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Website and posts with some connection with #Coaching #Stroud
by Andrew Paterson
https://cogtogear.co.uk
Flow #Stroud
February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Purpose #Stroud #Ebley
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
February 2, 2026 at 9:54 AM
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

“The shift from anxious manager to respectful witness is a hard task of parenting adult children” - perhaps that shift should start before they become adults?
Adolescence lasts into your 30s – so how should parents treat their adult children?
There are lots of guidebooks for parents of young children – but what happens when your offspring hit adulthood? A psychotherapist shares her guiding principles for raising grownups
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Cog to Gear
Sublime light today. Started off with diamond 💎 dust floating around (see previous post), then the fog kept breathing through the valley towards #Selsley, changing by the second as the air currents, sun and fog randomly interacted. #Stroud #Cotswolds
February 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Perhaps with all the flooding this week it’s not tactful to talk about the wonder of water - this spring never seems to cease ( complete with dog bowl) #Stroud #rodboroughcommon
January 30, 2026 at 2:18 PM
On the flight path today #Stroud
January 30, 2026 at 2:15 PM
There is something endlessly fascinating about a dry stone wall #minchinhampton #stroud
January 29, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Why I Can’t Stop Watching Bad News?
When the News Hijacks Your Nervous System
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
“Fill your hearts with love today
Don’t play the game of time…”

Not totally sure about these lyrics but at least be uplifted today. #Bowie

open.spotify.com/track/1p4krv...
Fill Your Heart - 2015 Remaster
open.spotify.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:44 AM
A bit bracing by the Severn this New Year morning - near #Arlingham Quite near #Stroud
January 1, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Boxing Day #Stroud
December 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Boxing Day #Stroud
December 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Things clergy might do that allow them to “be fully human”

app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71851/...
Clerical life: We priests need our turnaround time to get our heads straight
Rituals between clerical appointments are essential
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We have some catching up to do #gettingorganised #advent
December 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“The strategies highlighted here aren’t about doing more. They’re about protecting your energy, reclaiming your peace, and strengthening your presence” Dealing with #stress
Thanksgiving Break sure went by fast. Are you ready for the December s-t-r-e-t-c-h? Check out my latest article on Substack for 3 strategies on how to survive and even thrive in the classroom during the often hectic and stressful run-up to the holidays. #teacher #school #education #stress #holiday
Finding Your Rhythm Again: 3 Strategies for Teachers Returning After Thanksgiving Break
How to successfully ease your way back into the grind.
drjohnstegall.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“The case for change is pretty stark. Since the pandemic, the number of working-age people who are economically inactive due to health conditions has increased by 40% to a total of 2.8m. Projections suggest ….another 600,000 could leave work by 2030”

cogtogear.co.uk/keeping-brit...
Keeping Britain Working - Cog to Gear
The UK Government has just published the independent review “Keeping Britain Working” on what can be done to tackle  burgeoning economic inactivity arising from workers’ ill health  and what can be do...
cogtogear.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Still in this age - the power of the notebook
And that’s a wrap. Just put my final @prospectmagazine.co.uk to bed after four and a half years, and nearly 45 issues. The best possible luck to a fabulously talented and lovely team and to my successor, Philip Collins.
December 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Never thwart ambition
in some ways the height of comedy?
Amazing choice made at the Hyatt
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Politics of another age? It needn’t be
I couldn’t leave Chicago without getting a cut from my old barber, Zariff!
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Our Great City #London #Embankment today
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
And another song of #feeling that comes randomly to mind #JohnLennon

open.spotify.com/track/2X9H5B...
I'm So Tired - Remastered 2009
open.spotify.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM