An Ache in Our Hearts Elaine Patterson Driving home from my Nordic walk last Thursday I heard the journalist Sir Harold Evans being interviewed on “The Today” programme. When asked to explain Trumpquake and the outcome of the US Presidential Election he said that he felt it had been caused by “an ache in […]
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Great conference!
Great Supervision Conference, Bristol We have just returned from the excellent Severn Therapy Supervision Conference, held this year in Bristol. Several CSA faculty and graduates attended. This conference attracts coaches and counsellors from all over the UK and beyond. It was simply gorgeous to connect with colleagues, old and new. We had many illuminating sessions […]
Digitisation and Attention
“Our desire for fast-moving, kaleidoscopic diversions didn’t originate with the invention of the World Wide Web…The distractions in our lives have been proliferating for a long time, but never has there been a medium that, like the Net, has been programmed to so widely scatter our attention and to do it so insistently.” Nicholas Carr […]
“De l’humilite dans le coaching” Article de Flavienne Sapaly
Ici une article de Flavienne Sapaly, coach et superviseur formé par CSA en 2015, fondatrice de l’Ecole de coaching de Paris 2016.09.02 Flavienne – De l’humiliteì dans le coaching
“What Role Can Spiritual Intelligence Play in Our Coaching Relationships and Practices?” asks Jackee Holder
In this article, Jackee Holder explores how we can develop our own spiritual intelligence to both enrich our own lives and our work with our clients. 2016.09.02 The Spirit of Coaching Jackee Holder BACP’s Coaching Today With thanks to Coaching Today. This article first appeared in the July 2016 issue of Coaching Today, which […]
Can we please turn the video off?
Can We Please Turn the Video Off? “Can we please turn the video off?”, she said. I immediately felt intense curiosity shooting up my spine.A couple of years ago I was coaching a senior consultant via Skype, and this is how she started one of our sessions. Something told me not to explore her request […]
A Personal View: The EU Referendum: A Collective and Personal Wake Up Call
By elaine on July 14, 2016 in Breaking News, Community, CSA Blog, Executive Reflection, Uncategorized
Written on the 30th June 2016 I voted to Remain. I thought on balance Remain would give us the best chance to change organically from within whilst also appreciating although not always agreeing with the many of the points also raised by the Leave Campaign. But like many I woke up to what felt like […]
“Look Within” A Poem by Maria Iliffe-Wood
Most mornings writes Maria I take some time to write as a means of looking within myself, to connect with my inner wisdom. I find that the act of writing each day brings forth insights of varying degrees, from amazing to just plain ordinary but somehow profound. I never plan what I am going to […]
What are Inclusive Leaders Made Of? By Razia Aziz and Jonathan Heath, the Equality Academy Ltd
Inclusive leadership is in fashion. Names such as McKinsey, Deloitte and Ernst & Young, have captured the attention of international business for the benefits of diversity, and the key role of inclusive leadership in ensuring that diversity is maximised – with an emphasis on a strategic approach. Research abounds which appears to show that diversity, […]
‘Nothing to do. Nowhere to go’
‘Nothing to do. Nowhere to go.’ Zen Master Lin Chi As Hunter Beaumont (Gestalt thinker, teacher and former president of Los Angeles Gestalt Institute) writes: “When we mirror someone we don’t DO anything. We listen, we hear, but we don’t DO. Mirroring in that way creates a feedback loop that can facilitate awareness… that’s mirroring. […]
