Your Coaching Journey
A podcast for doctors about coaching. Whether you are a coaching doctor; a medic who is learning to coach; or a doctor who'd like to build coaching into your professional life, then this is the podcast for you. Each podcast episode will explore a different aspect of coaching that will be helpful for you as you integrate coaching into your work and life. You'll be able to explore different approaches to coaching, assess coaching tools and techniques, hear interviews with coaching doctors; and examine topics that coachees might bring to coaching. Join coaching experts and leaders on the Doctor's Transformational Coaching Diploma, Tom Dillon and Helen Leathers as they discuss the world of coaching and how, as a doctor, you might choose to continue on your coaching journey. Produced by MonkeyPants Productions. Find out how we can help you produce your podcast by getting in touch at [email protected]
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Episode 121: Critical Thinking
08/15/2025
Episode 121: Critical Thinking
We believe that one of the most important aspects of coaching is the generation of new thinking on the part of the coachee. Before we get to focusing on the options that the coachee has, or how they might forward, we need to explore their situation with them and allow them to assess it in an objective and coherent way. In order to do that we will probably need to challenge the client to engage in some some critical thinking around the thoughts they have already had, what the reality of their situation is, and the viability of all of the options they have available to them. Only then is it going to be useful for the coachee to decide on a way forward. In this episode we explore the topic of Critical Thinking in the coaching room and give some thought as to how we might best facilitate the coachee engaging with this particular thought process. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 120: Easy Change and Hard Change
08/08/2025
Episode 120: Easy Change and Hard Change
Not all change is created equal. Some change is easy and some is hard. All qualified coaches should be well equipped to support coachees when they are contemplating easy change. When it comes to hard change, coaches adopting straightforward coaching approaches might not cope so well with facilitating this change for coaches who are finding change more of a struggle. What makes the difference between easy change and hard change is going to depend from coachee to coachee and we have to be agile when approaching the coaching room and what the coachee brings. Sometimes, we won’t know in the first session that hard change is going to be hard. It may not become apparent until a few sessions down the line, so we have to be ready for that and curious about how we might support the coachee through their difficulty with the change. In this episode, we explore the differences between easy change and hard change and the power of coaching in facilitating both. In our discussion you will find out why we believe that Transformational Coaching is such a powerful approach to helping coachees, whatever type of change they’re facing. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 119: 360 Degree Feedback
08/01/2025
Episode 119: 360 Degree Feedback
What is 360 Degree Feedback and how might we use it in the coaching room? In this episode, Tom shares his wisdom and experience of 360 Degree Feedback, sometimes called Multi-Source Feedback. Tom has been working with this type of report for the last 15 years and has sat alongside hundreds of clients as they have received their feedback. Tom understands the very human reactions that individuals have to receiving feedback in this way. He has some thoughts on how we can help to facilitate the coaching conversation with clients, supporting them in reviewing the feedback and accepting it in an open and developmental way. Join us for this fascinating conversation about the role of coaches in the 360 Degree feedback process. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 118: 4,000 Weeks is a Short Time in Which to Live Well.
07/25/2025
Episode 118: 4,000 Weeks is a Short Time in Which to Live Well.
