Thomasina Unsworth

My daughters visited yesterday. I listened to them talking. The in jokes, the shared references, their world in common. And I thought, wow, wasn't it only moments ago that you held my hand to cross the road? When you thought I had all  the answers, so you came with...

A client of mine’s boss told her to “get back in her box” yesterday. The instruction followed her suggestion to consider a different approach to the way they were working, an approach she felt would solve some issues they were having. I asked her what her response...

I went for a coffee today with an old friend who I hadn’t seen for some years. Our children grew up together, but once there were no more school gates to meet at, and playdates to share, we saw less of each other, until all the demands of life intervened and we lost...

How do we measure success? I have been thinking about this a lot; it is something that comes up often during coaching sessions. If I earn X amount of money, I will be a success, if I get that promotion, if my novel gets published, if I run a marathon, if I pass my...

I was in a café with my mum this weekend. It was crowded so a couple at a table made space for us to sit down. We ordered tea and cake and began to talk. The couple next to us carried on with their conversation. Talking to someone with Alzheimer’s, as many will know,...

Life, as we all know, can be tough. Very recently my mother was diagnosed with severe dementia and had to go into a nursing home. My independent clever mother who used to laugh so hard her whole body shook and could whip me into a rage as fast as she could lift me out...