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

By Kim Morgan  “Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop” Rumi  Are you someone who will always give people or situations ‘just one more chance’?  Do you tell yourself, “I agreed to do this, so I will keep going”? Do you find yourself giving more than you

Change is an inevitable part of life and over the course of a lifetime, we will all experience several significant life transitions.  Some of these will be initiated and planned for and others will be totally unplanned. In this feature, Kim Morgan looks at how we can help ourselves, and