In this episode we start with Winston Churchill and end up in the NHS. Join us for a ramble through habitual thinking, changing your mind and managing your own health...
Blog Category: Blog
[BM Weekly] Fortune is Merry…
I've been immersed in Shakespeare again. A performance of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' at the weekend and then a surprise trip to the McCready theatre in Rugby to see an Audience with Sir Gregory Doran, former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and one my all time favourite directors...
[Audio] Always a Woman – Self-confidence
In this episode Wilma and Dianne discuss self-confidence - where does it come from? Do women struggle with it more than men? Is a lack of confidence sometimes a good thing?
[BM Weekly] Train Your Brain
This week I'm sharing the recording of a session that I did as part of the Coaching Pro Live 2024 Summit, organised by Enrique Jurado, a fellow member of the NLP Leadership Summit. My talk is about Well-formed Outcomes - one of my favourite pieces of NLP...
[Audio] Always a Woman – ‘Walking and (not) Talking’
In Episode 2, Wilma and I are walking beside the canal and we discuss the value of time spent alone, why getting away from your technology is important and our different experiences of travelling on a canal.
[BM Weekly] Switching sides
Last week I had a lovely holiday in Tuscany. We hired a car and drove around some of the places you can only reach by car - and often the final stage is only on foot. One of the interesting challenges of the week was driving a left-hand drive car on the opposite side of the road from the one we drive on in the UK...
[BM Weekly] Flaming June
Over the past year I have been working with leaders at the Royal Academy of Arts and last week before I left the building I took the opportunity to see the famous painting, 'Flaming June' by Leighton...
[Audio] Always a Woman – episode 1
My friend, Wilma Allen and I have talked for a while about doing a podcast together. A few weeks ago we decided that we would start it now, on the understanding that it might not be very good to begin with, but that we would learn and get better...
Lost in Translation
I didn't have a religious upbringing but like all school children in the UK at that time I learned the Lord's Prayer. Or at least, I thought I did...
[Inspiration] Cause and Effect
I attended a networking meeting this week and the speaker - talking about resilience and remote working used this quote from Maya Angelou. It resonated for me with the NLP idea of 'being at cause'. If you're not familiar with that, it comes from the relationship of cause and effect. When someone has a problem, they are often experiencing the 'effect' end of the equation...
[Inspiration] To be or not to be…
Earlier this week was William Shakespeare's birthday. As part of 'The Birthday Weekend' celebrations in Stratford-upon-Avon I visited the Parish Church, where flowers are laid on Shakespeare's grave by members of the local community.
[Inspiration] Yes, that’s Wembley
Yes, that is me. Yes, that is Wembley. Yes, there are 80,000 people there for an England international match. If you know me, you know that football isn't my thing...
