Coaching Wizardry

I’ve just been paid the loveliest compliment about my writing here.  DazzlinDona has awarded me this Dazzlin Badge of Excellence for my work at Coaching Wizardry. 

Now this little old blog has been a bit neglected of late as I’ve been paying more attention to my Confident Writing site – but I know there’s good stuff here, stuff that people search for, stumble upon, read, enjoy…  and feedback like this is more than enough to keep me going.

Here’s what Donna says in giving me the award:

To me, this blog is inspiring. It inspires thoughts and emotions, choices and actions, visions and lessons. I mentioned that Attitude is a key aspect to your success, and in my opinion, you can use blogs like Coaching Wizardry to help define that attitude

She makes the point that although I’m a writing coach this site isn’t about writing as such.  I thought you might be interested in my reply to Donna – it reflects my growing realisation about how the writing work I do connects up with my coaching philosophy and some of the ideas, dreams, possibilities that I like to explore here.

You’re right, the coaching wizardry site is not about writing but is an exploration of words, stories, metaphors, pictures, movies… all the things that help us to learn, to reflect, to grow, or maybe even to wake up… I have another site that’s dedicated to writing - but oddly enough the more I write on that one too the more I realise that learning how to write, to find our voice, is also about learning how to shine, to emerge from the cocoon.

Donna signs off her posts with these words – and I’m totally delighted that she connects them in some way with what I do, and what I write.  It’s a great mantra for all of us:

You’ll never shine if you don’t glow