Catalyst 14 Blog

Below you’ll find some articles on coaching, mindfulness and personal leadership from Catalyst 14.

Listening in coaching

In this post, we explain the value of listening in coaching and how doing this right can bring about significant change for a coachee.

Dual relationship

We explore why giving advice may have become a hardwired conversational habit — and what we can do to shift from “doing” to “being” in a coaching conversation.

Introduction to fundamentals of transformational coaching

In this post Vanessa Rogers shares some common themes that emerged from a series of interviews with past participants on their experience of training with Catalyst 14.

Mindfulness advent calendar (winter scene)

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

Burnout (image of some burnt matches)

In this post, we discuss the concept of burnout and explore the key ways that you can avoid it.

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.

Following bliss

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.

Taking notes in coaching

In this post we discuss how note-taking can affect a coaching session.

Myles Downey

Access the recent masterclass on Leader Performance Coaching with Myles Downey to celebrate the 5th birthday of Catalyst 14.

CPD resources (image of plants growing)

In this post we share some videos, blog posts and mindfulness sessions to support coaches through the difficult start to 2022.

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.