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Recent Brain Hacks
FOCUS WITH INTENTION! THE POWER OF DEEP WORK
We live in a world filled with distractions. Notifications ping, emails pile up, and the temptation to check ‘just one more thing’ online is ever-present. Yet, the ability to…
YOU’VE GOT THIS!
Last week was the second time that I have experienced the 25th February 2025. The first time was exactly two years ago at the first ‘Act As If’ event…
FIND YOUR PURPOSE
What gets you out of bed in the morning? Is it excitement for the day ahead, or is it the alarm clock dragging you into yet another routine that…
START STRONG: THE SCIENCE OF SETTING GOALS
Happy New Year! The beginning of the new year offers a valuable opportunity to reflect, reset, and refocus. The motivating act of setting clear and meaningful goals isn’t just…
THE BRAIN-FRIENDLY WAY TO REFLECT ON THE YEAR
As the year end approaches, it’s natural to focus on planning for the year ahead, outlining goals, and strategising for success. Before you do that though, this is also…
HOW TO MAKE BETTER LEADERSHIP DECISIONS: REWIRE YOUR BRAIN
Here’s another ‘brain hack’ based on neuroscience called ‘Cognitive Reframing’. It works like magic on helping you deal with difficult or challenging situations. To start, let me tell you…
THE POWER OF VISUALISATION: A BRAIN-FRIENDLY TOOL FOR GOAL ACHIEVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Finding tools that enhance performance at work (and at home!) without adding stress is invaluable. One such tool, often underutilised, is ‘visualisation’. Rooted in the principles of neuroscience, visualisation…
THE POWER OF THE PAUSE: HOW TAKING TIME TO REFLECT CAN TRANSFORM YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE
While leaders often feel the pressure to act quickly and decisively, some of the most effective leadership comes from taking a step back and reflecting. For example, Bill Gates…
WELLNESS IS NOT TWO WEEKS A YEAR
When the Roman’s advanced road construction, it enabled wealthy citizens to travel to their villas outside of Rome more easily and therefore, enjoy time away from the busy city…
NOT A GOAL-SETTING PROBLEM. A GOAL ACHIEVEMENT CHALLENGE.
In twenty years of professional coaching, it’s rare that I meet someone who really does not know (deep down) what they want or what they would like to accomplish…
WHAT’S YOUR THING?
Your life and work are busy. How do you switch off? What helps you to think and give your brain a break? I regularly suggest and encourage this as…
HAVE YOU GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH?
Here’s a video update from me sharing a popular Brighter Thinking strategy that this month I’m *having* to deploy. My life coaching, business coaching and executive coaching clients also…
Testimonials
‘Without exaggeration working with Rachel set me on a path of change that completely & positively changed my life for the better. I would never have imaged that this change would be so powerful. The work we completed during our course of coaching made lots of tiny shifts in me that effectively changed the way I thought and in doing so helped me bring about the change needed to find…
I wanted to grow my businesses and take them to the next level, plus, take myself out of the day-to-day operations so that I could enjoy more time on leisure interests – and my inventions. Rachel originally challenged and helped me to set three inspiring goals with a strong, compelling Vision and create a plan to achieve them and has supported and held me accountable ever since. Learning about…
I needed to step back and think about how I could take a more coaching approach with the team and challenge myself to get involved in new areas beyond my comfort zone. Rachel helped me to identify a clear goal, create the strategy and has been supportive and encouraging along the way, holding me to account to ensure I do what I said I would do!
The coaching sessions with Rachel have for me been a key part of the UK Sport Elite Coach programme. She has helped me with the many diverse challenges that have arisen in the run up to and the aftermath of a successful Olympic Games in Rio. Her impartial approach has supported and amplified the personal development from the residentials to make me a better coach and a more confident leader.
I had been in post under 3 months and was facing big decisions about staffing restructures, cultural change and general repositioning of myself. I had a mixture of emotions at the time. Rachel has helped me to acknowledge the positives and successes I have had in my new role and helped me to think creatively for solutions to the challenges I have faced. She has supported me to feel confident…
Before starting coaching with Rachel, I found myself not being resourceful and lacking resiliency. I knew & recognised that in leading my part of the business, I was reacting to challenges & and unexpected outcomes in a way that didn’t help me in my private life and certainly was not translating to effective leadership. I was taking everything super personally and in turn my behaviour reflected this. I took the…
Over the last year I have successfully developed key relationships (75%, improved ways of engagement with my team and other non-direct reports 80% and the career journey to be CEO ready (80%). The work continues well, and I have found the coaching sessions to be a very positive experience where I have been challenged to push myself.
I was in a bit of a rut, and I’d lost my mojo. Rachel really helped me to go back to square one and look at my values. I found Rachel really inspiring and the whole process was thought provoking and motivating.
In just three sessions, Rachel was able to help me create a simple, effective and actionable plan to improve my own coaching style of leading my team. I left our conversations feeling energised, confident and have seen improvement since we started working together. I also picked up some effective coaching techniques simply from observing how Rachel runs her coaching sessions.
Rachel has been a stellar coach over the years. Her approach is client focused, flexible, and yet precise and effective. Her neuroscience knowledge adds additional depth and richness.
I was having challenges managing the balance between work, life and myself. I very often worked hard to ensure that my family and work buckets were full up, but often left my own personal bucket empty – leaving me feeling lacking in self-confidence. I needed to manage my time and accept that my own health and wellbeing was part of being the best of me! Rachel challenged me to set…
So, a huge thank you to Rachel Bamber for a truly insightful and wonderful experience in coaching. I was sceptical at first what coaching could do for me, but I am now on a path of focus, energy, and a greater insight in what motivates me. My biggest surprise was how quickly you can turn things around, how much you can learn about yourself in such a short space of…