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This has been a wonderful week with a fabulous trip to Tunbridge Wells to deliver my Mental Resilience Masterclass on behalf of Live and Learn. This is the third time I have been booked by Tunbridge Wells Council to inspire

What an amazing time I had on Thursday at the Builders Merchants Federation Conference held at the St George’s Park in Burton – the national football centre for the FA. This is a stunning venue and I had the privilege

I remember a time when I worked for Metro Radio in the North East of England around 35 years ago and I was fired up. Work was coming in and I was working well. I had been focussing on a

This has been a fascinating week with a new coaching client session, a meeting with a new potential client in the North East, a meeting with a great guy to look at working together on a new project, and a

What a great week this has been – I had the privilege of running two Masterclasses on behalf of Live and Learn. One was in Plymouth and the other in Tunbridge Wells. The first one in Plymouth was a Mental

It’s been a fun busy week this week working on new potential clients, following up existing clients and preparing for a busy week coming up. On Tuesday I am off to Plymouth and Tunbridge Wells to run Masterclasses on behalf

This week has been a fun week and the highlight has been the Masterclass I ran for the staff of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) on behalf of Live and Learn. I have a great relationship with

I came across this story recently which really touched me and made me realise that life is much more than just working and sleeping. Life is to be enjoyed and to make a difference. Mental Resilience is much more than

I came across this article recently regarding fear and how to overcome it and it reveals some interesting thoughts about fear and how to control it. “Yesterday AND tomorrow both clamour for our attention. Yesterday wants us to second-guess our

I came across this story recently which describes the seasons of life really well. “There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on

I came across this article in several national newspapers and I was impressed with the way Gareth Southgate has embraced positive phycology by hiring a top psychologist to work with the England football team. The England Manager stepped out and

I had a dream to meet the best basketball player in the world in the mid 1980’s, but I didn’t know how this could be achieved. At the time I had just joined a local radio station in Newcastle called

I came across this story recently which made me think. “Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest

This week I ran my Masterclass for one of my very favourite clients Rolls Royce. I always look forward to running these for them as they respond so well to the philosophy and techniques of Mental Resilience. This Masterclass includes

I’ve been re-reading my book Off the Wall – How to Develop World Class Mental Resilience recently and found the chapter on maintaining good energy an eye-opening refresher. I have summarised the chapter here to share the dangers of eating

What a great trip to San Diego this has been with Julie. It included a keynote talk at the ATD conference (it wasn’t on the big stage but a smaller setting yet still exciting), a book signing at the conference

It took around 18 months from first meeting head of marketing Jo Walchester to finally agreeing to run two x half day Mental Resilience Masterclasses for the staff of Rothera Sharp Solicitors. We met at the Nottingham City Business Club