Pivoting…

I didn’t quite know what pivoting meant until someone described my journey since my dad’s death as a series of transformational events or pivots. To me, these were points where I,  by default reconfigured myself but on reflection, it wasn’t something...
Ninth anniversary…

Ninth anniversary…

As I sit by my laptop, I realise it has been some time since I wrote a blog here. I do still write but recently I have been writing a regular column for our regional paper, the Yorkshire Post. In front of me is a photograph of my father taken at a studio when my...
And another loss …

And another loss …

It has been a while since I wrote a blog.  A dear friend of mine died three days ago, she was 90 years old. My friend was a lovely soul and we spoke 266 times over a period of 6 years.  Each week on a Wednesday evening  my mobile phone would remind me to call my...
Grief visits us again….

Grief visits us again….

The nation is mourning the passing of its beloved Queen. Losing the Queen for me is like losing a parent. Those who have lost their beloved parent will probably revisit their own grief as well as grieve the loss of a constant figure which is what our Queen was.  She...

Ageing and coaching

Ageing and coaching you may wonder what these two words have in common and, why even mention these words together?  I recently celebrated a kind of milestone birthday and this in a way made me think why coaching even at my age is even more relevant than when I was...