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International Coaching Week 2025

International Coaching Week 2025

Last week, we celebrated International Coaching Week 2025 – we took some time at Barefoot to pause, reflect and reconnect – with the roots of coaching, our own journey, and where we’re heading next. We started the week by exploring the history of coaching. From Socratic dialogue to the rise of coaching psychology, from early […]

Impostor Phenomenon: Coaching Questions to Challenge Impostor Feelings

imposter syndrome

Over the past couple of decades, the original term Impostor Phenomenon has mutated into being a syndrome. It feels very different to be told you have a syndrome than to learn you are experiencing a phenomenon. At Barefoot, we’ve been guilty of adopting the ‘S word’—but we’re now keen to resist the pathologisation of this […]

50 Free Coaching Tools

50 free Barefoot Coaching Tools in 2025

Throughout 2025, we’ll be shining a light on some of the many theories, models, and concepts that form the foundation of our ICF accredited Flagship Coach Training Programme. But that’s not all. We’ll also share techniques and approaches from our other coaching programmes Certificate in Coaching Supervision, Team Coaching Practitioner Programme, and Grief Coaching. Drawing […]

Kim Morgan On Being a Coaching Supervisor

Coaching Supervision

I have been reflecting on my commitment to coaching supervision and it has taken me on a trip down memory lane. Here is an extract from “The Coaching Circular” – a magazine for Barefooters which I launched in 2006 and here is an article I wrote for the ICF in 2015. Both demonstrating my belief […]

Barefoot Coaching 2025 Calendar – Programmes for Existing Coaches

ICF CCE points, Coach Development, Barefoot Coaching, Coach Training

How Are You Planning for 2025? For ICF-accredited coaches, maintaining your credential requires ongoing professional development. Every three years, credentialed coaches must earn 40 Continuing Coach Education (CCE) points to meet the International Coaching Federation’s (ICF) renewal requirements. CCE points are designed to ensure coaches remain informed, ethical, and effective in their practice, while also […]

Reflecting On The Past to Plan For The Year Ahead

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Here is an ‘old but gold’ coaching exercise that we often use at Barefoot towards the end of the year to reflect on our accomplishments, disappointments, and learning.  We hope you will enjoy using it for yourselves, with your teams and with your coaching clients. The exercise comes with acknowledgement to Jinny Ditzler, author of […]

Making Everyday Conversations Extraordinary

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I’m celebrating the openness, vulnerability, and boldness of delegates, both face-to-face and online, as they experience this challenging and richly rewarding programme. It’s been fascinating and inspiring to share how leaders can learn to shift from mentor, teacher and all-round problem solver, to a coaching mindset which enables their teams to think and act for […]

The Importance of Relaxation and the Role of Coaching in Achieving It

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In today’s fast-paced world, finding time to relax can often feel like an insurmountable challenge. Whether it’s the pressures of work, family, or societal expectations, many of us struggle to give ourselves permission to take a break. As Martin Benefer from Barefoot Coaching points out, the struggle isn’t just about time; it’s also about mindset. […]