Group Coaching: How It Works and How to Run It

Most coaching happens one-to-one, a single coach and a single person. Group coaching changes the shape. One coach works with a whole cohort, and the learning spreads across the room. What is group coaching? Group coaching is a structured process where one trained coach works with a small group, usually six to twelve people, across […]

The Coach’s Inner Work: Staying Present Without Rushing to Rescue

Part 5 of 5 in a series on Coaching Through Uncertainty and Emotional Strain About this series This five-part series on Coaching Through Uncertainty and Emotional Strain explores how coaches working across a range of settings and sectors can support clients when life feels unstable, emotionally demanding or uncertain. It offers practical, psychologically informed ways […]

Eight Coaching Shifts for Working with Emotional Strain

Part 4 of 5 in a series on Coaching Through Uncertainty and Emotional Strain About this series This five-part series on Coaching Through Uncertainty and Emotional Strain explores how coaches working across a range of settings and sectors can support clients when life feels unstable, emotionally demanding or uncertain. It offers practical, psychologically informed ways […]

Stabilise Before You Mobilise: Moving from “What Is” to “What’s Next”

Part 3 of 5 in a series on Coaching Through Uncertainty and Emotional Strain About this series This five-part series on Coaching Through Uncertainty and Emotional Strain explores how coaches working across a range of settings and sectors can support clients when life feels unstable, emotionally demanding or uncertain. It offers practical, psychologically informed ways […]

What Clients Carry Beneath the Surface of Uncertainty

Part 2 of 5 in a series on Coaching Through Uncertainty and Emotional Strain About this series This five-part series on Coaching Through Uncertainty and Emotional Strain explores how coaches working across a range of settings and sectors can support clients when life feels unstable, emotionally demanding or uncertain. It offers practical, psychologically informed ways […]

When the World Feels Uncertain, Coaching Needs to Slow Down

Part 1 of 5 in a series on Coaching Through Uncertainty and Emotional Strain About this series This five-part series on Coaching Through Uncertainty and Emotional Strain explores how coaches working across a range of settings and sectors can support clients when life feels unstable, emotionally demanding or uncertain. It offers practical, psychologically informed ways […]

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 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 […]