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Robin Williams in 'Good Will Hunting' This post is to reflect on the relationship between humour and me in helping conversations.    On reflection, I used to hold a slightly negative view on producing humour in helping conversations.  It is a kind of cheat — a way to avoid the real work, or to collude with the clients, or even to entertain them for the ‘5’ rating.  Humour, I believed, was what you used when you do not want to face something important. Looking back, that beli

Dog is good at just focusing on YOU (... except for squirrels sometimes) A recent coaching session reminded me what is more important than the ‘shiny new toys’ I have been reflecting on recently i.e. different methods to conduct helping conversation e.g. Social Constructionism   In that coaching session, we reflected during the session on a recent intense interpersonal exchange, in particular on what the incident revealed about him as a person.  At the end of that session, th

Our words don’t just describe reality – They create it.

I find myself asking this question more and more often in my coaching work.  Asking this question (with a tone out of curiosity and...

It has been a long while since I last wrote.   So much things have happened and there are a lot to reflect on. Let me first reflect on a...

I happened to come across again these 2 movies after I wrote my last post on 'Appreciating Defense'. The main characters in the movies...

One day I found myself attempting to fix the Wifi at home again.  I was somehow annoyed with it.  ‘Why me again?’…. And I have already...

‘Just the person’ I am reading again the article ‘What is the difference and what makes the difference? A comparative study of...

[Photo source unidentified. Please advise if anyone knows. I will add the source accordingly] I learnt to use the ‘Immunity to Change’...