Category Archives: Spirituality
Authority
I was reflecting over the week-end on where authority comes from and how we allow it to affect us.
Authority is the exercise of power and one theory talks about the three “Ps” of power: professional, positional and personal. Professional power comes from your knowledge and expertise, something you have that others do not that gives you the advantage, e.g. a medical consultant. Positional power comes from an appointed role that is backed up by rules or laws e.g. a managing director. And personal power is what is says – a charismatic type of self-confidence that enables you to influence others e.g. when a comedian holds an Read More...
Comfort Zones, Stretch Zones and Wilderness Skills
Expanding our comfort zone
Many things make us feel good about ourselves: knowing we have done a good job or been helpful to someone or when we are praised for what we’ve done. We feel an inner peace and live within a space that can be called a comfort zone. Each person’s comfort zone will have a unique size and shape. We can extend our comfort zone by experimenting with new behaviours and different ways of relating to other people. I call this going into the stretch zone.
The stretch zone is still pretty familiar to us. We remain in familiar surroundings, with Read More...
Life coaching retreats
Why a life coaching retreat?
A retreat is a great way to find answers to life’s difficulties. We may need time and space for restoration. Or have a tricky problem to think about. Or need to find new wisdom to move forward. All these and more are the benefits of life coaching – and also of retreats. So why not combine the two? A residential retreat gives time and space to allow your answers to emerge and balance to return. Life coaching assists in framing your questions, giving your answers clarity and restoring balance. One delegate said on her feedback form “thankyou for giving me life again”. You can read Read More...