Coaching is about taking the steps to help you gain clarity and move forward. This helps you gain clarity in areas of your life you feel stuck.
The International Coach Federation defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their potential." New Clarity for You Coaching uses Psychology and Neuroscience to understand the brain and help you think clearly. This could be career, motivation, confidence or a general feeling in wanting more direction. I qualified in 2003
as a Coach with the Neuroleadership Institute and have been teaching Psychology for over 20 years. I am currently Head of Psychology at a large educational establishment in London
I am an associate coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF) at PCC level which means I have over 450 hours of coaching experience. I am also currently a trainer, Assessor and Mentor with the Neuroleadership Institute, which takes a brain based approach to coaching. My approach to coaching is motivating, professional, and down-to earth.
29/06/2024
COACHING CLIENTS THROUGH HIGH LEVELS OF UNCERTAINTY
Thank you members for another inspiring collaboration on this topic. Clients often come to coaching looking for support in dealing with change and the uncertainty it brings.
Our brain does not like uncertainty and it triggers our threat response.
Some people find uncertainty harder than others, which leads to an Intolerance of Uncertainty. They have “an underlying fear of the unknown”(Carleton, 2012).
They perceive situations as threatening rather than safe.
In coaching sessions we can help our clients in a number of ways such as;
* Normalising
* Sitting with it
* Noticing their thinking
* Identifying what they can control
* Psychological flexibility
* Exploring Limiting Beliefs
Story
3 years ago this month we had the crazy idea to do a collective marathon. It was during lockdown, so we couldn’t even run as a group.
We started on zoom to say hello, then ran/walked our 5k then met back on zoom. 151 of us from London to USA, running 755 kilometres in total which is 17 marathons.
We’d love to do it again and make it an annual event! Meeting at Ruislip lido if you’re local and zoom if you’re not. 4.30pm 30th April.
Delighted to be raising money for the amazing charity CLAPA (cleft lip and palate association). Just in time for CLAPA awareness week.
We’d love to see you there. https://www.justgiving.com/page/nicola-osullivan-1681143346195?utm_source=sms
31/12/2022
Great to celebrate the end of the year at our final Coaching Community Coffee Shop this month. We used these questions (Best Year Yet - Jinny Ditzler) to share our reflections and get set for this year ahead. A challenging year for many, yet the time to pause really helped. Bring it on 2023!
Looking back on 2022 ask yourself the following questions and write down the key factors;
1. What did you achieve? (Even a tiny step forward)
2. What are you proud of?
3. What did you learn?
4. What does this tell you about your own abilities?
5. What are the parts you want to let go of that are no longer working? (this could be attitude, bad habits, old ways of thinking etc)
The exercise above allows us to learn from 2022 and go forward into 2023 with planning and insights. So imagine it is December 29th 2023 and you are looking back on the year you have just had.
1. What have you achieved?
2. What else? What else?
3. What are you proud of?
4. What else? What else?
Wishing you and yours a blessed new year
26/11/2022
Great to see you at the Coaching Community Coffee Shop this month, to discuss, share and inspire each other around The Coach’s Journey.
Not just attracting clients, but “attracting the right clients” and not just completion but “powerful completion”. Looking forward to next month for our chance to reflect and celebrate our year!
01/10/2022
Thanks to everyone at the Coaching Coffee Shop last week, for sharing your ideas and resources on how to help our clients deal with Burnout.
Burnout is defined as “physical, emotional or mental exhaustion, accompanied by decreased motivation, lowered performance and negative attitudes towards oneself and others” (APA Dictionary of Psychology).
It can often be at the end of a continuum that could see someone being overwhelmed, stressed and then have burnout.
There are often physical, emotional and behavioural signs. (It is always advisable to see medical advice and or/therapeutic intervention if one is feeling severe signs of burnout).
When people are feeling stressed and overwhelmed, the limbic system is switched on. The brain senses danger and the fight or flight response is activated. It enlarges the amygdala, the part of the brain that controls emotional reactions (www.psychologicalscience.org/). This then impairs cognitive function in the pre-frontal cortex. So you might a get sense of not being able to think clearly.
A sample of the ideas and tools we discussed to help our clients were;
1. Notice what’s going on - Help your client to notice the specific triggers. Then name their own physical, emotional and behavioural reactions. To name and label it can calm the limbic system down.
