A reflection in light of Covid-19 The beauty of the earth defying a global pandemic Week 1 of a New Reality There is no doubt that we’ve all entered a new chapter of our lives. For the first time in my lifetime, that ‘we’ is the world. Everything has changed for everyone with any access to the outside world. Despite an Independent newspaper article tracing the UK timeline from 22nd January, for me, Week 1 started last Sunday, and it seems appropriate to mark down my experience of the Continue Reading

Have you got what it takes to be your best self in interviews? “Self-praise is no praise” An oft-repeated phrase one heard growing up in Roman Catholic Ireland, it’s the opposite to what we need to do as a business owner, promoting our services! Fortunately, two of my clients wrote such eloquent and descriptive recommendations that I decided to share them here. For reasons of distance, all sessions were done over Skype and because of the technical nature of Tyrone’s qualification, my Continue Reading

The difference between a lump of valuable silver and something invaluablelies in the hands of the silversmith On January 1st I started reading a book called ‘Little by Little’. The first entry was about the effect of words. It got me thinking: I remembered back to when I attended a Patsy Rodenberg workshop in which she referred to the power of words. She recalled a relationship and how, one day, she simply said, “I’m so bored”. Although it was months before the relationship was over, she Continue Reading

How often have you said to yourself that you need to give something more thought? Then parked it never to return, or spent hours going around in circles never reaching a conclusion? BESPOKEN Training Facilitation, Voice & Speech Coaching has launched a new service, Time to Think, which helps people to clarify their thinking, enabling them to make decisions, take actions and create the changes they long for. Fiona Brennan-Scott, BESPOKEN’s director, trainer and coach explains, “It’s Continue Reading