BSDHT Coaching & Mentoring

21/04/2026

21/04/2026

Thank you to all our C&M volunteers who have supported over 2000 hours for our members ❤️

Some people talk about change. Others show up and create it.

This Volunteer Appreciation Week, we're celebrating all the volunteers who give their time, energy, and heart to our global coaching community. The work you do, seen and unseen, creates a ripple effect that reaches further than you may ever know.

Thank you for being such an essential part of what we build together. 💙

Tag a volunteer who you'd like to give a shoutout to today. 👇

21/04/2026

You do not need universal approval to walk in obedience.

Clarity comes from staying faithful to what you know you were called to build, even when others do not see it yet.

Alignment always reveals itself over time, and the right people recognize it when the fruit becomes visible.

Stay steady in your calling today and resist the urge to explain yourself. Save this and recommit to building what you were entrusted with, not what others expect.

21/04/2026

OHC TIME!

The programme for the OHC 2026 is available to view at bsdht.org.uk/ohc-2026. As always, it will offer two days of CPD and cutting-edge education designed to provide take-home messages you can apply the very next day at work. Just some of this year’s highlights include:

• An update on local anaesthesia
• Oral ni****ne pouches
• Sustainable minimal invasive principles
• Managing the elderly
• Gingivitis guidelines
• How to support, treat and empower the neurodivergent community
• Masterclass in communication

Book your place by the end of the day on 17 April to save an additional £20.

21/04/2026

It's okay to need help sometimes.

Deep down, you already know what you're looking for, how to handle a problem you're having, and what steps you need to take to truly flourish. You just haven't had the chance to sit down and reflect long enough to realize it.

Coaching creates that space so that the things you've known all along finally becomes clear enough to act on.

What's something you've discovered about yourself that you didn't expect? 👇

21/04/2026

Coaching skills that aren't always taught, but you have to practice:

- Listening without planning your next move.
- Asking the questions that actually matter.
- Giving your client the space to do their own work.

When these come together, they turn a good session into a transformative one.

What's one skill you've had to work on as a coach? 👇

21/04/2026

‘Coaching can be about noticing how someone is saying something – not just the words or content.’ Erik de Haan, Relational Coaching

21/04/2026

Absolutely 👍🏻

The best advice someone ever gave you probably wasn't advice at all.

In a world where everyone has an opinion, a recommendation, or a framework to offer, sometimes you just need a conversation where someone:
- Asks the right questions.
- Comes to you with curiosity.
- Listens instead of jumping to respond.

That's what coaching does, and that's what makes it so different from everything else.

When has someone's question or active listening made a real difference for you?

01/04/2026

Is this you?

Has this ever happened to you? Your life looks right, but something inside just feels wrong? That tension has a name. ↓

Cognitive dissonance.

It's the gap between who you are now and the life you built when you were someone slightly different.

Natja Böttcher captures this so clearly and shares with us three questions you can ask yourself right now if you're feeling this way:

1. What do you value now versus when you made these choices?
2. Where do you feel energized, and where do you feel drained?
3. What are you tolerating that's quietly costing you?

👆These aren't a quick fix, but they start to map the distance between the life you're living and the life that feels true.

Have you ever had this feeling, where everything looks right but something's still off? What helped you recognize it?

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