Boundaries are one of those topics that tend to show up in Coaching in indirect ways. People don’t usually arrive saying,     “I need to work on my boundaries.”   They arrive saying things like: “I need to look at my time management.” “I’m having difficulty with my line manager.” “I feel like I just have too much on right now.” “I don’t feel able to be there for myself or my family in the way I want to be.”   Sometimes there’s frustration. Sometimes guilt. Often there’s both.

A Reflection on the Stories We Tell Ourselves About Not Having “Enough” of It Earlier this week, while promoting our next round of Coachee/Mentee recruitment (opens on 10 November 2025), someone made a comment that really stuck with me: “Coaching really does shine a light on the value of time, doesn’t it, Karen?” And it really does. It got me thinking about how often this comes up in coaching conversations. I’d confidently say that time is probably the number one barrier we a

By John Foster - Resident Yorkshire Accord blogger, Coach & Founder of WRLM   Five years ago, encouraged by my son who is an English teacher, I started to keep a note of the books I read, a little late in life it's true. If you look at my list from the last couple of years, you may think that I have become obsessed with my own mortality. I deny it of course, even if I have just passed a significant birthday. I am however somewhat pre-occupied - fascinated would be a better wo

By Jackie Evans, former Coachee & Coach, and now a Professional Independent Coach... returning to support Yorkshire Accord again in 2021....