by Clare Myatt | Mar 1, 2026 | Thoughts
“Under pressure, we don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our practices.”* I’d never really thought about how I reacted under pressure until my training at Strozzi Institute. Years of therapy had given me an intellectual ...
by Clare Myatt | Feb 1, 2026 | Thoughts
As I sit with a blank page, it’s tempting to invite AI to give me a starting place (and occasionally it does) but today there’s a sense of being nudged to wait until something forms. So I wait…. What comes in the pause is something to share and celebrate. I don’t...
by Clare Myatt | Jan 1, 2026 | Thoughts
New beginnings: a blank page, a fresh planner, a crisp new year striding in with perfect posture and no emotional baggage whatsoever. If only. January 1st usually arrives dragging along the same old body, the same (now overflowing) inbox, perhaps a slightly fuzzy head...
by Clare Myatt | Dec 1, 2025 | Thoughts
Some rather special people have recently qualified as Strozzi somatic coaches, and I’m inviting them to guest blog. Here’s the first, the soulful Mark Kelly. We met almost ten years ago and our paths keep crossing (which is something I pay attention to). He’s a...
by Clare Myatt | Nov 1, 2025 | Thoughts
Pause for a moment. No—really, pause. Turn the phone to silent and place it face down, find something beautiful to look at, and check in: can you feel a gentle hum beneath all this busyness? That’s life, in process, bubbling its unpredictability just below the...
by Clare Myatt | Oct 1, 2025 | Thoughts
There’s a peculiar magic in awkwardness. It shows up when least expected or welcome — the sudden rise of heat in the room, the blush creeping up the neck, the stressful search for somewhere to put your hands. Just last week, I found myself standing at the edge of a...
