For a universal basic worth

cats have no doubts about their worth, why should humans? because our brains absorb it from the world we live in. If you spend any time in online business or coaching spaces, you’ll hear a lot about self-worth and how if your business isn’t making money or you’re not...

Making a case for anticapitalist coaching

moss community growing on a stone wall Life coaching is at heart about helping people find their way in the world, about personal development. Coaches work with clients to examine their thinking, solve problems in their lives, build careers and relate to other people,...

Against a return to normal

my boat, my home…my normal I keep seeing people saying right now how they can’t wait for the world to get back to normal, for our lives to stop being on hold. The newspapers are full of headlines about how the current circumstances are “destroying” our mental...

Making space for complex emotions

I picked this photo because while I love snow and think it’s beautiful, I also kind of find it annoying a lot of the time. As I see it, the core purpose of the coaching I do is to help people develop their relationship to their thoughts and feelings. These basic...

Morality is a flawed metric

This week I want to address what I think are two common and related thought errors that often block us from taking action. This is the idea that we need to make the most moral or ethical choice, that before we can proceed we need to know that we have made the best...