Sam Cowen - Consciousness & Recovery Coach

Last year I worked to 2 mantras which I printed out and reminded myself of, every time I got low or confused or worried. The first was that in 2021 I was going to have flowers because in 2021 I was going to plant flowers. I went full time into my coaching business and discovered that when you are determined and focused and clear on what you want, you will get it...

I spoke at Durban Girls College this month about mental health to representatives of more than 30 schools, and I listened to girls talking about how their parent's reactions to Covid have made them scared.As adults sometimes we forget...

While doing some work in Corporate, I asked some senior managers how they show up for their staff. Who would they have to be as a boss, to want to work for themselves? I watched perceptions shift as they worked on the answers...

I gained real insight this week into the pressures and expectations of young female managers. I'm coaching a fiercely intelligent, young and ambitious 27 year old who's raced up the corporate ladder at lightning speed. She should have been flying but she was sent to me by her company because of her 'unreliability' and inability to meet deadlines...

Coming back from the most marvellous, restful week of leave, I opened my emails to see a slew of coaching enquiries from people who are stuck in blame and shame for patterns that keep repeating themselves in their lives...

Lots of celebrating about the ban on alcohol being lifted last night, but there are people for whom it now presents problems, and if you are one of those people then recovery coaching might be for you. If you have a partner or family member...

The 30th of January was a Friday, I will never forget it. It was the worst day of my life. It is still the worst day of my life. I couldn’t function without her. I didn’t eat, I barely slept, I was on enough tranquilisers to take down a buffalo...

This is what Sunday's race looked like, the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming race. It gives you a bit of an idea of the sheer size of it. In my recent post on Facebook, I talked about getting caught in a cross current close to the end. A client asked me today how I fought through the panic so philosophically.