Headspace Coaching Plus

24/04/2026

In my latest blog post I highlight the importance of reminding yourself what you can be sure of during times of uncertainty, and the benefit of stepping away for a while in order to reset. Naturally to Cornwall :). It's my first blog post in five months. But then I'm a strong believer in quality not quantity. Please share if you like it. Thanks.

Spring is one of the best times of year to take a personal development retreat in Cornwall. With longer days, rising energy levels, and a natural sense of renewal, it’s the ideal moment to step back, reflect, and plan your year ahead in these troubling times.Life is inherently uncertain. But it se...

09/04/2026

Something on your mind? Uncertain about your career (including how AI will shape it), experiencing relationship challenges, life direction questions, burnout / overwhelm? Or simply feeling like you need a break this spring?

Clarity requires space - to step back from daily demands, explore what you really want, and reflect without interruption.

So how about stepping away from daily pressures and giving yourself that space. On a Headspace Personal Coaching Retreat you stay in a restorative environment in a coveted corner of England with your very life coach, driver, cook, and tour guide at your service 24 hours a day. I’m dedicated to enabling you to find solutions to whatever challenges you're faced with, while enabling you to recharge and refresh your outlook on life.

The only agenda is the one we agree that you need to achieve the outcomes you want from your time away. Guests typically combine coaching sessions with coastal walks, fires on beaches, saunas, swims, yoga, ferry rides, tours of historic sites, and tasty meals at the venue or even better out (how does a stir-fry on the beach sound)?

The result is you leave refreshed, clear about your way forward, and with the confidence to shape your life the way you want it.

10/12/2025

Life is beset with limits, the outcomes we pursue uncertain. Yet we often live like it isn't. The result? We stress ourselves out trying to do too much to impossible standards, fail to appreciate the small pleasures more immediately available to us because we're so focussed on the future, manage our time poorly, and subsequently accumulate a ton of regrets.

Far better to do as best-selling author Oliver Burkeman recommends and embrace your finitude. Read my latest blog post 'Why embracing your finitude may be the key to a better life' for a thought-provoking discussion on how doing exactly this can enable you to develop a more resilient, pragmatic, approach to life with potential to greatly improve it as a result.

Interested in discovering how you relate to finitude and where your areas of growth could be? Head on over to my website's Free Tools page and download my Embracing Finitude tool to find out. You may benefit from my other tools too so feel free to download them and please share them with anybody you think they may help.

And do let me know what you think about my blog post in the comments below.

I’ve recently become an evangelist for the ‘philosophy’ of Oliver Burkeman, which he’s developed over the course of three best-selling books The Antidote (2012), Four Thousand Weeks (2021) and Meditations for Mortals (2025). As somebody who’s mission is to help people realise their potenti...

05/11/2025

Yes, yes, yes! I personally love beans and pulses and have made them an important part of my diet after discovering how much the world's longest lived people eat them. They are so much healthier than carbs such as white rice and pasta and there are now so many great recipes for them, favourites of mine being The Bold Beans Company's recipe for Butter Bean Putenesca and Meera Sodha's Iraqi White Bean stew. I add black beans to white rice to up its nutirional value, ditto canellini beans to risotto, and regularly accompany meals with a portion of beans such as mixed beans in vinaigrette, with some added garlic and bouillan. Delicious, nutritious, easy to prepare and affordable, they really are a win-win-win. Check out my own recipe for Lemony Smoked Mackeral beanotto on my Blog too.

Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans Britons eat

05/11/2025

So here is yet another great, healthy, nutrious, vegetarian recipe from the brilliant Rukmini Iyer. I made them last night and they were delicious, all from only five ingredients. I'm confident even somebody not keen on apples will like this because the apple flavour is very very subtle. I reckon hard conference pairs would work just as well. I would never have thought of blending mayonnaise with Greek yoghurt. The only thing I added to the dip was some dill. You could probably cook these fritters in an air fryer incidentally (which would reduce the risk of burning them).

Rukmini and her peer Meera Sodha (who also writes for the Guardian) are turning out some of the best recipes in the UK currently IMO and doing a brilliant job of proving just how tasty vegetarian food can be (though both have some recipes that include, or can include, meat).

These warming and filling fritters are a hit with all the family, and perfect for a lunch platter or winter dinner

23/09/2025

The sun has come out here after a much missed absence but when there's a full moon and a clear night you'd be forgiven for confusing the two. Here at Grebe beach, a 15 minute drive away, the only time you'd wish the moon away is when you want to experience the bioluminesence which is currently making night swims magical. Why not come and experience it for yourself? Whether for a B&B or retreat I'd be delighted to welcome you. But don't delay, the bioluminesence will probably finish in a few weeks.

12/09/2025

In my latest blog I explore the relationship between fasting, exercise, and productivity, coming to a surprising conclusion. Read it and decide what you think. Please do comment and share it too.

The science is clear: exercise is one of the best things you can do for yourself, preventing disease, raising energy levels, and improving mental performance. It can only support you to be productive. But can you do more than you need? If you’re fairly healthy but would like to be more productive ...

09/09/2025

Your environment can often be a source of little teachings about life hiding in plain sight. One useful teaching is that even if you or your dreams take a long time to come to fruition it’s better they do than not at all and pay no heed to being late. If you’ve something positive to offer the world time will always be right and your contribution will always be appreciated. This I’m sure is the hidden wisdom my strawberry plant is passing on to us, producing but one perfect strawberry the first week of autumn, a late contribution that given the weather now, could not be more welcome.

07/08/2025

Enjoy a slice of frittata and fancy something with a far eastern twist?? Then check out my latest recipe (yes I do occasionally post to my Blog... :) )

Ever eaten a delicious kimchi, cheese and spring onion omelette? Kimchi (the famous South Korean fermented cabbage) and cheese are a winning combination and both are good for your gut microbiome. The same ingredients combine even better in a frittata. The addition of cannellini beans with their slig...

16/07/2025

"I had a fantastic time on the retreat, it really put a lot of things into perspective."
JC. Oxfordshire, 29 June.

16/07/2025

During my run this morning I had just completed the first of three climbs and ascents of a notorious flight of 113 steps when what do I spot on the side of a parked black car but an adult stick insect, the first I've ever found (having only come across the babies in my garden). Mark to the rescue! I carefully collected it and after giving several interested passer-by a mini brief on these beautiful non-native but happilly adopted insects (only found in the south west), I ran carefully with it cupped in my hands to a near by park where I deposited it in a tree considerably improving its chances of survival.

So why am I posting this here? Becaues the things that make life worthwhile don't have to be big, they can be small and unexpected, from having a chat with a neighbour to helping somebody with their shopping.

Finding and rescuing this stick insect has made my week. What small random occurance has made yours?