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These reflections are shaped by life, work and what keeps revealing itself. They are offered as invitations to think more deeply, live more consciously and remember what matters most.

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Four hours on the road today, just me and my active mind.It never stops inquiring — always searching for the pattern beneath the story, the meaning behind the moment, the source of it all. My discerning, curious mind has been such a loyal companion. It protects, questions, analyses, and ensures I feel safe and live […]

Learning to Trust Desire as Deep Discernment

Oct 16, 2025

Life Wisdom

Have you ever felt like you’re standing in the hallway of your own life — one door closing, another not yet open — and you don’t know which way to turn?That’s not failure or confusion. It’s the liminal zone — the space between identities, where the old is falling away and the new hasn’t yet […]

The Liminal Zone: How to Navigate Life Between Chapters

Oct 8, 2025

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Understanding the States of Consciousness A number of years ago while part of a Coaches Rising course, I came across talk by Jim Dethmer on the 4 states of consciousness. He offered a version of this profound age-old wisdom on how we see life and therefore how we experience it. We are constantly moving between […]

Life happens “for you” not “to you”

Byron Katie quote

Oct 13, 2024

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Introduction: Expanding Capacity for Personal and Professional Growth In our earlier years, we focus on acquiring skills and capabilities to help us succeed in life. As I developed as a leader and human being, I realised that at some point, the growth slowed. The more knowledge I accumulated no longer brought the success I was […]

Expanding our capacity, growing our container

Oct 6, 2024

Life Wisdom

I think this question has been with me for as long as I can remember but it is really in the last 10 years that I have given it the attention it deserves, partly due to life offering me invitation and invitation to explore this more deeply. I will undoubtedly write many more posts about […]

Life’s Assignment – Why are we here?

Life's assignment

Sep 25, 2024

Life Wisdom

Embracing Transitions as Invitations for Growth With autumn arriving, I feel the invitation to share the beauty and power of transitions. Nature teaches us this beautifully. Rather than rushing from one season to the next, we pass through autumn into our inner winter. This is a time for stillness, to reflect on what’s happening within […]

Transitions – “Embracing them as invitations for growth and expansion” 

transition of leaves during Autumn

Sep 25, 2024

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Therapeutic Coaching: Bridging Past, Present, and Future When I started coaching 10 years ago, it was taught as a process focused on the future. In contrast, therapy was seen as focusing on the past. But over time, I noticed the past frequently showed up in the present, affecting my clients’ future. Sometimes, this was an […]

Therapeutic Coaching – “Dispelling the separation of time in deep inner work”

Future, past, present signpost

Sep 25, 2024

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