Coaching Conversations

Join your host, Sharon Lawton, for a Coaching Conversation Special as part of our International Coaching Week Celebrations to celebrate the power of coaching in people's lives with Tesse Akpeki FCG.In this conversation Tesse will share her own personal story growing up in the troubles in Belfast and her life in West Africa and London. She will dovetail this with her professional journey, having been trained in the States, Canada, West Africa, and the UK and honing her craft working across the world undertaking International Development Leadership work. Then, her world fell apart after her beloved brother and coach, Tony, was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Dover. Tesse shared how coaching became a gift to her during that time. She will end with a self-reflection piece, which will enable further discovery of your personal and professional bridge to twin compliance with compassion. You will experience the power of the reverse bucket list! Come prepared to be encouraged, valued, and inspired.

Join your host, Sharon Lawton, for a Coaching Conversation Special as part of our International Coaching Week Celebrations to celebrate the power of coaching in people's lives with Katherine Holdstock, a certified Career Coach working in both university and private settings.

15 years ago, suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome and an underactive thyroid, Katherine could barely run for a bus. Now, she’s a familiar face on ultra-marathon start lines across the globe and couldn’t imagine a life without fitness. But, how did she get there? And what does it take to run 250km across an African desert?

Dalia is a Clinical Researcher and Wellness & Empowerment Coach, who takes a holistic approach to supporting her clients, drawing on a diverse toolkit that includes NLP, Breathwork, Meditation, Reiki, and Tarot.Having dedicated her career to developing new cancer treatments, Dalia found her world turned upside down when she went from being the researcher to becoming the patient.In this session, Dalia will share her deeply personal journey following a life-altering cancer diagnosis in 2022; an experience that impacted every aspect of her life. Now, as a passionate Patient Advocate, she uses her story to raise awareness and advocate for improved treatment and outcomes for younger women with breast cancer.Dalia will offer powerful insights into what it means to face a life-threatening illness as a young woman, and how she drew on her professional knowledge and coaching expertise to cultivate strength, resilience, and empowerment. We all encounter challenges in life; some gradual, others sudden and disruptive. Yet, these moments can serve as profound catalysts for transformation, inviting us to realign with our true values, passions, and sense of purpose.

Join your host Sharon Lawton for another Coaching Conversation with Shoana Taylor, Somatic & Wellbeing Coach and 2011 TCA graduate.Shoana’s work is informed by the body/mind connection where she uses her training in breathwork, movement, massage and somatic release to change subconscious patterns which keep people stuck in unhelpful behaviours and patterns.By releasing and clearing the memory stuck in the body, the client can move forward to their goals with greater ease. Creator of 7 Paths Wellbeing Method her work addresses the 7 fundamental human needs that create wellness and thriving.In this coaching conversation, you will learn some basic science around the body/mind and subconscious and what keeps people in stuck behaviours.

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Join your host, Sharon Lawton, for another coaching conversation with TCA-certified behaviour change coach Johnny Lawrence, the self-development coach. During this session, Johnny will discuss how he coaches clients through the experience of anger so they can get to the root cause, process, and begin to act. He will explain his four stages of behavioural change. How this process can help your clients, and finally, Johnny will talk through a major part of his upcoming book, his M.A.D.E. principles process and its vital part in behavioural change. In this session, Johnny will also share how his experience of mountain climbing and trekking has informed his methods for encouraging change.

Join your host Sharon Lawton for another Coaching Conversation with Olafemi Xavier, an ex-commissioned RAF officer and now TCA-certified Performance Coach for military Service Leavers.Join your host Sharon Lawton for another Coaching Conversation with Olafemi Xavier, an ex-commissioned RAF officer and now TCA-certified Performance Coach for military Service Leavers. Many people join the Armed Forces as youngsters because of family tradition, for access to otherwise unattainable opportunities, or to escape their past.A uniform lets you claim an identity; declare your allegiance. But what happens when you adopt an identity that permeates your entire life… only to leave it all behind in an instant?In this coaching conversation, you will learn:- The importance of helping a client reclaim their individual identity;- How coaching skills can be used to teach skiing and in turn, leadership; and- Why the experience of many veterans can actually mirror that of civiliansIn this session, Olafemi will share how to recognise the challenges of transforming your life, moving forward with self-awareness, respect, and excitement for the future.

Join your host Sharon Lawton for another Coaching Conversation with Claire Cahill, award-winning executive confidence & leadership coach and trainer at The Coaching Academy.Coaching Leadership Behaviours and how as coaches we can support leaders to identify their blind spots and shine a light on their strengths and weaknesses so that development plans can be implemented for action to be taken.

Join your host Sharon Lawton for another Coaching Conversation with Claire Pedrick, creator of the STOKER coaching model and author of Simplifying Coaching and The Human Behind The Coach.We aren’t coaching when we are thinking more than the client. Coaching is about us facilitating their thinking. That’s the least we need to do as coaches to make our clients feel heard and get new insights. It all starts at the beginning of every conversation.We can’t guarantee transformation happens in a conversation. And there are lots of things that we can stop doing that make it more likely to occur.Drawing from what we learn about transformation from science and coaching competencies, Claire will share some simple tweaks that will make transformation more likely to happen in those you coach. You’ll be able to put it into practice straight away.

Join your host, Sharon Lawto,n for another Coaching Conversation with Coaching Academy Trainers and neurodiversity specialists Kate Baily and Rebecca Daniel. In this conversation, we will be discussing the importance of neurodiversity in the world of coaching and the awareness of how we as coaches can be more mindful of neurodiversity in our coaching circles and practice. If you want to be neurodiversity inclusive in your coaching and develop your awareness, this inspiring conversation will give you a better understanding of the tools and approaches to coach others to be at their best.In this coaching conversation with Rebecca and Kate, you will take away:1. An understanding of neurodiversity and how to be a more inclusive coach.2. How neurodivergence affects thinking and communication, strengths, challenges, and strategies for success.3. Tools and approaches to use with your coaching clients.