Developmental coaching and thought partnership for the socially conscious

I loved giving this interview with The Better Normal where we explored intersectionality, context and complexity in coaching. Read the whole thing here.

Do Good and Do Well with Sarah Fox, listen to our podcast episode here.

I often come away from podcast recordings wondering

“What did I say?”

“Was any of it useful?”

“What was that conversation even about?”

I really try to commit to being deeply present in the discussion and to speak without second guessing where it’s going. I believe many of us spend a great deal of time in relation with others overthinking our communication, worrying about certain parts of us being perceived.

I have desires, I have longings, I have yearnings. They are vibrant and vague. They are more about feelings than anything else.

OF COURSE I need to give some consideration to the steps I need to take in those directions, and any number of practicalities around them. But I won't adhere to systemic norms that give us things like SMART GOALS to MAXIMISE or OPTIMISE etc etc.

Let me air my grievances with SMART goals for a bit as it's a good example of ways in which we seek to oversimplify life and treat ourselves and each other like machines...

How might we navigate the festive season as our awareness of the polycrisis deepens?

I literally feel sick at the sight, even the thought, of all the stuff, and what it contains.

The cheap tat that contains the exploitation of someone’s labour. The flimsy imitations of designer goods that contain the tease- perhaps you will be worthy of inclusion or positive regard if you present yourself like this. The luxury items that contain the implication that the more we love someone the more we spend on them.