On coaching and writing – and writing and coaching

I mentioned the other day that there had been lots of cross-over between some of the themes and ideas that I’ve been exploring here and the work I’ve been doing over at Confident Writing – not least the relevance of one of the most popular quotes from Coaching Wizardry:

"find out who you are and do it on purpose".

The more I explore the writing work the more I realise there’s a coaching dimension behind it all – overcoming fears and lack of confidence; tapping into our motivation, purpose and intention; and moving out of our comfort zones. 

I’m also learning from the search terms from both sites and how I can apply the lessons from one set of searches to inform the other. 

For example

"slow down, you move too fast"

is something I talked about here several months ago in relation to the changing pace of city life, but people keep on arriving by typing in those terms – and it keeps on making me think about the value of slowing down (when you’re moving too fast) – and how we can apply that approach to help us write with clarity and confidence too. 

Anyway, crossing back over the other way I was focusing last month on writing with authenticity – and how writing can maybe help us towards a more authentic life.  I used the conversation to write an e-book (my first) and I figured it might be of interest to readers here too – not least as it quotes the great Dolly Parton a couple of times!

You can download it here – let me know what you think, but I hope you enjoy it anyway.