The past few days have been quite special. Nothing special has happened, apart from life of course and that has been the key to why it has been so special. I have been the most present I have been for such a long time. Finally reading all those books by Brene Brown, Ruby Wax, StephenContinue reading “Being Present, and Enjoying The Journey”
Author Archives: Matt Smith Personal and Professional Coach
Morning Rise
I found this poem in the back of my notebook. I cannot remember writing it. I did but I don’t know when. I know it is about foggy. It is a positive poem. If your foggy is troubling you, take heart you can rise. Morning Rise When the noise gets too much I rise, WhenContinue reading “Morning Rise”
My writing progress
So I have been struggling writing chapter 5 for the best part of a month. Today I had spent the whole morning writing, no matter how much I tried I just could not get it to fit as a chapter on it’s own. I was writing about the different personas we employ. However when IContinue reading “My writing progress”
Preparing For The Next Round of Clinical Supervision and Rumbling With Rumbles
This week has been a week has been a week of creating visions for the future and laying down some plans for making those visions a reality. The week started with an afternoon meeting with the inspirational Janis to discuss plans for training Nurses in Compassionate Clinical Supervision. This year we are introducing new trainersContinue reading “Preparing For The Next Round of Clinical Supervision and Rumbling With Rumbles”
So What Happened To January?
Most years January is torture. It goes on forever, it is cold, dark and miserable and everyone is skint after being paid in the middle of December. This year however I blinked and missed it. Now the weather has not been great, it was as dark as any other January, and there was definitely tooContinue reading “So What Happened To January?”
Just The Tonic
As you know I have been a little fed up over the past couple of weeks. In my previous blog I mentioned the tonic of being coached for my well-being which was truly excellent. Then on Thursday morning I woke up to this song on my Spotify. There is nothing better than hearing something oneContinue reading “Just The Tonic”
We all need a bit of coaching, if only to keep our well-being in check
If you are a regular reader of my blog or know me, you will know that for part of my working week I lead the coaching network at my place of work. We are a fledgling network, so therefore we are still training our coaches. We currently have 2 cohorts running and by the endContinue reading “We all need a bit of coaching, if only to keep our well-being in check”
Thank you Foggy….I think
I have not felt great this week, it has been one of those weeks, where I have just felt out of sorts. Nothing I could really put my finger on, just a bit down on my self. I didn’t notice my mood until Thursday when I reached the bottom of my mood. This is oftenContinue reading “Thank you Foggy….I think”
Lets think about the impact we have on others
Everything seems a little frantic at the moment. Feelings are running high and there are a lot of people letting their emotions doing their thinking. Every time I turn on the news I hear people abusing each other whether that is politicians or world leaders abusing each other or overreacting or protesters shouting abuse atContinue reading “Lets think about the impact we have on others”
What is Connected Living and What Can It Do For You?
As you will know I have been banging on about Connected Living for quite some time. It is something I came up with in the summer inspired by some wonderful writers. It is has become an obsession of mine. I am writing a book about it, I have written a presentation and talk on it,Continue reading “What is Connected Living and What Can It Do For You?”
Connected Coaching 