As a coach and mentor, I pride myself on listening carefully to my clients, students and athletes. It allows me to ask them the right question at the right time, to help them to find their own way. These questions are often difficult to hear, as they make the listener use their own voice as…
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Yesterday, I had the great privilege of leading an outrun with Tilehurst Runs Together. We ran 7 miles around our little town (or is it a big village?!) and I had lots of conversations with different runners. Although the subject matter was very different from the sessions I ran in Southampton on Friday, the essence…
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Fresh from the Southampton Education School Health and Wellbeing Conference, I’m ready for a rest. It was a fantastic day with some switched-on and enthusiastic trainees. Experienced teachers need to model saying ‘No’ and taking control of workload and unreasonable demands, or we will lose these excellent people. Take a break; sleep well; be ready…
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Well, sort of. I’m heading to the University of Southampton, for their annual Health and Wellbeing conference for teachers and trainee teachers. I teach all the time, be it runners, children or education professionals, but this just feels a bit different. It will be the first time I’ve presented my own work to fellow teachers…
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Tomorrow, I’ll be taking part in the Marlow Half Marathon. It’s a notoriously challenging road half marathon, taking in some serious ascents and descents on the roads around the north of the town. It’s also one of my favourite races: plenty of hills, beautiful autumnal vistas and a reasonable price-tag. My target is to get…
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