In 15 years of living in Sweden, I have never felt fully confident in mySwedish Language. As a coach, I have all the tools. I know how to build structure, manage limiting beliefs, and create routines. As a professional, I have paid for tutors, bought the apps, and studied the grammar.

You are an experienced leader. You drive results. But since moving to Sweden, meetings feel strangely slow. You present a clear solution expecting a decision. Instead you get polite nods, a working group, and a follow-up next week. You are still capable, but less effective than before. You have not lost your edge. You have met a different decision system. The hidden step you are missing In Sweden the real decision rarely happens inside the meeting. It happens before it. The w

What is the Miracle Question? It's all too easy when facing a problem to get stuck in the "problem". We go round and round asking the same questions and often coming up with the same answers. The problem seems impossible to solve, overwhelming in size and the goal very far away. What if there was a different approach, one that ignores the problem itself and instead aims to look towards the solution, to help understand the wanted state and find some first steps in the directio

Being in a new land brings challenges. Everything is different and you are a long way from home. Sometimes the days seem to lead nowhere in terms of building the life you really want there.  Recently I have spoken to a number of people who are beginning to struggle with thoughts about should I stay or should I go ? Is it worth the levels of resilience and persistence needed to stay in their new country and keep pushing forward or should they come to the conclusion they would

What do Innovation thinking and Solution-Focused Coaching have in common? Innovation and solution-focused coaching share a surprising amount of overlap, even though one is often thought of in the context of business and technology, and the other in personal development or leadership. As I have a foot in each door in these areas it's become obvious to me that using the thinking "What can create value?" can be very helpful in getting unstuck in both. Both focus on generating p