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Notifications 2: You turned them off, right? What about the deeper truth?!
Okey dokey. Time for a bit of honesty! I have turned my notifications off when I am at work, at least the notifications that come from...


Notifications 1: Turn them off!!
If you want to do something good for your wellbeing do the following. Turn off your notifications! They really aren’t doing you any good...


Language creates our sense of reality (ITWS#19)
The phrase ‘language creates our reality’ resonates powerfully for me. It comes up time and again in leadership and development coaching...


Hair Trigger (ITWS#18)
I had my hair cut just a day or two before going into Lockdown in March this year. It was the usual thing. Number 2 all over, tapered...


Difference
A number of quite different conversations and reflections converged over the last couple of weeks. They have caused alternating periods...


Derryn, the sense maker (ITWS#17)
I have a brilliant collection of contacts in LinkedIn gathered over my own years at work and play. I inflict my posts on all of you as...


Coaching:Â a minimum viable product? (ITWS#16)
At various times I have been asked to deliver training or group coaching sessions on various topics related to process efficiency and...


Life's rich tapestry - the roles we play (ITSW#15)
Our individuality is made up of a cocktail of character, experience and environment which form the values and beliefs which, in turn,...


Making a difference (ITWS#14)
I am delighted to be part of a team of coaches supporting the wellbeing of Health and Social Care workers in Scotland as they support the...


Sticks and smells (ITWS#13)
For some reason the phrase ‘pick up one end of a stick and you pick up the other’ has stuck in my mind for the last few weeks. I can’ t...
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