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28/09/2026

Gratitude this week, on the same morning commute as always — walking out the house with my little one, who's nearly six months now, and being met with sunshine at the end of September. Won't last, I know, but it's lovely while it's here.

The bigger gratitude, though, is for my wife. I'd only just raised the fact that I need to be more proactive about growing my network here in Ireland — we moved here about four years ago, and I've genuinely not done much on that front. No sooner had I mentioned it than she was straight in, brainstorming different ways I could go about it, getting out and meeting people.

What really landed for me was her reassurance that it's okay for me to leave the house for a bit — to work, to network, to get out — while she's managing two under two at home. I knew she was doing brilliantly. But hearing her say it was fine for me to step out too? That was something I needed to hear, even if I didn't realise it until she said it.

Sometimes the support that matters most isn't the advice — it's the permission.

14/09/2026

Gratitude this week, and it's something my wife and I were reflecting on over the weekend — we've been feeling really connected. To people, and to our surroundings.

Life's been genuinely busy lately, so taking a moment to properly connect with people, and with nature, has been lovely. Easy to lose that when things are full-on.

On the learning side — I've been completing mentor coach training, building on something I already offer, as part of ongoing development. The ICF are also making changes around formal accreditation in this space, and I've really been enjoying learning into that.

I've started putting some different approaches into practice too, both within the Academy and with private clients. Genuinely enjoying trying something new, getting feedback on it, and seeing what's landed well and what hasn't.

That's the bit I love most about this work — you never stop learning, whether in formal trainings or even just through interactions with other people.

A few years ago, I organised a charity ‘Coachathon’…Over 150 trained coaches donated their hours. 69 participants signed...
10/09/2026

A few years ago, I organised a charity ‘Coachathon’…

Over 150 trained coaches donated their hours. 69 participants signed up, made a donation, and received coaching at a fraction of the usual cost. Together we raised over £1,120 for MIND. It worked — but more than that, it sparked an idea I've been sitting with ever since…. How can we make coaching more inclusive and accessible?

CIC are now launching the Inclusive Coaching Exchange: free coaching, in exchange for supporting a newly trained coach as they build their hours. No cost to sign up. Just a genuine, mutual arrangement — you get real coaching, our trainees get real practice with real people, and the barrier to accessing coaching drops to zero.

We're also looking to partner with charities and nonprofits doing good work where coaching could genuinely add value — if that's you, I'd love to talk.

Coaching shouldn't be something only people who can already afford it get to experience. This is one small way of closing that gap.

Would free coaching, in exchange for supporting someone starting out, be something you'd take up?

Sign up link in the comments.

07/09/2026

A shout out this week, and it links straight back to last week's post.

Some gratitude to our 'groundworks guy' Jake, who came recommended to us — and he's been brilliant. Competitive price, spot-on recommendations that actually saved me a job, and he squeezed us in to finish the back of our house before the weather turned. Genuine gratitude to him, and to my mother-in-law too, who bought us the soil for it — a true 'adulting' gift.

But there's a learning in there as well. Jake's probably in his mid-20s, and set up his business at 17 — nowhere near the traditional route the education system tends to push. Over the years since, he's built real skill in logistics, pricing, marketing, managing subcontractors — running multiple moving parts successfully, in a way nothing in a standard curriculum would have prepared him for.

As a former maths teacher, that's not lost on me. From an education system that dictates that students needed certain skills for their future, and yet here's someone thriving without that traditional path at all.

Whatever stage you're at, the lesson's the same: find what you're genuinely passionate about, and go after it.

31/08/2026

Grateful for a bit of extra time and space this August.

It's always a quieter time of year, and I've been able to switch off a little, spend time with family, get a few bits done around the house. Still making sure everything ticks along and prepping for what's going to be a genuinely exciting September — but there's been real value in taking a minute to wind down too.

On the learning side, similar theme. Back in April, before going on paternity leave, I recognised I'd been super busy working in the business, all the time. As I start ramping things back up now, one of my goals is figuring out how to balance that better — allowing proper time to work on the business, not just in it.

I'll be honest, I feel like a beginner with this. I've tried blocking out time, but if you've found other ways of balancing that workload, I'd genuinely welcome the ideas.

What's worked for you in balancing working on your business versus in it?

If you spend your days supporting other people, you're probably already halfway to being a coach.Teachers, team leaders,...
26/08/2026

If you spend your days supporting other people, you're probably already halfway to being a coach.

Teachers, team leaders, mentors, careers advisors — the common thread is rapport, good questions, and listening both to what’s being said and what's not being said out loud. That's daily work for anyone in a role built around other people's growth. What's usually missing is active listening without jumping straight to fixing — and that's the one real shift, which can have a profound impact on someone, regardless of your role.

