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In my role both as a facilitator and a coach I lead a lot of debrief sessions, from dialog at the end of breakout / table groups to the...

I track so many things in my professional life, from leading and indicators in my enablement role, to the hours I have coached....

I recently came across a technique to inhibit / overcome negative self talk that I want to share with you. (drum roll please) the...

Not the Brubeck song, just five minutes of birdsong and dappled sunlight on leaves. Take five minutes to watch this and sit, breathe,...

I recently read of a study that suggested if you move two people’s desks a mere 15 feet further apart, they tend to interact as much as...

If you desire to become more productive, impactful, and fulfilled, you need to do two things (with an optional 3rd) Understand what makes...

Simply put, to see a rainbow you need the sunlight behind you and the rain in front of you (because physics). But do you know why I like...

I have coached over 150 executives and leaders in the past eighteen months and several themes have emerged. Some are perennial like...

What I've noticed through the past year is how most people schedule their calendar in 30 or 60 minute increments and leave no time...

Looking for a resolution you can make and keep? A best practice for new habit formation is to start small and do something simple daily...

The humble trowel can can be forged in the heat of the furnace. Given strength by a shape suited to it's task and a coat of paint to...

Our phones are amazing things that can do so much in such a compact form factor. They can also distract us and take an inordinate amount...

You are good at what you do. You are capable, you can focus, you can get results. You can hold it together. But like the bin bag above,...

Sorry, the post I had written, the post I am passionate about, the one I want to put up here, I'm not brave enough to publish. That's...

I spotted this leaf while out for a run recently The mottled colors struck me as strangely beautiful, worthy of a picture. And as I...

Sitting or lying comfortably... Breathe in for a count of four Hold the breath for a count of four Breathe out for a count of four Hold...

How did you spend your Sunday? This is a picture of my son and I in an ice-bath. We were being introduced to the Wim Hof method:...

Floating in body temperature super saturated salt water, in silence and darkness, is not for the claustrophobic. But turning off the...

The firebreak is an "obstacle to the spread of fire". There are natural firebreaks - rivers, scree slopes etc. and there are human-made...

Ian Middleton is another friend and former colleague who is guesting on my blog. Husband, father, grandfather, cancer survivor, Ian...