Fiona Setch has faced seemingly impossible situations in her life.

From caring for terminally-ill patients during the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the 1980s, to experiencing a devastating loss to COVID-19 through a nursing home window in 2020, life's biggest challenges have, she says, changed her.

Those hardships have given Fiona the gift of being able to be present when faced with death, and a rare ability to talk about it.

As a professional coach and trainer with vast experience, she now brings a coaching approach to palliative care, running training to support doctors and nurses through the current global pandemic alongside a broad portfolio of coaching and training.

Her flair for poetry has helped her to make the change she sees in her coaching clients more visible, and the conversation we shared created a space for wonderfully poignant reading.

In this episode, we talk about:

The importance of experiential learning

How Fiona structures her maternity coaching and retirement coaching work

The curse of perfectionism

Confidence coaching, and how to wobble without falling

Emphasising the 'super vision' of supervision

Fiona's talent for writing has also led to a forthcoming new book that tells stories about the unique moment in time we are all living through, interwoven with the coaching strategies she has honed during a fascinating career.

For more information about Fiona, visit http://www.fionasetch.co.uk/

For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

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Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):

- Marie Curie https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/

- London Lighthouse https://lgbthistoryuk.org/wiki/London_Lighthouse

- AIDS: Monolith public information film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iroty5zwOVw

- It's A Sin https://www.channel4.com/programmes/its-a-sin

- Benjamin Zander – The Art of Possibility https://www.benjaminzander.org/about/the-art-of-possibility/

- Benjamin Zander's TED Talk https://www.benjaminzander.org/about/speaker/

- Benjamin Zander's rule number 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-HG6X6fpBM

- Terrence Higgins Trust https://www.tht.org.uk/

- Marianne Craig coaching https://www.coachlifeandcareer.com/

- Kolb’s learning cycle https://experientiallearninginstitute.org/resources/what-is-experiential-learning/

- Skyros holistic holidays https://www.skyros.com/

- St Oswald's Hospice https://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

- Dr Kathryn Mannix – With the End in Mind https://www.dyingmatters.org/page/end-mind-kathryn-mannix

- Fiona's ebook, The Art of Interview Skills https://bookboon.com/en/the-art-of-interview-skills-ebook

- Bookboon https://bookboon.com/

- Firework coaching https://www.fireworkcoaching.com/

- Maternity coaching http://www.fionasetch.co.uk/maternitycoaching.html

- Two Coach Confidence Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/two-coach-podcast/id1511161169

- Richard Nugent - The 50 Secrets of Self-Confidence https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/richard-nugent/the-50-secrets-of-self-confidence/9781473622234/

- Gina Ford https://www.ginaford.com/

- Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator  https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/

- Coaching at Work https://www.coaching-at-work.com/

- Coaching Through COVID https://coachingthroughcovid.org/

- Michael Heppell – How to Be Brilliant https://www.michaelheppell.com/books/

- Tapping therapy, also known as EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) https://www.thetappingsolution.com/tapping-101/

- Association for Coaching https://www.associationforcoaching.com/