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Ruth Schocken Katz
8 min read
Through the Coaching Lens: Poor Things
Holding nuanced and complex thoughts and feelings is often a challenge. People seek validation externally as the discomfort of "not...
Ruth Schocken Katz
4 min read
Coaching Snippet: On Indecisiveness
Why is it so hard to make a decision? Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you are just unable to see the right choice? What...
Ruth Schocken Katz
3 min read
Through the Coaching Lens: Booksmart
What would it feel like to not be limited to the one version of yourself you think is true? Booksmart (2019, Dir. Olivia Wilde) is a...
Ruth Schocken Katz
4 min read
Coaching Snippet: On Authenticity
Do you ever feel like you are not growing at work anymore? That you are treading water and not sure why you’re where you find yourself?...
Ruth Schocken Katz
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Through the Coaching Lens: The Banshees of Inisherin
(Spoiler alert) How do we manage the tension between how we see ourselves, and how others see us? The Banshees of Inisherin is a fable...
Ruth Schocken Katz
4 min read
Coaching Snippet: On Being Seen and Seeing Ourselves.
I often say that coaching works on aligning our inside world with our outside world. When we live with this alignment, we feel we have...
Ruth Schocken Katz
3 min read
Coaching Snippet: Focus Vs Centre
When faced with multiple action plans, clients I work with often feel they must choose the right one for themselves. They feel that if...
Ruth Schocken Katz
6 min read
Through the Coaching Lens -Time (BBC)
Shame is a universal human experience, yet most of us haven’t been taught how to integrate it and process it when it bubbles up inside...
Ruth Schocken Katz
6 min read
Through the Coaching Lens: The Lost Daughter
Through the Coaching Lens: The Lost Daughter
Ruth Schocken Katz
3 min read
Coaching Snippet: On Removing Barriers to Progress
We all have stories around work and how we work best. We often need external conditions to be right: our mood to be a certain way, to...
Ruth Schocken Katz
3 min read
Coaching Snippet: On Dependence and Independence
Setting boundaries in a relationship can be tricky. On one hand, there’s a sense of togetherness, a unit, and on the other, two...
Ruth Schocken Katz
4 min read
The Drama Triangle and 'I May Destroy You' (BBC)
Or the Pen as the Extension of the Body, and our Redeeming Sword. (Spoiler alert) In the last episode of I May Destroy You, Mikaela Coel...
Ruth Schocken Katz
2 min read
Coaching Snippet: On Watching from a Distance.
Seeing behaviours and actions of others, and of ourselves, as binary, is often a way to justify our feelings or thoughts, especially when...
Ruth Schocken Katz
3 min read
Coaching Snippet: On Messy Conversations
We all experience situations of conflict or disagreement, where we often try hard to be accurate and clear, only to discover that we are...
Ruth Schocken Katz
2 min read
Coaching Snippet: Trust is not Transactional
We have all experienced disappointment or even a sense of betrayal from someone we thought we could trust. This experience is often...
Ruth Schocken Katz
3 min read
Coaching Snippet - on Noticing the Story
“Don’t believe everything you think.” (- Attributed to many) Bridging the gap between the stories we tell ourselves and reality creates...
Ruth Schocken Katz
2 min read
Coaching Snippet: On Finding Balance
INT. DAY. OFFICE DESK We are talking online and ZARA is talking about her sense of being attacked from all directions. Dealing with...
Ruth Schocken Katz
2 min read
Coaching Snippet: On Living Playfully
INT. KITCHEN TABLE. MORNING I am sitting at my desk in front of the computer talking to JULES who is 3000 miles and 2 time zones away....
Ruth Schocken Katz
2 min read
Coaching Snippet: on Remembering Yourself
INT. LIVING ROOM. LATE MORNING ANA and I sit in the living-room, tea cups in our hands. It's raining outside. We've been talking for...
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