I spent Monday and Tuesday delivering some coaching skills training in Athens, Greece. According to Google maps the hotel I was staying in was a 30 minute walk away from the Parthenon—I didn't have time to test this and will no doubt have to go back for another visit!

As I looked out from the roof...

As we go about our day to day we experience places, space, rooms, locations repeatedly. A few days ago as I was traveling through London I had a few minutes waiting at a train platform in Walthamstow Central station in east London. Being the curious soul that I am I was looking at what seemed like n...

Last Monday I did a brave thing.

'How are you practicing? I'd like to be part of a regular practice group for feedback and support.' Was a message I sent to the WhatsApp group for the advanced training I did.

Background is that in the last few weeks I completed two courses that have taken two year...

There is always an unexpected gift that we receive when we are in the area that we call home and we notice something new. Seeing things for the first time offers a joy, a new experience, new knowledge, something different... and when this happens in a familiar place it provides the opportunity for a...

What would you do if you were taking care of your human being? 

This is a great question that really made me pause to reflect. 

How might we access our human heart blanket? (see poem below in the ps)

  The images above are from the 'William Morris and Art from the Islamic World' exhibition at t...

Last week I wrote that I am 'always a student first', I was a touched by the replies as you shared as some of you related your own stories. As you will see today, I am always going to be a student first... and there is so much to learn! 

In the last two weeks I completed two big courses/learning op...

It is one year since I started to write and share weekly and consistently. It was something I had tried to do for over 10 years. This time last year I made a decision to simply start writing and sharing on Sundays at 6pm UK time to see where it got me and us. There were a few times when I was late a...

Today I am in Madrid, Spain. It is the third city in just over a month that I have visited where some of my communication has not been in the native language of the place I am visiting and also not in English! Before I travel I want to make sure that I won't offend anyone by knowing nothing of the p...

Last week I had an article published in the academic journal Religions called 'Every one of you is a leader.'  

Pablo Picasso said every child is an artist. I offer that every one of you is a leader. 

To me the idea that all children are artists is wonderfully creative, and the notion that all peo...

The last week has been a week of difficult things so this weekend I have consciously and deliberately done as little as possible... yet at the same time I made big progress on one thing that had been on my to do list for a while. 

How is this possible? 

First, let's explore how I handled my week o...

Every month I spend two days doing something that makes me a better coach and leader. In these two days I train leaders to become coaches. These leaders already have an established career, are at the top of their game, and have made significant impact in their industry. There are multiple reasons wh...

In the last 7 days I have been in 4 different cities: London, Jeddah, Mecca, and Madinah; what have I learned?

They say you learn a lot about someone when you travel with them, it is true. The cities I have visited are full of travelers and those who live there for work purposes. At the end of the...