It's Madonna's 60th birthday today, and I've been uplifted by listening to some of her classic hits this morning as I write to you. What I love about Madonna is that she has never been afraid of stepping into her expression and creativity. What I know...
August is always the quietest month of the year for Bird. Organisations tend to step back from investing in any kind of workshop work whilst folks go on holiday. And so, apart from continuing to work with my beautiful 1:1 clients, I have a little more...
When I worked with my first coach, six years ago now, I expected positive change to happen immediately for me. I wanted my self-sabotage to disappear overnight, I expected my own coaching business to take flight immediately and soar. In this world of immediacy, I wanted everything...
I talk regularly about how we as individuals can work on our wellbeing. Here at Bird we believe you can do a lot to self-support in order to feel good about who you are and what you do. If you are consistently gremlin-taming, practicing gratitude, acknowledging...
Thank you to all those who shared thoughts and feedback in response to last week's blog. It's lovely to both hear your support and to hear what you are doing to support yourselves as well. So, an update, after sending the blog last week I very...
At the moment I am not nailing my self-care. This feels vulnerable to share given that I'm an advocate for looking after yourself in order to be of service to others. But for some reason, I've fallen off the wagon a little bit. This morning I...
If you're in England, and you've seen a television lately, you'll know that the English football team have re-written history by progressing through the World Cup via a penalty shootout. Much of the nation is gripped. And I am personally blown away by how their manager...
This week we hear from Bird associate Elloa, sharing her reflections after our Bird associate workshop day last month. Enjoy...
I am quite an intuitive person, and rely on my gut feeling for a lot of decisions and actions in life. I sometimes notice myself pushing back when others lean towards more fact-based approaches, when others are more logical and make decisions based on gathered information...
Nonsense is everywhere. My definition of nonsense is 'actions and words that make situations more complicated, noisier, and are not at all aligned with personal or organisational values, vision or purpose.' Nonsense can be found in organisations, in relationships and sometimes in our own brains. Nonsense is...