A couple of days ago I was interviewed on live TV. It was an exciting and challenging new experience for me. No green room, no hair and makeup.  Just 10 seconds to run into the studio, get on the sofa and straight into the 5-minute interview. Today, thinking about it objectively,

“Everyone else is better than me. I am not as good as people think I am, and I am going to get found out.” Does this sound familiar? Impostor Syndrome is a psychological pattern that leads individuals to doubt their accomplishments and fear being exposed as a “fraud.” It can

Last week, my therapist was talking to me about an academic paper entitled ‘Bearing the Unbearable’. I heard ‘Baring the Unbare-able’ It made me think about how “baring” our souls – sharing our fears, our anxieties with another – can lighten the burdens we are bearing. Sometimes, what we have

Next time you are stuck, or facing a problem, ask your team members to come up with some questions instead of suggesting solutions. This may well result in you finding your very own, tailor-made solution! Here’s Barefoot MD, Andy Chandler, explaining how our ‘Hot Seat Questioning’ technique works. Have a

At Barefoot Coaching we are proud to call ourselves a community of continuous learners. One of our favourite ways to expand our thinking and challenge what we ‘think’ we know about the world, is through reading. The library at Barefoot HQ is full to the brim of books written by

Thoughts on the use of personal anecdotes and self-disclosure in Adult Learning by Kim Morgan, Barefoot Coaching Founder & CEO Some time ago I attended a course in which the facilitators told us up front that their teaching style would include anecdotes and personal examples. They had many years of specialist