According to the author Oliver Burkeman we each have approximately 4,000 weeks to run around on our planet. Some people will get a few more weeks and some will get a few less, but Burkeman’s point is that our time to enjoy life is finite. In this episode we dive into Burkeman’s thought-provoking book 4,000 Weeks: Time and How to Use It. Join us as we explore its main themes and how they might assist us in the coaching room. The title of the book makes it sound like a time-management tomb, but in reality it is more of an existential reflection on our relationship with time and on how we might have a more realistic sense of what we have time for. Join us for this podcast where we explore Oliver Burkeman’s ideas and how they provide us with a way of exploring what is important for our coachee to focus on as they navigate their finite time on earth. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 117: Time to Say Goodbye
07/18/2025
Episode 117: Time to Say Goodbye
We know that contracting at the beginning of a coaching relationship is vital and an integral part of our coaching. It sets the parameters within which we will work with our clients. Ending the coaching relationship should be seen as another vital and integral stage in a coaching journey. The ending may, however, raise some questions, cause some confusion and may even result in some discomfort. How do we know when it’s time to say goodbye to our coachee? How do we end the coaching ethically and with compassion? What if our coachees don’t want to say goodbye? In this episode we explore these questions, for the benefit of the coach and the coachee. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 116: Interview with Dr. Hannah Coysh
07/11/2025
Episode 116: Interview with Dr. Hannah Coysh
Tom was delighted to have the opportunity to interview Dr Hannah Coysh, who completed our Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma a couple of years ago now. Tom thoroughly enjoyed the conversation, and you’ll understand why when you listen to the podcast and experience a taste of Hannah’s infectious enthusiasm for life. Hannah is a Frailty GP, A Lifestyle Medic and Coach, a New to GP Coach and Mentor, a Medical Student Tutor, and also offers coaching to those experiencing pregnancy loss, holding a safe space for them and helping them to find a way to move forward. Hannah manages to incorporate coaching into all aspects of her professional life. Hannah is also the person who introduced us to the world of Lifestyle Medicine and suggested that we share our coaching offering with doctors operating within that arena. Tom caught up with Hannah to find out about her journey into the world of lifestyle medicine and coaching, and her current approach to coaching. Tom asked Hannah about her favourite coaching tools and questions and what learning to coach has given her. Hannah also talks about her passion for the outdoors and her enthusiasm for an activity that Tom was happy to leave her to enjoy without him. Resources: You can find out more about Dr Hannah Coysh and connect with her on Linkedin: Enjoy the podcast? It would be great if you left us a review . Contact Details You can click on the following links to find out more about our and our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 115: What do coaching doctors do after completing the Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma?
07/04/2025
Episode 115: What do coaching doctors do after completing the Doctors’ Transformational Coaching Diploma?
We often get asked how doctors use their new coaching skills once they’ve completed our Transformational Coaching Diploma programme. This is obviously a question that our coaching doctors have the opportunity to explore for themselves in advance, of completing the programme, as they receive coaching throughout the course. There is plenty of time for them to consider what the future holds for them and what direction they might go in. With over 300 doctors having completed our diploma we have a good range of coaching doctors who have let us know what they are up to. In this episode we explore how some of our alumni are using coaching in their professional lives. We hope that the episode may inspire you, encourage you and reaffirm your interest in learning to coach. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here 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)
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Episode 114: Challenges in Coaching: When is a law not a law?
06/27/2025
Episode 114: Challenges in Coaching: When is a law not a law?
Episode 114: Challenges in Coaching: When is a law not a law? Is a certain amount of stress good for you? Definitely! Is there a point at which the amount of stress becomes detrimental? Most certainly! Is there a law, a model, or a formula that tells us how much stress is too much? Contrary to popular opinion, probably not! In this episode Tom airs his frustrations about an often rolled out piece of research called the ‘Yerkes-Dodson Law’. We discuss the law’s origins, what Yerkes and Dodson were actually measuring and how the law has become a universal measure for all sorts of theories. As we often say, all models are wrong but some are useful. When it comes to the Yerkes-Dodson Law, we may well be exploring a law that doesn’t actually exist. Resources: The Yerkes Dodson Law (or maybe not) can be found here: https://yourcoachingjourney.com/project/episode-114-when-is-a-law-not-a-law/ Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here 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)
