Blog posts
Spirit Soul: Pursuance
On Sunday I settled down late morning to write a poem. It’s approaching the anniversary of my father’s death and I wanted to do something that would help with this. I was also keen to build on something I had already written. I took a poem from a collection of poems back in 1998 called … Read more
The Coaching 30: ten to keep you going
OK, I wrote a few months ago about the book I am writing called ‘The Coaching 30‘. Back in April of this year I sent out ‘The Coaching 30 – four for starters‘ to a group of 30 people to get feedback. This was really useful as it gave me lots of ideas for the manuscript … Read more
This spectacular view again, bored with it
Here’s a poem, hot off the press, from a new collection I am in the middle of writing called “Father, Brother, Son”. On the poetry front, I will be posting the pdf of ‘November Suite’, a collection I wrote through the month of November last year, in the next few weeks. It will be available … Read more
Podcasts I listen to #02:TED Talks
Strictly speaking, this is a vodcast – and it’s something I watch, rather than listen to – but let’s not be pedantic! I have written about TED Talks before. For some time now (maybe 3 years?) I have been watching videos on the TED website. TED (Technology Entertainment Design) has the motto “ideas worth spreading”. … Read more
Five ways to well-being
The New Economics Foundation has a page which highlights the five ways to well-being. I really like this. There is more information at the site, but in summary the five key factors are: Connect Be active Take notice Keep learning Give The more I mull over these factors, the more I realise that they are … Read more
Coaching and the Laws of Physics
Spinoza said, “Nature abhors a vacuum”, by which he meant that empty or unfilled spaces are unnatural as they go against the laws of nature and physics. If we create a vacuum, nature will conspire to fill it. What does this have to do with coaching? There are many ways in which we can use … Read more
WordPress for Blackberry
I recently discovered (yes, probably the last person on the net) that there is an app for the blackberry which makes it possible to manage a WordPress blog from the device. It’s really good. You can send new posts to the blog (like this one) and manage comments too. I’m impressed. On the subject of … Read more
Warning – vanity alert
It’s the beard – a summer experiment which has survived into the autumn!