Your Coaching Journey

We're pretty amazed that we have managed to produce 100 episodes of this podcast, and even more impressed that so many of you are listening to us rambling on every week. It seems that we accompany many dog walks and morning runs.

It fills us with joy every time we receive a message from someone letting us know how much they've enjoyed and benefited from listening.

In this episode we take a moment to celebrate, and to reflect. We've gone back through the archive of interviews with our coaching doctors that we have had the pleasure of creating over the last two years and remind ourselves of the variety of coaching tools that they love to use.

Enjoy the look back!

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Contact Details

You can click on the following links to find out more about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma and our Transformational Coaching Diploma for Lifestyle Medicine

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: [email protected]

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: [email protected]

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)

We're delighted that our Transformational Coaching Diploma for Lifestyle Medicine has resonated with so many doctors that have an interest in bringing about lifestyle change for their patients and coaching clients.

In this episode Tom chats with Dr Becky Howie, a delegate on the first cohort of our Transformational Coaching Diploma for Lifestyle Medicine.

Becky is a GP, a GP appraiser, a lifestyle medicine doctor, a transformational health coach, a women's health columnist, a group consultation advocate. And as if that wasn't enough, in 2024, she entered the world of television with regular appearances as a medical expert on Scotland Tonight.

Tom caught up with Becky to find out about her journey into the world of lifestyle medicine and coaching; her approach to coaching; her favourite coaching tools and questions; and what learning to coach has given her. Becky also reveals a big career decision that she has recently taken and tells us which reality TV show she's most likely to appear on.

Resources:

You can find out more about Dr Becky Howie on her website: https://maldodlife.co.uk/ or connect with her on Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-becky-howie-29212529b/

Enjoy the podcast? It would be great if you left us a review here.

Contact Details

You can click on the following links to find out more about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma and our Transformational Coaching Diploma for Lifestyle Medicine

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: [email protected]

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: [email protected]

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)

We fully recognise that you don't learn to coach by reading a book; you have to practice coaching to improve your craft.

However, we have both read a vast array of coaching books and have another sizeable collection on our Kindles, waiting for us to find the time to explore. We also have our favourites that we continue to dip into to remind us of theories, tools and techniques that we have encountered.

In addition, we love a good book recommendation, and are often asked for them by our trainees. So, in this episode, we are exploring some of the books that could be added to your 'to be read' list, in relation to different coaching approaches - and we throw in a few extra tombs that aren't really coaching books, but we love them!

Resources:

• How To Coach by Bob Thomson

https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-coach-first-steps-and-beyond/bob-thomson/9781526484789

• Time To Think; Listening to Ignite The Human Mind by Nancy Kline

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/time-to-think-listening-to-ignite-the-human-mind-nancy-kline/355555?ean=9780706377453

• Solution Focused Coaching in Practice by Bill O'Connell, Stephen Palmer, and Helen Williams

https://www.routledge.com/Solution-Focused-Coaching-in-Practice/OConnell-Palmer-Williams/p/book/9780415447072?srsltid=AfmBOoptL9YtDyG1IIbQoWoJGMjsXcLttj57nYnBAkZnyrd4MKv5Mwh3

• Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice Edited by Suzy Green and Stephen Palmer

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/positive-psychology-coaching-in-practice-suzy-green/3996488

• Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications by Ilona Boniwell and Aneta D. Tunariu

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/positive-psychology-theory-research-and-applications-ilona-boniwell/371360

• Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Techniques For Dummies by Helen Whitten

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-for-dummies-3rd-edition-r-willson/170340

• Transactional Analysis Coaching; Distinctive Features by Karen Pratt

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/transactional-analysis-coaching-distinctive-features-karen-pratt/4842715

• The Fertile Void; Gestalt Coaching at Work by John Leary Joyce

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-fertile-void-gestalt-coaching-at-work-john-leary-joyce/1985723

• Coaching Presence; Building Consciousness and Awareness in Coaching Interventions by Maria Iliffe-Wood

https://www.koganpage.com/hr-learning-development/coaching-presence-9780749470579

• Presence;Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

by Amy Cuddy

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/presence-bringing-your-boldest-self-to-your-biggest-challenges-amy-cuddy/1304609

• Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/who-moved-my-cheese-dr-spencer-johnson/2195963

• Agile Resilience by Tom Dillon

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/agile-resilience-the-psychology-of-developing-resilience-in-the-workplace-tom-dillon/6353503

Enjoy the podcast? If you're enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here or wherever you listen to your podcast.

Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: [email protected]

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: [email protected]

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)

Issues around confidence come up in the coaching room regularly. And it's a common topic that new coaches want to understand more about working with.

Feeling more confident takes time, and arguably more than time spent thinking about it. You might be wondering what approach to use, what tools might be helpful, and whether asking questions really can unlock the secrets of feeling and acting in a more confident way?

In this episode we explore how we might work with coachees to help them take steps to understand and improve their confidence and find out what Helen's top tips are on this intriguing topic.

Enjoy the podcast? If you're enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here or wherever you listen to your podcast.

Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: [email protected]

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: [email protected]

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)

We have previously discussed Cognitive Behavioural Coaching (CBC) on the podcast and touched on a couple of the useful coaching models that originate in this approach. In this episode we explore the SPACE model, which is a great tool for helping coachees to dive into the way that they're perceiving their situation and allowing them to gain some perspective.

The SPACE model, often referred to as the hot cross bun model, is an accessible tool that can inform our coaching questions, helping our coachees to explore the ways in which they're reacting to events. It can also be used explicitly to support coachees to find new ways to see their world and explore different ways of being in the future.

Listen in while we take you through this simple yet powerful model.

Resources:

Enjoy the podcast? If you're enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here or wherever you listen to your podcast.

Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: [email protected]

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: [email protected]

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)

From a 'walk and talk' in nature to the metaphors of the landscape, coaching outdoors means many things to many coaches. In this episode Helen interviews Anna-Marie Watson, host of the Coaching Outdoors podcast about this multi faceted approach to coaching and how she got started with it.

An ex-Army officer, Anna Marie is never happier than when she is outdoors. She is an accredited coach and coach supervisor who loves to move her coaching away from a Zoom window and the confines of four walls and take her conversations with coachees into nature.

Join Helen and Anna-Marie as they explore coaching through an alfresco lens and offer a different, airier, perspective on coaching conversations that we hope will pique your interest and generate some new thinking about the way you coach.

And of course, if you want to give it a try, you can join us in some outdoor coaching on the eve of our coaching conference in April 2025.

https://yourcoachingjourney.com/coaching-conference-2025/

Resources:

Website: www.rfmcoaching.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/awatson4/

Twitter: @rfmcoaching

Instagram: @rfmcoaching

Coaching Outdoors Podcast - https://coaching-outdoors.com/the-podcasts/

Coaching Outdoors Podcast LIVE @ Henley Business School June 2025 -

https://www.henley.ac.uk/events/coaching-outdoors-live-2

Enjoy the podcast? If you're enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here or wherever you listen to your podcast.

Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: [email protected]

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: [email protected]

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)

Many coaches consider themselves to be intuitive coaches? We see it quite a lot in marketing literature and on social media. But what does it really mean in the coaching room? Is it really a phenomenon?

Here at Your Coaching Journey we have had some interesting discussions on the topic of intuition over the years and we don't always see eye to eye. Tom takes more of a psychological approach to life and coaching and Helen is more at home in the world of spirituality, so there are some differences in the way we approach intuition.

That said, there is some common ground, and in this episode we share our thoughts, have a healthy debate and see where we end up in our thinking about being an intuitive coach.

Enjoy the podcast? If you're enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here or wherever you listen to your podcast.

Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: [email protected]

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: [email protected]

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)

In this episode Helen will be having a chat with Dr Rosie Khan.

Rosie is a G.P. and lifestyle, perimenopause and wellness expert who helps high-achieving women overcome symptoms such as anxiety, brain fog and weight gain. Using a unique combination of lifestyle medicine, clinical hypnosis and coaching, she supports women in taking charge of their physical and emotional health to thrive during their mid years.

Rosie completed the Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma with us in 2023 and has been developing her portfolio career since then.

Helen caught up with Rosie to find out more, including, what her favourite coaching tool and question are and her thoughts on what learning to coach has given her.

Resources:

You can connect with Dr Rosie Khan on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rosie-khan/

Enjoy the podcast? It would be great if you left us a review here.

Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: [email protected]

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: [email protected]

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)

It's time for another set of questions sent in to us by listeners.

In this episode we are going to be talking about helping clients to move on from past situations they find themselves ruminating over, how to improve your reflective practice as a coach, and how we feel about setting clients 'homework' or activities between their coaching sessions with us.

We love to receive your questions about coaching so do keep sending them to us.

Enjoy the podcast? If you're enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here or wherever you listen to your podcast.

Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: [email protected]

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: [email protected]

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)

Perfectionism is a phenomenon that can easily get in the way of our progress, and can certainly impact our sense of achievement, satisfaction and overall wellbeing.

For your perfectionist coachees, they are likely to see the drive to be perfect as a good thing that has rewarded them in the past. They probably thrived during their education and in their careers because they are high-achievers.

They probably wear their perfectionism as a badge of honour.

But all is not necessarily well in the world of perfectionists.

In this episode we explore how Perfectionism might show up in the coaching room, how it might be de-railing some of our coachees and leading them to have a sense of low self-worth. Hopefully, after listening to our conversation, you might be able to recognise when perfectionism is emerging in the coaching room.

You'll then be able to work with your coachees to help them overcome this need for everything to be perfect, find some self-compassion and to celebrate times when good enough is good enough.

Enjoy the podcast? If you're enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here or wherever you listen to your podcast.

Contact Details

Find out about our Doctors' Transformational Coaching Diploma

Connect with the hosts:

Tom:

www.linkedin.com/in/tomdillondoctorstranformationalcoachingdiploma/

Email: [email protected]

Helen:

www.linkedin.com/in/helenleathers/

Email: [email protected]

Follow 'Your Coaching Journey' on Instagram or Linkedin:

www.instagram.com/yourcoachingjourney/

www.linkedin.com/company/your-coaching-journey/

Do You Have a Question?

From time to time we will have an episode where we answer listeners' questions about coaching.

If you have a question, please send it to us using one of our email addresses above and you may get a mention in a future episode.

(If you want to remain anonymous, that's absolutely fine, just let us know)