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INSIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS
Words to sit with.
Notes from the listening chair. Slow reading, gentle thinking.
A short introduction, about a minute.


Using Insights Discovery Colour Profiles to Resolve Team Conflict
Conflict in teams is rarely about people intentionally making life difficult for one another. More often, it stems from misunderstanding. One person believes they are being direct and efficient. Another experiences them as abrupt and dismissive. One team member wants time to analyse the details before making a decision. Another is eager to move quickly and focus on action. Both are acting with positive intent. Yet without a shared understanding of these differences, frustrati
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Oct 262 min read


Hearing God’s Voice in Career Transitions: Is It Discernment or Anxiety?
Is that a nudge from God, or is anxiety making the decision for you? It’s a question I have asked myself many times, and one I regularly explore with coaching clients navigating career transitions, leadership challenges, and significant life decisions. When we stand at a crossroads, the voices can sound remarkably similar. One voice urges us to move forward. The other urges us to retreat. One is discernment. The other is anxiety. Understanding the difference between discernme
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Oct 194 min read


Hearing God in the Busy-ness: How to Discern Spiritual Guidance in Your Daily Routine
For many professionals, life moves fast: deadlines, decisions, responsibilities, and the constant pressure to perform. In the middle of all that noise, it can feel almost impossible to recognize God's voice. Yet the truth is simple: God speaks even in the busy-ness. The challenge is learning how to hear God's voice in busy seasons, and that begins with noticing Him. This reflection forms part of my God Speaks series: grounded, practical frameworks for hearing God in real life
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Oct 193 min read


The Insights Colour Energies: A Closer Look
At the heart of Insights Discovery are the four Colour Energies. Each represents a different behavioural preference, and every person uses all four, just in different amounts. Your unique blend shapes how you communicate, make decisions, handle pressure, and build relationships. I was first introduced to these while working at British Telecom, and later brought them into PlayStation Europe and, eventually, the US. What struck me then, and still does now, is how quickly people
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Sep 122 min read


Protective and Reactive Agreements
Silencing the Inner Critic: How Senior Leaders Overcome Imposter Syndrome, One Belief at a Time. In childhood, adolescence, and our early working years, we make agreements with ourselves, quiet decisions about what's safe, what's acceptable, and who we're allowed to be. Childhood agreements often come from pain, fear, or isolation. The ones we form later, in adolescence and early career, tend to come from a fear of not fitting in, of failing, of not being enough. We bury the
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Sep 53 min read


Loss And Grieving
Being kinder to ourselves. Today’s culture prepares us for gain, but not for loss.
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Aug 25, 20242 min read


Who am I and why I Coach
When you meet me, you will see my friendly smile, I am open with honest and trustworthy approach. I value 4 things – Truth, Honesty, Love and Respect. Truth is information that cannot be changed.
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Jul 16, 20202 min read


What's your dominant Colour energy in light of the continual change?
Whilst working in British Telecom, I was introduced to Insights as an alternative to the established Myers Briggs psychometric tool to understand communication preferences. Back then, Insights was used as a conflict
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Jun 21, 20204 min read
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