2. Healthy Mind Platter - Using the Healthy Mind Platter can help create more balance.
3. Values and Purpose - Helping clients to tap into their values and purpose can help refocus them.
4. Yerkes -Dodson Law - Using the Yerkes-Dodson Law to help clients identify where they are and where they’d like to be. Read more about these tools on the website blog link in bio
21/06/2022
The International Coaching Federation (ICF 2021) stated that “As the estimated market size is expected to reach $20 billion USD by 2022, the coaching industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world”.
ICF research, talks of 3 trends that will shape the future of coaching which are;
1. Increased Demand for Coaching Services
2. Great Coaching Opportunities in Niche Sectors
3. Confirmation of Qualifications
At this months Coaching Community Coffee Shop we discussed current trends we are seeing in our field.
Follow the link in the bio to my website blog for more information
16/06/2022
Whow what an inspiring article. It’s about a woman and daughter who escaped Ukraine 3 months ago. A story of bravery, hope, love, growth and clarity.
Loved the part about her view on “sadness”;
“The Chinese character for "sad person" helps me. It is a picture of a man walking backwards. I have decided not to be that sad person. I am turning my face towards the future, towards life, and I feel clarity, lightness, and energy.”
This is about you as a coach and your professional practice. Who you are becoming as a coach.
Reflective practice is not just a cognitive process, it engages many areas of our brain such as the corpus callosum, which plays an important part in performance. The corpus callosum is a thick band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right sides of the brain. It is transfers information between the brain hemispheres.
Use the link in my bio to read more on my blog, about the five key elements to consider to create effective reflective practice.
03/03/2022
Great to see familiar faces and new at the Coaching Community Coffee Shop this month
“The goal is not to be better than the other man, but better than your previous self” (Dalai Lama)
05/02/2022
The image of an iceberg demonstrates Freud’s theory well. Freud said we can consciously and visibly see what’s above the water line such as our actions and behaviours, however underneath the water line is the unconscious mind and what we’re not consciously aware of. The feeling and thinking elements that can unconsciously drive what’s above the water line in our behaviours. So thinking I wish I could get more motivated to go out and get more clients, could unconsciously be driving our procrastination.
As coaches, using effective questioning can help tap into the unconscious feelings and thoughts. This can help us be more aware of our behaviours and the results we really want.
Results – What results do you want to achieve?
Behaviours – What behaviours would you need to develop to get those results?
Feeling – What are the feelings/emotions that would help you to embrace those behaviours?
Thinking – What thoughts or beliefs would create those feelings?
21/01/2022
13/01/2022
This topic created an interesting discussion at this month’s Coaching Community Coffee Shop. The ICF in their 2020 global survey found that "inability to measure the impact of coaching" was an issue for 42% of their respondents (full details on my blog via the bio link). One key element we found was the value of seeing “measurement” as a process both before, during and after the coaching engagement. How do you measure yours?
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Hi my name is Nicola and I stumbled across Coaching many years ago (17 to be precise!) I was at a genuine crossroads in my life and not sure which direction to go. I knew I didn’t need counselling, however I needed more. My friends and family were great, however they loved me and wanted the best for me, so would often give advice and kindly agree with all I said. They were very patient as I said a lot and it was often the same thing! In my head I was going round and round in circles.
I heard about Coaching as a way to help me get clearer and find the answers myself. It was literally life changing, as it gave me the tools to think for myself and move forward. I learnt what beliefs I held that worked for me and what beliefs did not. I learnt what was holding me back and getting in the way and what I could do about it. I learnt how to create new more effective ways of thinking. I got clearer on my values and purpose, so I could make clearer decisions (I’m very indecisive!).
I’m still a work in progress and don’t have all the answers, however I love the fact Coaching is just that, a no right or wrong. It’s about finding your tools and your way so you can continue to use these tools with the smooth and bumpy parts of the road.
So New Clarity for You is here to help you gain clarity in areas of your life you feel stuck in. This could be career, motivation, confidence or a general feeling in wanting more direction.
The International Coach Federation (ICF) defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” I’m your thinking partner!
One of my key values is professionalism so I ensure I’m always developing to the best of my ability. I qualified as a Coach in 2003 and am an associate coach (PCC Level = Over 500 hours of coaching experience) with the International Coach Federation. I have lectured Psychology for over 20 years and am currently Head of Psychology at a large educational establishment in London. My specialism is coaching in the Education sector, so students, teachers and leadership teams.
I am passionate about the Neuroscience and Psychology of coaching and am lucky enough to work part time for the Neuroleadership Institute, where I teach people the neuroscience of effective coaching.
