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Joe Lenton FSICIP MA
@joelenton.bsky.social
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Personal Authenticity Coach,
Helping You To Flourish Authentically.
Focused Professional Coach.
International photography judge, speaker & mentor
Focused Professional Podcast Host
Autistic AuDHD Multiple Sclerosis
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Goals - love them or hate them? This new article is about an inclusive, accessible approach to goals that shows how they can be for everyone, not just the over-achievers!

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Types of Goals for Everyone - Focused Professional Coach
Types of goals for everyone - an inclusive approach to setting goals. Explores 17 types of goals under the acronym GOALS ACCOMPLISHED
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November 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Personal Authenticity Coach - what? why?

Helping you to flourish authentically

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Personal Authenticity Coach - Focused Professional Coach
Personal Authenticity Coach - helping you to discover your true self & to flourish authentically, drawing on your values, strengths, meaning & purpose
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November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Really happy to be able to share this wonderful testimonial I received from a coaching client:
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Client Testimonial - Cristina Pascu-Tulbure - Focused Professional Coach
Client testimonial from fine art photographer Cristina Pascu-Tulbure following a series of coaching sessions with Joe
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November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Anyone can become disabled.

Anyone can lose their job.

Anyone can become homeless.

Anyone can go hungry.

These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.

Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.

We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Great to have reached my goal of becoming certified as a coach! If you would like help to live and work more authentically as your true self then please drop me a line to arrange a free no-obligation chat
Qualification logo - School of Positive Transformation Accredited Integrative Coach
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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New remake of an old image - the background was created using custom stamps made in Blender and mixed in Boris FX Optics. The instrument is a Casio digital guitar
Casio Digital guitar body with a small amount of the neck visible with a sci-fi digital background - mainly dark with lines of bright blues and a lens flare added to the guitar on the top left
September 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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New background for an image from a few years ago of a friend's guitar - Cherry Red Epiphone version of a Gibson ES-335 #guitars #photography #musicart
Cherry Red Epiphone version of a Gibson ES-335 - photograph of the main body facing slightly left with a warm coloured background of textures including musical notation stamps
October 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Prefer this one - the other 2 earlier were fun but I think this is more up my street. Made brushes from music font to add into the mix
#guitars #photography #music #guitarart #yamaha
Yamaha Flying Samurai vintage electric guitar full length photo on a background of mixed notes and other music notation and stamps made with a brush of the subject
October 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Vintage Yamaha Flying Samurai electric guitar with backgrounds created using custom brushes in @borisfx.bsky.social Optics. Which do you prefer?
#guitars #photography #musicart
Yamaha Flying Samurai vintage electric guitar full length photo with sunburst body and rosewood fingerboard. Background is dark brown with guitars at various angles from a brush made from the subject Yamaha Flying Samurai vintage electric guitar full length photo with sunburst body and rosewood fingerboard. Background is grey and brown grunge with guitars at various angles from a brush made from the subject
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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New remake of an old image - the background was created using custom stamps made in Blender and mixed in Boris FX Optics. The instrument is a Casio digital guitar
Casio Digital guitar body with a small amount of the neck visible with a sci-fi digital background - mainly dark with lines of bright blues and a lens flare added to the guitar on the top left
September 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Abstract painterly grunge background - stamp created with nodes in Blender and used in @borisfx.bsky.social Optics with a little bit of colour :)
#guitar #photography #electricguitar #guitarart
Yamaha Pacifica electric guitar full length shown diagonally from bottom left to top right with body bottom left. Dark blue tiger stripe body with rosewood fingerboard. Abstract painterly background created using texture brush - looks like mainly red and blue paint daubs on a dark textured surface
September 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Playing around with a grunge texture I made in Blender and turned into a brush to use in Boris FX Optics to create a new background for this image
#bassguitar #guitar #photography
Bass guitar whole length shot with the body near us and the head near the top of the image further away. Background is a textured blue to harmonise with the bass, with added lens flare
September 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Experimenting making textures for backgrounds. This guitar was on a very plain background originally so I thought I'd play about with some other possibilities using @borisfx.bsky.social Optics #Ibanez #guitar #photography
Ibanez Universe 7-string electric guitar black body with mirror scratchplate on a textured background
September 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Having a play with some old images creating different backgrounds using Boris FX Optics. This is a Yamaha Pacifica guitar with a textured and painted background effect
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Yamaha Pacifica electric guitar with blue tiger maple body and rosewood fingerboard. Swirling paint dabs and textured background
September 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Thank you to my 10 fantastic guests from season 3 who gave their time and wisdom so generously for our listeners. Catch up on missed episodes of the Focused Professional podcast through streaming apps or the website. #photographypodcast

Guests include: @sisselajohansson.bsky.social
Focused Professional Podcast Season 3 gallery of guests with images of all 10 from the season - Frankie Adamson, Ross Grieve, Sanjay Jogia, Hannah Couzens, Jessica McGovern, Antonio Bernardino Coelho, Sissela Johansson, Therese Asplund, Dario Righetto & Tony Hewitt
August 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Book Review - "The Meaning in the Making" by Sean Tucker.