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Episode 113: Episode 112: Topic: Leadership Coaching Part 2
06/20/2025
Episode 113: Episode 112: Topic: Leadership Coaching Part 2
Episode 113: Episode 112: Topic: Leadership Coaching Part 2 In our last episode we explored how leadership might show up in the coaching room, even if we’re not formally engaged in leadership coaching and why, as Transformational Coaches, we might choose to feel confident in coaching those in leadership positions. In this episode we’re putting an element of theory behind the concept of leadership and in doing so, explore a number of different leadership styles; ten in fact. We discuss the pros and cons of each leadership style and when it might be useful to engage in each. We also offer examples of coaching situations where we have each discussed leadership styles with our coachees. Join us in this episode of the podcast, where we complete our conversation on leadership in the coaching room. Resources: For our Leadership Styles document visit: https://yourcoachingjourney.com/project/episode-113-topic-leadership-coaching-part-2/ Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review here 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)
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Episode 112: Topic: Leadership Coaching Part 1
06/13/2025
Episode 112: Topic: Leadership Coaching Part 1
If you’ve coached an individual within the NHS there is a good chance that you have been called upon to have a conversation around leadership. Not necessarily about the mechanics of the leadership role but perhaps around how the coachee shows up and how they interact with other people. Leadership presents itself throughout organisations and often those without a defined leadership role are taking responsibility for heading up certain initiatives or leading on certain aspects of the culture. Tom has been coaching leaders for 15 years and has found that the main topic of conversation in the coaching room for leaders is other people and the relationship dynamics that the coachee is experiencing and perhaps struggling with. Beyond their people issues, leaders often use coaching as a safe space to explore their concerns, their worries and their insecurities. Being in a leadership role is often a lonely place and being able to have confidential conversations with someone you trust is invaluable. Join us in this episode of the podcast, the first of two leadership episodes, where we explore why we, as Transformational Coaches, might choose to feel confident in coaching those in leadership positions. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 111: Coaching Topics: Difficult Conversations - How to have good ones.
06/06/2025
Episode 111: Coaching Topics: Difficult Conversations - How to have good ones.
Following on from our previous podcast episode where we discussed why people might choose to avoid difficult conversations, in this episode we talk about the difference between having difficult conversations badly or having them well. From considering the pros and cons of having a particular conversation; deciding whether to have the conversation or not; preparing for the conversation; and then managing the conversation, we’ve got it all covered. Join us for this podcast, as we take you through some practical approaches that you might wish to explore with coachees who find themselves in a situation where it might be good to be having a difficult conversation. Resources: DODO - Preparing for a difficult conversation DEER TRACK - Responding well to feedback Taking the DESPAIR out of Difficult Conversations Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 110: Coaching Topics: Difficult Conversations - Why do we avoid them?
05/30/2025
Episode 110: Coaching Topics: Difficult Conversations - Why do we avoid them?
Your coachees may tell you about a sticky situation or problematic people that they have in their lives, and talk about the stress that this is causing them. Often, one of the options that the coachee has to help resolve the issue is to have a conversation with someone else involved, but they may be avoiding this option. Understanding why a coachee might be choosing not to have what they might perceive as a difficult conversation is useful and may help you to facilitate the coachee’s thinking. This may well result in them deciding to have a crucial conversation with someone that improves their situation. So in this episode we start to explore the topic of difficult conversations, discussing why people might not be having them, and looking at what might help your coachee to see them from a new perspective. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 109: More Love in the Coaching Room
05/23/2025
Episode 109: More Love in the Coaching Room
If you listened to Episode 108 you will have heard Tom discussing the ways in which we might show up in the coaching room. Tom made the point that an approach of judgement might be an easy way for us to show up in our coaching , but perhaps love might be a more useful way to be in order to draw out the real coachee sitting before us. Well, one podcast episode didn’t provide Tom with enough space to consider the fact that often either the coach or the coachee could show up in fear in the coaching room, for all sorts of reasons. So this episode continues where Tom left off, and offers his reflections on fear and how an approach of love might dissolve the fear. There are some philosophical musings and even some poetry in this episode, so join Tom, flying solo once again, in another podcast focused on love in the coaching room. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 108: Love in the Coaching Room
05/16/2025
Episode 108: Love in the Coaching Room
Just to avoid any confusion, we are not addressing the topics of romantic love, sexual attraction or attachment in the coaching room in this episode, although they might crop up in a future episode. Tom is on his own for this podcast and is offering some reflections on how we might show up as a coach. It would be very easy for us to show up in judgement of our coachees and to prove our worth by pointing out the error of their ways. We’re the experts after all. We know what’s what. Or maybe, just maybe, we can show up with love, and hold that loving space for someone whilst they explore their situation fully. In showing up with love, we allow the coachee to be their true, authentic self and to feel comfortable in being vulnerable and open with us in what is a protected space and a relationship of trust. Join Tom in his musings about the nature of love in the coaching room. As he meanders through the podcast he’ll be throwing in some reflections on his values and telling some stories to illustrate how love might show up in our coaching. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 107: Coaching Challenge – Presence
05/09/2025
Episode 107: Coaching Challenge – Presence
We consider the coaching space a sacred one. It is a safe, welcoming, confidential and non-judgemental space that allows the coachee to engage in conversation in an authentic, open and honest way. It is a space that fosters trust and connection. That’s the space that we, as coaches, are looking to create in the coaching room and that requires some presence on our part. But what do we mean when we talk about coaching presence? In this episode we explore what coaching presence is. We also explore how we might create the optimal conditions for an open and honest coaching conversation that generates new thinking on the part of the coachee. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 106: Interview – Dr. Jo Hacking
05/02/2025
Episode 106: Interview – Dr. Jo Hacking
It is always wonderful when we hear about the different ways in which our coaching doctors are using their skills, so when Dr Jo Hacking told us about the retreats that she is running, and how impactful adopting a coaching approach on them has been, we thought we really ought to find out more In this episode Helen catches up with Jo to do just that. Jo has a background as a Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine but experienced burnout in 2017/18. She stepped away from medicine completely in 2022 to focus on her family, and her business. Listen in as Helen finds out about Jo’s transformational coaching and retreats. Resources: You can find out more about Dr Jo Hacking’s work and retreats here: Connect with Jo here: Linkedin: Facebook: Instagram: @woodlinesart Youtube: @JoHacking Enjoy the podcast? It would be great if you left us a review . Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 105: Coaching Topic – Emotional Intelligence
04/25/2025
Episode 105: Coaching Topic – Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence is a relatively new phrase but not a new concept. The Greeks and the Romans were giving thought to the problems we all have with our emotions thousands of years ago. The fact that we’re all still struggling to master our responses to events that produce emotions suggests that we haven’t evolved very much emotionally in the last few millennia. So, Emotional Intelligence is definitely a concept worth exploring. Which is exactly what we’re doing in this podcast. Turning to the granddaddy of modern Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman, we’re exploring the different domains of his model and giving thought to how Emotional Intelligence shows up in the coaching room. So, join us for a fascinating discussion about how we might help our coachees to be more emotionally self-aware; better able to manage their responses to emotions; more aware of other’s emotions and more accomplished at managing their relationships. Resources Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 104: Coaching Tool – Transtheoretical Model of Change
04/18/2025
Episode 104: Coaching Tool – Transtheoretical Model of Change
Transformational Coaching is all about helping our coachees achieve a change in their lives, whether that be in terms of making lifestyle changes, changing the dynamics of a relationship, or the coachee just changing their perspective. Change is at the forefront of everything we do and in this podcast episode we’re exploring another model, which might just help us to explore the change process with our coachees. The Transtheoretical Model of Change has been used for half a century in the medical world in conversations around change. Originally used in the context of addiction, the model is commonly used by medics exploring behavioural change relating to health. It also has its place in the coaching world when we’re trying to understand where our coachee is on the journey to making the changes they want to see. Resources: Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 103: Coaching Approaches – Systemic Coaching
04/11/2025
Episode 103: Coaching Approaches – Systemic Coaching
