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In this day and age, everybody wants to be successful. The dream of success is what drives perhaps the entire economic system; certainly the self-help publishing industry, where every other book seems to be on how to achieve success. But success can mean vastly different things to different people. How do you define success? And can being successful make you happy? The answer to the … Continue reading Does Friends and clients have asked: Why did I choose to train as a coach? I’ve been fascinated by the human mind since I was a te*nager. I remember reading my first psychology books and stumbling upon descriptions of family dynamics and their effects on the child’s psyche with which I could identify. It was such a relief; it had the quasi-immediate effect of normalising what … Continue reading What We hear and read about heartbreak everywhere – in songs, movies, plays, novels – but we hardly ever hear about the end of a friendship. Yet, losing a close, long-term friend can be as painful as losing a romantic partner. There seems to be an element of shame and stigma at play. Perhaps it’s the fear of being branded as imma*ure for placing too much … Continue reading Signs of a toxic friendship What is the difference between coaching and psychotherapy? Why do some therapists look down on coaching? And yet, why do many of them train as coaches? The cliché that coaching focuses just on the present and the future while therapy focuses on the past isn’t just a cliché but also a myth, as there are forms of therapy that don’t dwell on the past, such … Continue reading Coaching vs Psychotherapy It’s flu season again and, like most men, I’m not very good at being sick. I have fairly low pain threshold and tend to feel pathetically sorry for myself when struck by the na*ty virus. It really feels as though I’ll never be well again! In the English language, there’s a term that sums up men’s inability to cope with pain and illness: man flu. … Continue reading Man flu and the perks