Primary Teacher, Deputy and Headteacher
School Improvement Lead and Literacy Consultant
Academic Coach and Mentor in 6th Form
Pastoral and SEND support in Secondary
20 Years Experience of Counselling
Specialised in Coaching
This coaching pulls together 25 years of experience in teaching and counselling and enhances it with 5 years of focused learning from some of the best coaches in the world:
It took me 40 years to realise (because I was explicitly taught) that not every thought or feeling we have is the truth about ourselves, others or our situations. It feels like it at the time, but our thought life is littered with assumptions and beliefs, many of which are negative and very unhelpful...and there are lots of them! And they have become habits!
This powerful brain we all have needs owning and managing. If we don't learn to manage it...our life can very soon resemble a car crash....daily! At best - a high speed car chase. At worst - we get totally lost, run out of fuel (energy) and our wheels drop off.
I learned the hard way - amidst circumstances so extreme they nearly overwhelmed me. I see that same overwhelm in others and I have seen it increase over the 25 years I have been in education.
It simply does not have to be that way. In the same way we learn to walk and read and write and speak.....FIRST we need to learn to manage our thinking and not leave it to chance...or even worse...to others!
Coaching has taught me that there are solutions that are far more accessible than we think, and can help before the need for therapy, special needs, counselling; or ultimately....safeguarding.
Our thoughts directly influence our feelings and emotions.
Our feelings and emotions affect every choice and decision we make.
The choices and decisions we make determine the life we experience.
Joe - age 10