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The Meaning in the Making - Book Review - Focused Professional
Book Review of "The Meaning in the Making" by Sean Tucker - an honest, inspiring & thoughtful look at creativity & the problems associated with it
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August 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Thank you to my 10 fantastic guests from season 3 who gave their time and wisdom so generously for our listeners. Catch up on missed episodes of the Focused Professional podcast through streaming apps or the website. #photographypodcast

Guests include: @sisselajohansson.bsky.social
Focused Professional Podcast Season 3 gallery of guests with images of all 10 from the season - Frankie Adamson, Ross Grieve, Sanjay Jogia, Hannah Couzens, Jessica McGovern, Antonio Bernardino Coelho, Sissela Johansson, Therese Asplund, Dario Righetto & Tony Hewitt
August 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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New episode of the Focused Professional photography podcast out now. Our guest this time is the brilliant and inspiring Tony Hewitt. Don't miss it! Listen now on the website or using podcast streaming apps
#photographypodcast #photography
Graphic advertising Focused Professional podcast episode with Tony Hewitt. Image of Tony Hewitt bottom right. Image of microphone top right. Focussed Professional logo top left. Main text reads: "Exploring Different Perspectives with Tony Hewitt - A true giant of the photography industry, Tony is a highly respected teacher, mentor, judge and coach with numerous top accolades to his name. He is passionate about helping others and shares his wisdom freely in this episode. Don't miss the opportunity to learn from a true master of the art. Listen now on the website or your podcast streaming app" www.focusedprofessional.photography
August 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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New post - "A Form of Hell" - my somewhat strained relationship with filling out forms. Feel free to ignore it by not visiting this page:

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A Form of Hell - Definitely Not Normal
Which level of hell spawned the twisted entities known as "forms"? Not what might immediately come to mind for you when it comes to expressions of torture or
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July 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Really pleased to have achieved certification! Looking forward to helping others thrive as a positive psychology coach. It has been of immense benefit to me personally and I find the approach very affirming for neurodivergent people - well, for everyone thankfully! Focus on what helps us flourish
Certified Positive Psychology Practitioner stamp from the School of Positive Transformation with yellow and blue yin/yang style logo in the middle
July 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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RIP Ozzy
Unique, Unforgettable, Legend
Crazy, but that's how it goes...
July 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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It seems like such a simple question. The answer can be one word of 2 or 3 letters. In fact, even “yes” can be shortened to just “OK.” So, you might be surprised to learn of the thought process that ensues when my wife asks me, “shall we go out for coffee?”

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Shall We Go Out For Coffee? - Definitely Not Normal
It seems like such a simple question on the face of it. The answer required can be one word of either 2 or 3 letters. In fact, even "yes" can be shortened to
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June 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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New episode of the podcast out now! Our guest is a multi-talented creative who among other things is responsible for printing the competition entries of some of the worlds top photographers - Dario Righetto. Listen on the website or via a streaming app
#photographypodcast #photographyprinting
Focused Professional podcast episode advertising banner with headshot of guest Dario Righetto bottom right, image of mic top right and Focused Professional logo top left. Main text reads: "An Artist's Journey - Dario Righetto - Multi-talented creative Dario Righetto joins us to share his passion for art, training and producing beautiful prints. Many of the world's finest photographers trust Dario to print their work for competitions. In this episode he shares his knowledge, debunks myths and speaks about the passion that inspires him to help photographers worldwide"
July 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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New episode of the podcast available now! This time I chat to the brilliant Therese Asplund. Her work has gained her a perfect score in international competition, won numerous awards & enabled her to be an ambassador to multiple world-class brands #photographypodcast
Focused Professional podcast episode update with FP logo at the top, an image of a microphone top right & headshot of Therese Asplund bottom right. Main text: "Therese Asplund - Lighting the Path to Perfection. Elinchrom Global Ambassador & Nikon Creator Therese Asplund joins us for episode 28. What's special about shadows? What does a hardware store have to do with a stunning fashion photo? How did she feel scoring a perfect 100 in an international print competition? Listed to find out! Available on the website or via podcast streaming platforms"
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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🌈♾️Happy Autistic Pride Day!♾️🌈💙

Autism is not something to fix. It’s a natural part of neurodiversity. Today, we celebrate autistic identity, strength, and the power of living authentically.

You are not broken. You are enough exactly as you are.

🔗 embrace-autism.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM