With a little help from...

Jon Burr, friend, father, chef, fellow coach, and all-round Good Egg has pitched in with his support. This is a great boon to me. He's a mate, we trained together, and he's also coached fathers. He's given me lots of ideas and reading to pursue. Speaking with him's awoken me to the need for coaches specializing in working with dads. Coaching involves a close relationship between coach and client, and having stuff in common is very helpful. Things as major as your gender and being a parent naturally have an impact on how you see the world. So if you're a dad and you've got a coach, even if it's for something not directly about parenting, it might be wise to choose a coach who's a dad too. Hmm.

Choosing coaching dads

I've been a life coach for a couple of years now, and I've been looking for a niche to specialize in. I thought about coaching the self-employed and small business owners. After all, I've always been self-employed, since my days as a musician, studio owner and composer/producer of film and TV music. Also, most of my friends have always been in the same boat; it's something I'm pretty familiar with. So it ticked a lot of boxes. It somehow didn't click though.

Then, on holiday recently, it struck me that what I could get passionate about was coaching fathers. I've got two (not counting the ex-in-laws, quasi-father-figures etc), know quite a few, and have been one for 10 years now. But the big thing is, I'm excited about exploring fatherhood. What's a bit odd is that I hadn't quite realised that until I decided to coach fathers.

I'm getting the feeling that there's going to be some interesting stuff cropping up, and that's why I'm starting this blog. I hope you get something out of it too.