December 1st, 2009 › Personal › Amanda Williamson › 2 comments ›
People sometimes ask me how I arrived at the name ‘Spiral Life Coaching’, so I’ll attempt to explain.
By dictionary definition a spiral is…
A curve on a plane that winds around a fixed centre point at a
continuously increasing or decreasing distance from the point.
As a child I loved our annual holiday to Overstrand in Norfolk and my favourite shell on the beach was – you guessed it – the one with the spiral shape that you could hold to your ear and listen to the sound of the sea. (Such simple pleasure.)
I’ve liked spirals ever since.
A Spiral is so much more interesting than a circle and quite a therapeutic shape to ‘doodle’, which I often tend to do whilst on the phone. (Supports my concentration in fact).
At home we’ve had a fossil standing on the mantle piece for many years – the remnants of one of those spiral shaped creatures from long ago. (Seems significant that it should have had ‘pride of place’ for so long.)
Spirals are not, of course, restricted to the seashore; they seem to pop up everywhere: snail shells: staircases; inner ears. To name but a very few.
There are hyperbolic spirals, fremats spirals; logarithmic spirals and triple spiral symbols. (I don’t know what these are but they sound good.)
Anyway, to get back to why I chose the name.
Whilst we might prefer life to chug along in a straight line – its just doesn’t does it?
It spirals up and down: from hour to hour, day to day, week to week, year to year.
For me a spiral seems to symbolise LIFE’S MOVEMENT; it’s ebb and flow; ups and downs; the continually increasing and decreasing fluctuations which challenge us all, and which probably bring out the best in us, as well as the worst!
That’s it.
November 8th, 2009 › Professional › Amanda Williamson › 6 comments ›
I’m not a radio fan, but Dr Phil Hammond certainly got my attention recently!
He was speaking on BBC radio 4 on the subject ‘Metaphor for Healing’.
Here is a GP interested in how the use of metaphorical language in health care is increasingly accepted as a powerful aid to healing. Music to my ears.
The theory goes that the power of the right metaphor, long exploited in poetry, politics and marketing, is being increasingly recognised in health care, coaching and therapy, engaging the unconscious to activate self-healing.
I’m a visual thinker and someone who regularly uses metaphor to help coaching clients understand their lives with as much clarity as possible – and it works!
Can anyone point me in the direction of further information?
October 1st, 2009 › Client Comments/Feedback › Amanda Williamson › 2 comments ›
Having attended a number of coaching sessions with Amanda, I feel I need to continue my journey, not alone, but with the tools Amanda has made me realise I possess, in order to continue to tap into my potential.
I feel positive thoughts and processes are needed in almost every decision I make, whether it’s on a personal or professional basis.
I am determined to make the most of my life.
Negative thoughts and problems can blight the horizon, but I won’t let them.
I feel we are moulded by our surroundings and our insecurities. Some people are naturally positive in their outlook on life, in all aspects; I haven’t been one of those people in the last few years.
However I used to be and I will be again, as I have become a lot more positive about my life and the decisions that lie ahead.
So – I have decided to, and have enrolled on, an NLP evening class which I feel will make me generate more positive choices and help me further change my outlook.
I want to see what’s not working for me and to change my normal course of action into something more positive.
So here goes…
Mr Anon.
