by Clare Myatt | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog
My friend and colleague Carolyn Mumby has recently published an interesting article in BACP’s Private Practice magazine about the integration of coaching and counselling. Along with other practitioners, I was asked to contribute and here’s the outcome....
by Clare Myatt | Mar 21, 2016 | Fullwidth
by Clare Myatt | Mar 12, 2016 | Blog
Over the years I have been the recipient of many secrets. I keep them. In fact, I may not share them with anyone else* given my professional mandate to hold confidentiality. So I was fascinated to hear Frank Warren’s story about collecting secrets and,...
by Clare Myatt | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog
Listening to a podcast recently, I suddenly heard someone read aloud this poem. Haven’t heard it in years and her querulous voice reminded me how evocative Veronica Shoffstall’s words are: “After A While” After a whileyou learn the subtle...
by Clare Myatt | Dec 11, 2015 | Blog
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher You’ve probably heard this quote before. It reminds me that with each client, each session, I benefit from bringing...
by Clare Myatt | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog
As a Mac fan living in Palo Alto at the turn of the century, Steve Jobs was a particularly fascinating character. I read Walter Isaacson’s biography on release and anticipated Danny Boyle’s 2015 movie with relish. It didn’t disappoint. It put a...
by Clare Myatt | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog
Dr. Bessell van der Kolk was one of the first trauma experts who made sense to me. Here’s a piece I wrote last year about the experience of attending one of his lectures in 1998: SPEECHLESS I am speechless, horrified, pinned motionless in my chair. Grainy images...
by Clare Myatt | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog
My friend and colleague Pete Hamill published his excellent book Embodied Leadership last year. I don’t find it easy to paraphrase or summarise, so am delighted he’s written this brief piece on leadership for Future Considerations. Highly...
by Clare Myatt | Sep 3, 2015 | Blog
Do you more easily relate to having had an adverse childhood experience than childhood trauma? For some, this descriptor will be a portal to exploring the consequence of such experiences, and if your curiousity is piqued, I highly recommend this...
by Clare Myatt | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog, Service
I’ve been researching and writing about resilience recently – the ability to bounce back from adversity. Some people seem to have innate skill here, others less so. Piques my curiousity. How is it that some people naturally interpret failures as...
