They’re deep in discussion and one of them is sharing something big and personal. What he’d believed for the longest time isn’t true.

Although he’s come far in life, he’s not where he thought he would be.

It’s like his focus had been fuzzy and now he can see things with brilliant clarity. And it’s liberating. But shocking. And he’s crestfallen.

So goes a scene with Abe Wiseman, in the penultimate episode of “The Marvellous Mrs Maisel.”

You’re probably familiar with Oliver Twist,  who was brave enough to ask ‘Please sir, I want more’ after he’d finished his food.

But do you know the real life story of what happened to a group of hungry American women when they wanted more?

Picture the scene.

Miss Fairley was put together and organised. She could get things done and didn’t suffer fools gladly. And I was sitting in her office. 

I was 15 and had been a Saturday check out girl for a year at a local supermarket. My little fingers flying over the big, grey till as, item by item,  I put through people’s weekly shop. And it was fine. Okay. A 20 minute walk from home.

But I wanted more variety.

Life can be full of big questions. Like, is this soup or is it a facemask?

It’s getting a bit darker as November draws near and I was craving something comforting and in the mood to do a bit of cooking.

Did I want to find a recipe and line up my ingredients on the kitchen worktops or did I want to be a bit cavalier and chuck in a bit of this and a bit of that, tasting as I went along.

A story of heels, hiking boots and help for navigating change. "Does she still wear red as much?" I recently met with an old university friend and he was asked by our other uni’ friends to find out the answer to this question.

From my first pay check working at a supermarket check out, I bought a tomato red jogging suit.

You climb the ladder, and through a small cloud, there it is… new people to meet and new experiences to be had. And each time a new land to explore: the Land of Birthdays, the Land of Goodies, the Land of Take-What-You-Want and the Land of Do-As-You-Please.

I recently re-read one of my favourite books as a child, "The Enchanted Wood" by Enid Blyton. It was written a while back, in 1939, but in many ways it was the Harry Potter of its day.

Time to move on: Time for new learning, time to get unstuck, time for a new job. Here are some techniques to help create and manage change.

As a qualified coach when I’m working with someone there are 3 tools that have the biggest impact.