #4 – Self-Compassion

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Self-Compassion by psychologist Kristin Neff is one of those books I find myself recommending to others because I found it so useful myself. I’m conscious that I can be a tough self-critic and sometimes struggle to keep my imposter syndrome under control. Over my years as a coach, I’ve come to recognise that, since I […]
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The summer break: time to press pause

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It has been an aspiration of mine for some time now to take August off work. The idea first floated onto my radar many years ago when two independent consultants I regularly worked with told me proudly that they didn’t work in August or December. This struck me as entirely laudable: luxurious, yes, but also […]
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SPACE to Grow: How to change for the better

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Following on from my productivity post last month, in this post I want to share my thinking on a new development framework I’m working on, called SPACE to grow. Many of us have a sense that we could do better. We feel we could achieve more, be more focused, have more productive working relationships, make […]
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