Do we really choose our friends? The Choose You Project

The old saying is that you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family (picture from grammarly.com). Last week I met up with two girlfriends that I have known for 30 years. We joined Waitrose together when we were in our early 20s, and whilst we...

Truth is a Choice: The Choose You Project

Not a lot to say this week. Just a short reflection on the profound impact that truthfulness has on our lives, and the consequences created when we are not truthful. 96 people died and 766 were injured on the 15th April 1989, making the Hillsborough football disaster...

Trust and How to Blow It!! The Choose You Project

Hi Everyone, One of the things that has caught my attention over the past couple of weeks is around the issue of trust, or rather the lack of it! I’m finding trusting what anyone says in the build up to the UK EU referendum tricky, but now we also have the whole...

The Bugs Bunny effect? The Choose You Project

Amy Brann’s book “Neuroscience for Coaches” has got me thinking again. Last time (blog of 12 02 16) we were exploring the ability of language to ‘nudge’ us, and there is a chapter in her book that ties in so well with my thought that:...