Lessons Learned from my dad. Lesson no.1

Lessons Learned from my dad. Lesson no.1

My number one lesson learned from dad is on the topic of being bold, taking ‘reasonable’ risks, and pushing the boundaries to stretch outside our comfort zone. Now, before I go further it might help if I set the scene on the man himself. My Dad came to...

People pleasing…

Saying yes when you mean no, is that you? Are you a people pleaser? I know I am but less so than before. As a Coach I help my clients dig deep and at the same time I reflect on my own conduct, and behaviour. We often say yes when we mean no, why? We do not want to...
No beginning no ending…

No beginning no ending…

As I arrive at yet another Diwali, the festival of lights, I recall how much my father enjoyed having friends at ours. Now Diwali is a low key affair. Almost ten years on I mark this festival in my own ways but always with my dad in my heart. On Diwali this year I...
I can’t go back the door is closed

I can’t go back the door is closed

This is a personal post about my realisation that I cannot go back to the other sider as the door is closed. Some of you will know that I reflect. In a few days time I reaching the tenth anniversary of my dear Paa’s death. I feel a fraud when I say he is dead,...