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3 January 2026

How to set goals that work for you

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20 December 2025

Bright spots and flashlights

If you’re standing in bright sun, you don’t need a flashlight. But if, like much of the world right now, you are aware of shadows and uncertainty ahead, you need a clear beam that shows you the ground under your next step. You’ll find it in your own experience of moments that felt true and bright
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13 December 2025

A simple model for making change

When I wrote my first book, Living Your Purpose, I printed the summary on the front of a postcard. I wanted to show people that using the fingers on one hand, they could remember how to make change for themselves and others. All you need to do is observe a situation closely and then make a small change in one of five aspects
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Values. Actions. Goals.
6 December 2025

A better way to think about goal setting

Instead of starting with a wish list of goals, begin with a circle of values. Then think about the actions and behaviours that will show you are living those values. The results of those behaviours become the goals that will motivate you.
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The Art and Science of Self Development
29 November 2025

The Art and Science of Self Development

NLP is not a science. It’s a way to combine what neuroscience is teaching us about the brain and body with what we want and intuit with our minds. It’s a model of what we call learning in a classroom, and neuroplasticity in our brains, and resilient growth in our lives.
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When to Ask
22 November 2025

When to Ask

We all want to rush. We all want to push through to a solution or inspire a breakthrough. Our brains have evolved for pattern recognition, and when we see a pattern, we want to share it. But it’s hard to keep two brains in sync and your flash of insight might be brilliant and still not be what the person you are coaching needs.
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2 minute recap
15 November 2025

Use NLP to Build Relationships

Relationships grow when two people have good reasons for connecting and pay attention to the way those good reasons are being played out in their connection. When you know what you want, it’s much easier to find it.
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8 November 2025

The difference a word makes

To use words better, we need to know that the firing of patterns in the brain happens faster than we can move on to explanations or stories. We need to be conscious that some words no longer mean what the dictionary says they mean: they mean the connection of one meaning to others in a neural web. You can’t choose what fires when you use the word: you can only anticipate corrupt connections and use a different word instead.
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24 October 2025

Leverage points: less struggle, bigger results

Three NLP concepts help you identify leverage points: Clarity about goals and values will drive your best unconscious choices. A change in perspective or emotion is effective in generating new choices and behaviours. You don’t have to be right. You have to try something and observe the results.
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