We see this constantly at IFA — people already leading, teaching, mentoring, or advising, bringing skills that translate faster than they expect. It's not starting from scratch. It's giving something you already do a proper, structured direction.

That's exactly why our Diploma runs in phases rather than one single leap — built for people already working with others, at a pace that fits around the role they're already in.

If you're already in a role built around supporting people, has coaching ever crossed your mind as the next step?

24/08/2026

Week two or sharing whats on my mind.

Gratitude first. I've been lucky enough to live in a few places that could pass for holiday destinations — nowhere near where I grew up, and nowhere I ever thought I'd end up. Most mornings I'm up at 6am for swim training, driving down the same hill toward the Irish Sea. Depending on the time of year, the sun's rising right in front of me over the water. It would be so easy to just drive past and not notice. I'm trying not to.

On learning — it's exam results season for a lot of young people right now, and it's had me reflecting, both from my years teaching and from coaching young people since. The pressure to know what you want at 13 or 14, choosing GCSE subjects, is enormous. I didn't even know coaching existed as a career when I was at school, or even university. And for younger kids now, some of the jobs they'll end up doing don't exist yet — technology's moving too fast for that.

So if you've got young people in your life, what messaging and language are you using around their futures?

Did you actually know what you wanted to do at their age?

Although I was a Maths teacher for over a decade, Maths never completely came naturally to me. I spent years finding str...
19/08/2026

Although I was a Maths teacher for over a decade, Maths never completely came naturally to me. I spent years finding strategies to understand it — and realised those same strategies could help other people too. That and the fact I loved supporting people and working with young people is what pulled me into teaching in the first place.

Some of my most rewarding years were spent with students written off as "difficult." Through my expiernces in the classroom I learned that if you build trust, understand what's actually going on underneath, and watch someone show up differently. That was the job I loved.

But something wasn't sitting right, and I couldn't name it. I moved abroad to teach the IB curriculum, thinking a change of scenery would fix it. It didn't. Eventually I realised it wasn't the school. It was teaching itself that no longer fit.

Then, on a leadership course, I was coached for two hours by someone who'd had barely any training themselves — and it still floored me. Within months I'd found an ICF-accredited coaching programme and enrolled, training on evenings and weekends while still teaching full-time.

I'm a genuinely different person for it. More self-aware. A far better listener — not the "waiting for my turn to speak" kind, the kind that hears what's underneath what someone's saying.

If you love supporting people but something's not sitting right, what would it take to actually stop and figure out what that is?

17/08/2026

Starting something new... or rather, restarting something old with a new t.

A while back I used to post regular videos — But then life happened and it fell away. I'm bringing it back, in the hope that every now and then I may share something of interest or that resonates with someone. I'm sharing this partly for accountability, partly because consistency is something I want to build more of, and partly because putting yourself out there regularly is part of building credibility and connection with others.

I would like to acknowledge Michael who's own sharings sparked the idea again, and Luke and Tom have been the nudge to actually follow through based of their accountability videos — so thank you to all three legends.

This week's learning came from something small but sharp. I met two people in person after only speaking on the phone or by email, and neither matched the picture I'd built of them in my head. Nothing dramatic — mostly just appearance — but it was a great reminder of how quickly our brains fill in gaps with assumptions, often without us even noticing.

On our Diploma in Inclusive Coaching, we talk a lot about bias and how it shapes coaching conversations. Turns out knowing the theory and catching it happening in real time are two very different things.

Where do your own assumptions tend to show up fastest?

I’m really excited to share something we've been working towards for a little while now.At Inclusive Futures Academy, we...
07/07/2026

I’m really excited to share something we've been working towards for a little while now.

At Inclusive Futures Academy, we've always believed that how you learn matters just as much as what you learn. So this summer, we're introducing two new formats for our Diploma in Inclusive Coaching — both designed to make the programme more accessible and inclusive to more people.

The first is a 'Fast track' pathway, where all the core learning is covered within two weeks at the end of July and beginning of August. You build your skills quickly and can start putting them into practice sooner.

The second is a flexible shorter-session format with some self-study elements — the same content, the same depth, just delivered in a way that fits around life a little more easily.

And here's what doesn't change with either: the training hours, the content, the mentoring support, the live demos, the peer practice, the community space. Everything that makes this Diploma what it is remains exactly the same. You also get a full year's access to the IFA learning platform and community — so the support continues long after the sessions end.

Same course. Same standard. Just more ways to access it.
If you're curious about which format might suit you, feel free to get in touch on here or email me [email protected].

If you would like to read more about the Diploma, or fill out the expression of interest form, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eDdCtymT

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