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The Butterfly Effect: Therapy Edition
“Sometimes the smallest things take the most room in your heart.” WINNIE-THE-POOH What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks A few days ago I was listening to the book Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg and was struck by something he said when describing part of his process for helping clients form new habits.…
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Overwatering the plant
“I was just sitting here enjoying the company. Plants got a lot to say, if you take the time to listen” EEYORE What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I’ll start this post with the 4th coaching session I had with Nathan Castle last Friday. We started by figuring out that I was in two…
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Self-Doubt: Friend or Foe?
““If it’s not Here, that means it’s out There.”” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks It feels like it has been 3 months since I was last writing a post here; not 2 weeks, maybe because Sydney only left lockdown last week after approximately 45 years of stay-at-home orders. Perhaps it’s…
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DP Coaching is awesome. Do it. (Round 3)
“Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I’ve got another coaching session to reflect on for this post, this time it was my third coaching session with Nathan Castle. This session didn’t involve behavioural rehearsal, as I decided I…
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Deliberate Rest
“Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear and not bothering” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I’m not quite sure how to start out this post, this last fortnight was a doozy, not because a crazy amount of things…
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Building expectations and hope for each other as therapists.
“I must go forward where I have never been instead of backwards where I have.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks What if after everything you’ve read on deliberate practice, you’re on board, but you’re still bothered by the uncertainty of where to start or how to continue practicing it? That’s…
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It all comes down to what ‘works’
“It is hard to be brave, when you’re only a very small animal.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I’m feeling pretty damn proud of myself for the last fortnight. This is one of those times in Deliberate Practice where I have a sense of accomplishment on the back of my…
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DP Coaching is Awesome. Do it. (Round 2)
“It’s so much more friendly with two.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks Deliberate Practice coaching is still awesome. I had the second session on July 30th and I enjoyed it more than I did the first time. The focus of the session centred around goal setting with clients, more specifically,…
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Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.
“I must go forward where I have never been instead of backwards where I have.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I’m back from leave and ready to keep on blogging. I had some good time away and enjoyed switching off, but now it’s time to get back into the swing…
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Patience. Patience. Patience.
“What’s wrong with knowing what you know now and not knowing what you don’t know until later?” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I think I’m starting to feel more patient about my DP process this time around. As a result this post may not be so heavy on realisations I’ve…
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Trading Confidence for Empowerment (with lots of anxiety in between)
“Oh, Bother” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks It’s been another couple busy of weeks in deliberate practice, or should I say, getting started in deliberate practice. I think I’m off to a good start, I’d say I’m not quite airborne yet, but I’m at the point of hovering off the…
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DP coaching is awesome. Do it.
“Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks It has been a busy couple of weeks getting into the swing of DP. The biggest thing out of it all though is that I had my first DP coaching session with…
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Converting from performance to development
“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie-the-Pooh What the heck am I doing? Welcome. Welcome to my blog about my dive into deliberate practice. I thought this could be a way to help me structure my deliberate practice system and give me a…
