Coaching for success with a soul
Awe and Wonder “It’s my deep sense of wonder that keeps me hopeful.” Alice Walker It was pelting down. Fat silver drops that fall straight down to bounce and splatter, soaking shoes and trouser bottoms. The water flowed fast, bubbling along the gutters, skimming the top of the kerb and gurgling down drains. Shoppers huddled …
Cutting Leeks Todays thought for the day comes from Pat Fleming. Pat works in conservation education, and currently teaches and mentors on the ‘Call of the Wild’ courses at Schumacher College. She co-authored ‘Thinking Like a Mountain’, a deep ecology reader with John Seed, Arne Naess and Joanna Macy and has led groups in deep …
Salmon, Systems and Survival It’s that time of year, time for the salmon run. This year I almost forgot. Every year I wait for a few days of heavy rain , that’s when salmon surge upstream heading for the gravely shallows where they were spawned. Many will die after, but not all. When he was …
Climate Crisis as a Spiritual Path “The most remarkable feature of this historical moment is not that we are on the way to destroying our world–we’ve actually been on the way quite a while. It is that we are beginning to wake up, as from a millenia-long sleep, to a whole new relationship to our …
River Today Peter Reason shares his practice of asking deeper questions, not only about what we do but how we experience ourselves. Peter is a writer and Emeritus Professor at the University of Bath, where he co-founded the MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice. I was a participant on this pioneering programme, the collaborative, experiential …
Reaching for the Stars Today Chris Nichols shares a thought for the day. Chris is co-founder of GameShift an FT ranked leading management consultancy. One of the blessings of teaching at Schumacher College over the years was that I got to work with Brian Goodwin. Brian was a pioneer in the field of theoretical mathematical …
What does it mean to ‘Act Now’? Continuing with bringing in other voices, today Rob Porteous shares his thought for the day. Rob is a counsellor, environmental activist, poet and dancer. In the place where I expect to find the Extinction Rebellion stall a man and his son are selling African masks. He points over …
What is the difference that will make the difference? Now that COP26 is well underway I wanted to bring in other voices and perspectives, Today I’d like you to meet Sally Gray. I asked Sally to say something about her work with COP26, as well as sharing her thought for the day. Sally is a …
What is the world asking of me? In September I spent a few glorious days on Lambay Island off the coast of Ireland. Today I’m sharing the walk I took on my second morning. After breakfast I pick my way along the tide line following a dark dry trail of bladder-wrack. There is so much …
What do I see? We all use metaphors all the time, often unconsciously. They are universal, an indirect yet powerful channel for reframing experience or introducing unusual or unexpected perspectives. Much of my work is about making connections, bringing awareness to patterns in multi-layered relationships that may not be immediately apparent, or are easy to …