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Every summer, National Preserving Awareness Week invites families, gardeners, chefs, and food enthusiasts to rediscover the art of preserving. The week-long celebration encourages people to forage the hedgerows and pick from their garden nature’s gifts to make jams, chutneys, pickles, and bottled delights. There is no mystery to jam or pickling making, it’s a recipe that includes […]

You may have read the article on the BBC website recently about the importance of the golden hours of sunrise and sunsets on your wellbeing. It reminded us that “When we get stuck in negative thought loops, awe-inspiring events like sunsets can demand our attention, breaking the loop and bringing us back to the present.” […]

As part of ICF Coaching Week, myself and coach / action learning trainer, Fiona Scrase, opened up the conversation around Coaching vs Team Coaching and Action Learning. What we found were many similarities, as well as differences. Similarities: Confidentiality is key to creating a safe space for all participants (we often say: the conversations are […]

In May, we celebrated ICF Coaching Week with a week full of coaching offerings from some of our Associates and the wider coaching network. The intention, as it is each year, was to raise awareness around the depth, breadth, and impact of coaching for individuals, teams, and organisations. We thought it might be useful to […]

2026’sInternational Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Mental Health Foundation, each year dedicate a week to raise awareness around the benefits of coaching and the value of putting your mental health first. This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is ‘action’. As coaches we love to deepen the learning and move people into action, so […]