By Coach/Mentor, Bec Horner – Two Ridings Community Foundation A year or so ago, I was offered the opportunity to train as a Coach/Mentor through the Yorkshire Accord Coaching & Mentoring Partnership. I saw it as some solid professional development — a way to learn, grow, and stretch myself. What I didn’t expect was just how much of an impact it would have. I loved the training, and I loved being matched with my first Coachee/Mentee so quickly. Supporting Others I spent six

In the previous post, we discussed how boundaries often show up indirectly in Coaching, and how feelings of being stretched, resentful, or constantly “on” can be understood as signals – an invitation to notice that something, possibly our boundaries, may need attention. In this piece, we’ll delve a little deeper and offer a simple reflective lens for exploring some of the layers that may be shaping how we respond to situations, and the limits (or lack of limits) we are curre

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