To borrow some words from a famous philosopher, ‘No coachee is an island’. We all exist within some kind of system, whether it’s in the workplace, within our social lives, or within a family. In the coaching room there will always be influences and echoes of the coachee’s system as they talk through their situation, their experiences and their desired outcomes. In Gestalt we talk about the contact boundary, where we meet our environment and where our environment meets us, and there is a constant interplay between the two. One cannot fail to have an impact on the other. In this episode, we take a look at systemic coaching, an approach that acknowledges and explores the dynamics of the systems within which the coachee resides. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 102: Coaching Challenge – The Grey Space Between Coaching And Therapy
04/04/2025
Episode 102: Coaching Challenge – The Grey Space Between Coaching And Therapy
Do you worry about your coaching crossing over in to therapy? We tend to find that our coaching doctors worry about this, perhaps more so than non-medical people who enter the world of coaching. In this episode we explore the grey area on the borders of counselling and coaching, including how to navigate it. We will share our own experiences of situations in the coaching room where something other than coaching is required. We hope to set your minds at rest, and provide you with some more understanding, or at least to shine a little light into the grey. Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 101: To Celebrate or reflect? That is the question
03/28/2025
Episode 101: To Celebrate or reflect? That is the question
In the last episode we were celebrating our first 100 podcast episodes with some reflections on the coaching tools that the coaching doctors we have interviewed love to use. We had great fun reminding ourselves of the wonderful coaches that we have talked to on the podcast over the past two years. We had intended to include their favourite coaching questions too, but we got a bit carried away with ourselves and ended up running out of time. So, this week we are revisiting our coaching interviews and reflecting on the coaching questions that our coaching doctors find most useful in their coaching conversations. Resources: Find one of our Transformational Coaches: Enjoy the podcast? It would be great if you left us a review . Contact Details You can click on the following links to find out more about our and our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 100: A Bit of a Celebration of our first 100 episodes
03/21/2025
Episode 100: A Bit of a Celebration of our first 100 episodes
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! Enjoy the podcast? It would be great if you left us a review . Contact Details You can click on the following links to find out more about our and our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 99: Interview with Dr. Becky Howie
03/14/2025
Episode 99: Interview with Dr. Becky Howie
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: 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 . Contact Details You can click on the following links to find out more about our and our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 98: Recommended Read for Coaches
03/07/2025
Episode 98: Recommended Read for Coaches
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 Time To Think; Listening to Ignite The Human Mind by Nancy Kline Solution Focused Coaching in Practice by Bill O’Connell, Stephen Palmer, and Helen Williams Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice Edited by Suzy Green and Stephen Palmer Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications by Ilona Boniwell and Aneta D. Tunariu Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Techniques For Dummies by Helen Whitten Transactional Analysis Coaching; Distinctive Features by Karen Pratt The Fertile Void; Gestalt Coaching at Work by John Leary Joyce Coaching Presence; Building Consciousness and Awareness in Coaching Interventions by Maria Iliffe-Wood Presence;Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson Agile Resilience by Tom Dillon Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 97: Coaching Topics – Confidence
02/28/2025
Episode 97: Coaching Topics – Confidence
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 or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 96: Coaching Tools – The SPACE model
02/21/2025
Episode 96: Coaching Tools – The SPACE model
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 or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 95: Coaching Approaches – Coaching Outdoors
02/14/2025
Episode 95: Coaching Approaches – Coaching Outdoors
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. Resources: Website: LinkedIn: Twitter: @rfmcoaching Instagram: @rfmcoaching Coaching Outdoors Podcast - Coaching Outdoors Podcast LIVE @ Henley Business School June 2025 - Enjoy the podcast? If you’re enjoying the podcast it would be great if you left us a review or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 94: Coaching Challenge – Intuition
02/07/2025
Episode 94: Coaching Challenge – Intuition
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 or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 93: Interview – Dr. Rosie Khan
01/31/2025
Episode 93: Interview – Dr. Rosie Khan
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: Enjoy the podcast? It would be great if you left us a review . Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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Episode 92: Listeners’ Questions #12
01/24/2025
Episode 92: Listeners’ Questions #12
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 or wherever you listen to your podcast. Contact Details Find out about our Connect with the hosts: Tom: Email: Helen: Email: [email protected] Follow ‘Your Coaching Journey’ on Instagram or Linkedin: 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)
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