A bit of a Pollyanna?
It has been an eventful summer. After years of trouble-free driving, Mike, our son had two accidents in two days. In the first, he simply...
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Andrew Scott
- Jul 2, 2017
I'm turning into my mother
I had an interesting conversation recently with a woman (we'll call her Kate) who said 'I'm turning into my mother.' It is the kind of...
Andrew Scott
- Jun 17, 2017
Feedback from Practitioners
Yesterday we had our monthly meeting of the Cumbria Coaching Network. I had missed the previous meeting as I had been out of the country,...
Andrew Scott
- Jun 10, 2017
Putting it all together...
Just over a week ago, I was out for a walk with Jane, my wife, Annie, my daughter, and James, my grandson. We needed to get back for a...
Andrew Scott
- May 25, 2017
What if the true story really is terrible?
I was chatting with someone who had been on one of the programmes I run, and has subsequently been reading Shifting Stories, on Monday...
Andrew Scott
- Apr 19, 2017
Milking it?
Last week, I was due to pick up my son, Michael, from Newcastle at the end of his University term (He is studying Graphic Design at...
Andrew Scott
- Apr 1, 2017
Helpful Stories
I was reflecting on sales of Shifting Stories this week. The graph of relative sales position on Amazon looks like this: Combined with...
Andrew Scott
- Mar 26, 2017
The Power of Endings
Some time ago, on my general blog, I told the story of a friend of mine, that illustrates another aspect of working with story. He had...
Andrew Scott
- Mar 18, 2017
Useful Fictions
I have been thinking about the concept of useful fictions a lot, recently. The Shifting Stories approach springs from a desire to get...
Andrew Scott
- Mar 12, 2017
Notes on Blindness
This week I watched the extraordinary film, Notes on Blindness. It is the story of John Hull, an academic who lost his sight, and is...
Andrew Scott
- Feb 26, 2017
Beware: Stories at Work!
A while back, I started initial conversations as I began to do some work for a large organisation, and in my discussions with various...
Andrew Scott
- Feb 9, 2017
How (and why) not to take offence
It seems that one of the less endearing features of the times we live in, is the way in which people are quick to take offence (even to...
Andrew Scott
- Jan 25, 2017
Free Shifting Stories Coaching Workshop
For those interested in how the ManyStory Approach that I outline in Shifting Stories may be applied to coaching, I have developed a...
Andrew Scott
- Jan 24, 2017
Daring Stories
I have recently attended a Daring Way workshop, based on the work of Brené Brown (about which I have blogged on my general purpose blog,...
Andrew Scott
- Jan 13, 2017
The Power of Meaning
You know that thing when you read a review or article and think: someone else has just written the book I've just written... I just had...
Andrew Scott
- Dec 15, 2016
On Learning from Books
I am somewhat ambivalent about how much one can learn from books. On the one hand, I have myself learned a great deal from books over the...
Andrew Scott
- Dec 8, 2016
More on psychology...
I have blogged before (here) about some of the psychology underpinning the ManyStory approach. However, I have recently finished reading...
Andrew Scott
- Dec 3, 2016
Narrative Therapy
The book Shifting Stories was inspired by Liz Todd, of Newcastle University, who asked me about the relationship of my work to Narrative The
Andrew Scott
- Dec 1, 2016
Favourite Reviews
Now that the book has been launched for just over a month, I thought it time to share some of my favourite reviews. There are several on...
Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
Try it for Yourself
This is an exercise I use on my Stories for Change Workshop, to give people an experience of the ManyStory Approach in practice. It...