THE PRACTICE
Meaning-Centred Coaching and Mentoring
Have you come to the point where you’re no longer asking whether the difficulty in front of you will resolve quickly?
Are you now asking how to live within the difficulty as well as you can until it is resolved?
The Practised Life is a structured philosophical companionship rather than a programme to be completed. It is shaped by what the practice is not, and by whom it is intended to serve.
WHAT THE PRACTISED LIFE IS NOT
It’s not therapy. Clients presenting with clinical depression, trauma disorders, or acute psychological crisis are referred to qualified clinicians.
It’s not positive psychology coaching. We don’t begin with strengths and optimism. Instead, we start with the honest acknowledgement that life is difficult, and that the difficulty may not be resolved on your preferred timeline.
It doesn’t suit those seeking motivation, quick resolution, or a system that promises to deliver meaning on a predictable timeline.
It’s not a programme to be completed. It is a practice to be adopted.
SO WHAT IS THE PRACTISED LIFE?
The Practised Life is a philosophical companionship that I provide for people navigating sustained adversity across multiple areas of their lives simultaneously.
It is grounded in two traditions:
Viktor Frankl's logotherapy to understand:
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Why each day is worth getting through,
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That meaning is not found after suffering ends, but is forged within it, concurrently, imperfectly, and sometimes at great cost.
Stoic philosophy for the discipline of getting through each day
WHO IT SERVES
The Practised Life is foundational for:
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Family business principals navigating the collision of professional and personal adversity
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Senior leaders in mid-life vocational and existential transition
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Accomplished individuals confronting the collapse of structures that had defined their lives
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People who, under clinical care, have stabilised from acute crisis, and now need ongoing meaning-centred support outside the therapeutic frame
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Individuals who possess the intellectual seriousness and emotional willingness to engage with structured philosophical practice.
The experiences these people share are not a single area of difficulty, but concurrent difficulties - multiple serious challenges all drawing on the same finite reserves at the same time.
Is that where you are?
Are you looking for meaning rather than motivation?
Music, especially classic music is described in different movements. Each one progressing the music through different stages. Each has their own energy, tone, colour, mood, tempo, and texture. Each movement builds upon the last. Each progresses the theme of the entire piece, resolving at the end to provide a complete experience. The Practised Life does essentially the same thing.