Espresso with Coops

This week I’ve just got back from the European Conference on Positive Psychology, deep in talks on character strengths. Somewhere along the way I retook my own VIA profile. My new top strength: Love. Not what I expected. Take the free VIA Character Strengths Profile here . In this episode of Espresso with Coops: Freshly Ground, what a room full of psychologists from many different countries taught...

I recently had the pleasure of sharing a wonderful conversation with Jessica Tefenkgi Ruelle 🌸 for her podcast over at Whispers of Inner Power . We originally recorded our conversation via Substack Live, and if you’d like to tune in to more live conversations, as well as access all the articles and podcasts from Coffee with Coops whenever you like, you can find more on the Substack app. But don’t...

This week the word was metaphor, because the day after I did a Coaching Psychology CPD on using metaphor in coaching, I found myself testing it for real, dipping in the sea, asking my friend Jo a question I’d normally save for a coaching room. I asked her what the sea was telling her about her life right now. What came back stopped me, and it’s the cleanest example I’ve ever heard of why an image...

This week's word was loneliness because it’s Loneliness Awareness Week , and this year’s theme is Giving Loneliness a Voice. Not the lonely-because-you’re-alone kind. The quieter kind, the fog that rolls into a full, vibrant life and makes you feel like you’re the only one. In this episode of Espresso with Coops: Freshly Ground, I share where it crept up on me, plus three voices from Who’s Hungry?...

This week, the same word kept showing up; in a training room, on a walk with female founders, and in something I wrote in Coffee with Coops at the weekend. Expectations. Not the big dramatic kind. The quiet ones. The invisible standards we hold ourselves to. The scripts we write in our heads before life even shows up. The gap between what’s happening and what we decided should be happening. In thi...

Welcome back to my podcast, Espresso with Coops . Season 3, baby! If you’ve listened to previous seasons, you’ll know I’ve often touched on grief, sometimes directly, sometimes at the edges. This season, I wanted to slow it down and sit with it properly. Because grief doesn’t just arrive through bereavement. It shows up in break-ups, in diagnoses, in identity shifts, in the losses we don’t always...

Welcome back to my podcast, Espresso with Coops . Season 3, baby! If you’ve listened to previous seasons, you’ll know I’ve often touched on grief, sometimes directly, sometimes at the edges. This season, I wanted to slow it down and sit with it properly. Because grief doesn’t just arrive through bereavement. It shows up in break-ups, in diagnoses, in identity shifts, in the losses we don’t always...

Welcome back to my podcast, Espresso with Coops . Season 3, baby! If you’ve listened to previous seasons, you’ll know I’ve often touched on grief, sometimes directly, sometimes at the edges. This season, I wanted to slow it down and sit with it properly. Because grief doesn’t just arrive through bereavement. It shows up in break-ups, in diagnoses, in identity shifts, in the losses we don’t always...

Welcome back to my podcast, Espresso with Coops . Season 3, baby! If you’ve listened to previous seasons, you’ll know I’ve often touched on grief, sometimes directly, sometimes at the edges. This season, I wanted to slow it down and sit with it properly. Because grief doesn’t just arrive through bereavement. It shows up in break-ups, in diagnoses, in identity shifts, in the losses we don’t always...

Welcome back to my podcast, Espresso with Coops . Season 3, baby! If you’ve listened to previous seasons, you’ll know I’ve often touched on grief, sometimes directly, sometimes at the edges. This season, I wanted to slow it down and sit with it properly. Because grief doesn’t just arrive through bereavement. It shows up in break-ups, in diagnoses, in identity shifts, in the losses we don’t always...

Welcome back to my podcast, Espresso with Coops . Season 3, baby! If you’ve listened to previous seasons, you’ll know I’ve often touched on grief, sometimes directly, sometimes at the edges. This season, I wanted to slow it down and sit with it properly. Because grief doesn’t just arrive through bereavement. It shows up in break-ups, in diagnoses, in identity shifts, in the losses we don’t always...

Welcome to Espresso with Coops ☕️🎧. After an autumn of brewing, Season Two is finally here — and this is our closing episode. Espresso with Coops is short, sharp, and made for curious, thoughtful minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections = no fluff. Across the season, we’ve explored themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement,...

Welcome to Espresso with Coops ☕️🎧. After an autumn of brewing, Season Two is finally here. This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If yo...

Welcome to Espresso with Coops ☕️🎧. After an autumn of brewing, Season Two is finally here. This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If yo...

Welcome to Espresso with Coops ☕️🎧. After an autumn of brewing, Season Two is finally here. This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If yo...

Welcome to Espresso with Coops ☕️🎧. After an autumn of brewing, Season Two is finally here. This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If yo...

Welcome to Espresso with Coops ☕️🎧. After an autumn of brewing, Season Two is finally here. This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If yo...

This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If you’re seeking clarity, healing, or simply a reset, pour yourself a sip of espresso wisdom, and...

This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If you’re seeking clarity, healing, or simply a reset, pour yourself a sip of espresso wisdom, and...

This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If you’re seeking clarity, healing, or simply a reset, pour yourself a sip of espresso wisdom, and...

This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If you’re seeking clarity, healing, or simply a reset, pour yourself a sip of espresso wisdom, and...

This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If you’re seeking clarity, healing, or simply a reset, pour yourself a sip of espresso wisdom, and...

Welcome to Espresso with Coops ☕️🎧. After a summer of brewing, it’s finally here. This podcast is short, sharp, and made for curious, creative minds. In under 15 minutes, I’ll serve you a shot of wellbeing, stories, insights, and reflections, no fluff. Every week, we’ll dive into themes like burnout recovery, ADHD, joy guilt, movement, creative courage, and post-traumatic growth. If you’re seeki...