If the last few years has show us anything, it's that we can't control the external world. But it's also reminded us that we each have the power within us to deeply impact in a positive way how we and those around us are able to move through life's challenges and transitions.

As soon as we enter school, our lives are marked out by beginnings and endings, exams and grades, and the expectation of performance gets in the way of living in the moment.

What makes a great goal? This might seem a little bit obvious, but if coaching has taught me anything it’s this: not all goals are created equal. When it comes to setting and successfully achieving goals, there’s much more to it than simply picking something we want to do and feeling motivated. We have to go a little deeper.

In this blog post, I want to move from the topic of what you desire to how to get what you desire. John Lennon famously wrote the lyric, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." This poignantly speaks to the reality that the majority of our lives consists of the 99% of experiences that happen between the big achievements we work toward.

What does it mean to be successful? With mainstream ways of working increasingly under scrutiny, ‘define your own success’ is fast becoming the mantra of career liberation.

The Oxford dictionary defines perfectionism as “the refusal to accept any standard short of perfection.” I have to say, I feel kind of stressed just reading this description! As a recovering perfectionist, I remember this mindset more than I’d like to admit.

At the end of the year, I often get asked what I think about New Year's Resolutions. People want to know what the best way is to set goals and whether I know a secret to actually sticking to them.

Whenever “getting healthy” is mentioned, our mind conjures up images of salads, plates full of vegetables, gym gear, and all your other motifs for “health.” We see achieving optimal health as a distinct endeavour that we choose to pursue or neglect. Rarely do we fully consider our health and well-being as factors that are inherently woven into everything we do.