In Pursuit of the Better You

Today we're talking about somatic coaching with our special guest, Caroline Quaife. 

Did you know that your body adopts a shape as a reaction to what we learn in the world around us? Somatic coaching…

In this episode, we explore what happiness means - is it a state of being - a state of contentment and satisfaction - or is it more in the lines of pleasure?

It's quite a hard question. What makes yo…

What's your Ikigai?

Ikigai is the Japanese secret to a long and happy life.

The thought of living your purpose - and everything you do has a purpose - and how this can enhance your life at every stag…

Are you a loser? In this episode, we discuss the lack of competition we have in our lives - and that often, even if we don't win at something, we look for the good, the wins in the journey, if you li…

As human beings, we have an intrinsic need for recognition from birth. To start with, it was a way of getting other needs met - i.e. we cried when we were hungry or uncomfortable - we learnt that our…

Do you invest in yourself to help develop yourself into who you want to be?

In this episode, this is what we discuss - the benefit of personal and professional development. Investing in yourself is N…

In this episode, we talk about trust and the importance of cultivating trust in your relationships - personal and business. 

Trust is the basis for good relationships and we all need these good relat…

In this episode, we're talking about catastrophising on purpose!

Instead of trying to shrug off the fear we feel - what would happen if you blew up the fear to the worst-case scenario? You might find…

In this episode, we explore the skill or art of listening. 

We look at how we listen - and whether we listen on all levels. Do we listen to respond; listen with presence; or listen to everything that…

We're calling BS on the need to be perfect!

We're giving ourselves permission to NOT be perfect in everything we do.

We talk about perfectionism being one of the 'drivers' in Transactional Analysis t…

Do you feel you need to know everything? Perhaps you think if you don't know everything, you won't succeed? Perhaps you think that knowledge is power?

Fay says that the more she learns/the more she k…

Talking about how we perceive ourselves doing what we're doing - until we're at a point when we know what we're doing!

In this episode, we talk about confidence; how we might need to fake who we are …

We know about the importance of the things we put into our body - we are what we eat! In a similar vein, we're talking here about the importance of what we consume in terms of information and how thi…

In this episode, we talk about different behavioural profiles - what makes us different. How our behaviour impacts our communication with others.

We talk about the tool 'DISC' and how our behaviour p…

With our special guest, business coach, Andrew Clemence, we talk about the personal beliefs and behaviors that get in the way of effective leadership.

Andrew references Patrick Lencioni's 'The Five T…

To assume makes and 'ass of u and me'.

In this episode we talk about assumptions and how we make them in our daily lives and why we really shouldn't!

To look at the conscious and unconscious assumpti…

With our special guest, Andrew Whitaker (who might just be Becki's older brother!), we talk about his fascinating career and the work he does in preparing students at The White Rose Academies Trust t…

As ICF accredited coaches, professional development is vital for both of us - it's a good job we both have a real love of learning and development. 

In this episode we discuss books that we've read w…

With special guest Jenny Stallard, where we discuss Jenny's idea of the 'threelancer' - how she's fallen in and out of love with freelancing and has at time been lured back to 'proper' jobs but now f…

We all have so much going on in our lives and we might have a tendency to overthink!

In this episode we look at the things that might lead us to overthink - and how 'STUFF' might help us to re-evalua…