“As I look around our world, I think ‘all or nothing thinking’ has become endemic in our society and flavours our everyday life. We are constantly driven to be one thing or another thing in a world in which ‘othering’ rather than honouring our differences is de rigueur.”

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://awonkylife.co.uk/2022/03/08/from-black-and-white-thinking-to-a-glorious-palette-of-greys/

“The stories I have been telling myself about this decision and role have been so powerful that it’s taken me months to admit to myself what I want. My imagined narratives are wide ranging but all have a familiar whiff of not enoughness and concern for external validation.”

I've been making decisions about my future and considering the things that are holding me back.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://awonkylife.co.uk/2022/02/23/coaching-the-coach-out-of-me/

“In a moment of uncharacteristic vulnerability, my husband asked me last night, “Why do you love me?”. “Well, because you are You.” I easily answered. Crest-fallen, he humphed a sad, slumped-shouldered, “Oh..”. Recognising his disappointment, I reassured him, “That’s absolutely the best thing I could have said.”.”

Why do we love people? Who are we actually? I have a think.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://awonkylife.co.uk/2022/02/09/because-you-are-you/