There is often a point in our careers when something starts to feel different. It might be a very clear realisation that you cannot carry on doing what you are doing, perhaps following redundancy or burnout, or it might be something less noticeable. You may find yourself sitting at your desk on a Monday morning, looking at your inbox and wondering how you ended up here. From the outside, everything might look perfectly fine because you have the job, the salary, the title and the career you...

Your Career Story. You've spent your career behaving like a dutiful child, climbing the ladder rung by rung, always looking up for the next one to grab, waiting for the "right moment" to move. And now you're here. Where you thought you wanted to get to. Except something doesn't feel right; there's a twisting in your gut you can't quite name, and the harder you try to ignore it, the louder it gets. By our 40s, most of us seem to have worked it all out. On paper, we've got the career, the...

Why Smart People Stay Stuck – and How to Start Moving Again One of the phrases I hear often in my coaching room is, "I just feel stuck." It's something people say almost apologetically, as though they should have everything worked out by now. Yet the people sitting opposite me are rarely lacking in ability or ambition. They are often thoughtful, successful and hard-working people who have simply reached a point in life where the path ahead isn't as obvious as it once was. Feeling stuck...