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Healthy Boundaries & How To Set Them

Healthy boundaries are important to have in place in many areas of our lives. Working in healthcare requires us to manage a number of boundaries which serve to: maintain a level of professionalism, ensure we are effective within our role, and protect both practitioner and patient. Boundaries help us to define and communicate the parameters […]

Informed decision making and consent in maternity and neonatal services

The provision of high-quality personalised care is core to the 3-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services. Despite informed decision-making being an ethical, professional and legal standard, the 2023 maternity survey reported that only 76% of women felt as involved as they would have liked in decisions during childbirth (1). Informed (previously shared) decision […]

Part 2 – Becoming More Evidence-Based as a Coach

In my last blog, I talked about the foundations of coaching practice (or indeed any form of person-centred practice)- trust, rapport and empathy. I neglected to mention kindness and compassion which have received a lot of attention over the last few years (1). Let me tell you why… Whilst kindness and compassion are important elements […]

Part 1 – Becoming more evidence based as a health coach

Becoming more evidence based as a health coach We all try to do our best for the clients/patients we see. But what does ‘doing our best’ really mean? To my mind it’s about ensuring that our daily work is informed by evidence (which usually comes from studies on populations of people) and that it is […]

Developing Supportive Challenge

Early in my development as a coach, just starting on my training and beginning to try things out, the use of challenge was definitely a learning edge for me, a place of discomfort, and something that moved me well out of my comfort zone. Now with several years of experience and coaching hours behind me, […]

Developing Presence As A Coach

“We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.” Pema Chödrön Thinking about how “present” you are in your interactions with others is definitely a worthwhile endeavour. For many of the coaches that we work in the health and social care system who are […]

The Importance of Regular Coaching Supervision

Health and wellbeing coaches and other practitioners using a coaching approach, play a transformational role in the personalisation of care for patients and provide timely interventions designed to support people to be in a better position to self-manage their conditions and adopt healthy behaviours and habits. To ensure health coaches can deliver the best service […]

A tribute to Nina Barnett by Andrew McDowell

I’m sure many of us are deeply saddened by Nina Barnett’s recent passing. For me, Nina was both a colleague and a friend, I am grateful to have known her, and I hope these few words capture at least some of the meaningful impact that she had for me and others. I originally connected with […]

Health Coach Training: Your Questions Answered  

First published 6th August 2021, updated March 23. Health Coach Training: Your Questions Answered: Andrew McDowell, founder of TPC Health, answers some of your all important questions about health and wellbeing coaching. At TPC Health we like to think we know a thing or two about health and wellbeing coaching. We have worked in the […]