Catalyst 14 Blog

Below you’ll find some articles on coaching, mindfulness and personal leadership from Catalyst 14. You’ll also find links to some other resources at the bottom of this page. Enjoy!

Image of some books accompanying a blog post about knowledge vs learning in coaching.

In this post we revisit coaching fundamentals and look at why coaching practice can be as important as coaching knowledge.

Wonder

In this post, we explore how a sense of wonder can help invite new thinking and new ideas.

CPD resources 2024

In this post we share a list of our favourite CPD resources that we’ve produced recently — and help support your coaching work in 2024.

Mindfulness advent calendar

To support you in the run up to Christmas, here are our recommendations for some mindful activities that you can build into your day.

Image of a footprint in the sand, symobolising impermanence

In this post we discuss how embracing impermanence can lead to coaches developing greater resilience and peace of mind.

Image of a signpost. Accompanies a blog post about mindfulness.

To help you to pause and reset, we will be providing a free guided online mindfulness practice every Monday.

In this post we look at the concept of ‘following your bliss’: listening to your heart, your truth and trusting the deep impulse within you to live a life that truly makes you feel alive.

In this post, Tracy May explores one of the most pressing questions that needs to be answered in the COVID-19 era: ‘’What is the task of leadership?’’

If the first week of lockdown has been a bit of a struggle, this post is for you: it discusses what you could have been experiencing — and what could make the next few weeks a bit better.

Winter coaching walk

Welcome to our winter coaching walk, the next in our series of blog posts about using the natural seasonal shifts as prompts for our thinking.

Image of a signpost. Accompanies a blog post about mindfulness.

To help you to pause and reset, we will be providing a free guided online mindfulness practice every Monday.

In a year that has been full of threats, triggers and challenges, how might you pause and really take in the good?

In this blog post we look at how creative methods can be successfully introduced into a coaching session.

Managing emotion within the coaching session

In this post we look at what happens when emotions arise within the coaching session – and how to manage them.

Autumn

Juliet Flynn invites you to kick through some leaves with her and wander and wonder, in search of Autumnal prompts for self-coaching.

Boundary

In this post, we discuss how you can identify and deal with situations where the boundaries between coaching and therapy start to overlap.

World Mental Health Day session

Catalyst 14 will be supporting World Mental Health Day by offering you the chance to join a free guided mindfulness practice.

Some useful CPD resources for coaches to prepare you for the coming Autumn months.