Negative capability – becoming comfortable with not being comfortable
I recently read with interest an interview with the musician Cate Le Bon, and how recording an album during lockdown helped her embrace a new way of thinking. When faced with the prospect of trying to make a record when her plans were no longer compatible with a new reality, she took the bold step to abandon […]
Applying TGROW in practice
In my last blog I explored the TGROW coaching model. Now here’s an example of how it can work in practice Meet Mrs A. She’s a 53 year old who has been admitted to a local district general hospital. At five foot two tall and with a weight of 232 kg, she’s morbidly obese. That’s […]
TGROW – what is it, and how can it help in whole team health coaching
Developed from Sir John Whitmore’s GROW coaching model, TGROW is a way to help you to successfully engage patients in their own treatment. Kate Nash explains the approach. ‘Instead of treating patients as passive recipients of care, they must be viewed as partners in the business of healing, players in the promotion of health, managers […]
Post Traumatic Growth: putting the theory into practice
Post Traumatic Growth Just how can the theory of Post Traumatic Growth be put into practice? What are the processes that make it work? And what lessons does it have for the post-Covid health and care sectors? In my last blog I spoke about the idea that, however bad things become in our lives, there […]
Turning trauma into transformation
Turning trauma into transformation No matter what we go through, no matter how bad things may seem, it is possible to deal with traumatic events and emerge from them – provided we have the right support. Whatever our chosen careers, there are always people who have influenced us in the way we have developed and grown. People […]
Toxic Positivity – Why we need to take care that positive vibes don’t turn toxic
Being positive and cheerful is all very well. But a relentless obsession with positivity can be highly dangerous, says Dr Andrew McDowell . Toxic Positivity – Why we need to take care that positive vibes don’t turn toxic It’s a cliché now to say that Covid has changed everything. But like all clichés it hides […]