Month: March 2021

Thought for today: ‘Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.’ — Henry Ford #thoughtfortoday #thinking #hardwork #engage #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur The wonderful thing about some time out is the chance to just think. There’s not much in my diary this week, some chores to complete,…

Thought for today: ‘Our judgments, like our watches, none go just alike, yet each believes his own.’ — Alexander Pope #thoughtfortoday #judgement #unique #notwoalike #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur I think one of the hardest things about being a counsellor is recognising your own judgement. We try to be devoid of judgement in our work, to give…

Thought for today: ‘Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.’ — Maya Angelou #thoughtfortoday #words #meaning #nuance #BodyLanguage #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur There was a time, in what feels like a decade ago, when I travelled in to London for…

Thought for today:   ‘How green was my Valley, then, and the Valley of them that have gone.’   — Richard Llewellyn   #thoughtfortoday #wales #nostalgia #celtic #roots #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur   When I started reading prolifically, sometime around 10 or 11, my mother urged me to read “How Green Was My Valley”.   I…

Thought for today: ‘Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.’ — Dorothy Parker #thoughtfortoday #friends #friendship #meeting #hugging #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur My thoughts have turned to seeing friends again. There are many friends I have not seen in person since early 2020, and more still I haven’t seen since 2019. How…

Thought for today: ‘Sometimes doing nothing makes way for everything.’ — Hiral Nagda #thoughtfortoday #nothing #something #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur It is time for me to take a break. I try and take a few days off every month. Now I have a longer break from client work and training. In fact two weeks (almost –…

Thought for today: ‘Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.’ — James Baldwin #thoughtfortoday #faced #change #bebrave #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur Coaching and counselling both involve clients who want to change in some way. I often hear coaches saying “counsellors fix things, coaches help people achieve…

Thought for today: ‘I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.’ — Olivia Wilde #thoughtfortoday #healthy #alone #selfevaluation #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur We have had a lockdown on and off for a year in the UK. Most of us have…

Thought for today: ‘Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.’ — Samuel Smiles #thoughtfortoday #ahope #sun #shadow #burden #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur I have mentioned the power of hope in a previous post. To achieve a sense of hope when things have seemed hopeless…

Thought for today: ‘No amount of anxiety can change the future. No amount of regret can change the past.’ — Karen Salmansohn #thoughtfortoday #anxiety #future #regret #past #psychotherapy #coaching #entrepreneur It is remarkable how often we have regrets for things that we have done. Or how much we worry about things that might (or might…