CONTENTS

JANUARY 2026

ISSUE 48

LEADERSHIP

The alchemy of hope: from despair to renewal 06 in coaching and leadership Simon Goland Strengthening hope for coaches and leaders 10 in navigating complexity Johnny Hammond and Catherine Farlam Ashton Cape of good hope 14 Hany Shoukry

COACHING IMPACT

Hope flourishes in life's cracks 18 Hetty Einzig Cultivating hope in human nature 24 Margaret Walsh Coaching: the unconscious dynamics of hope 26 Simon Western Everything starts for myself 30 Laura Festa

EMERGING TRENDS

Humour as the edge: hope for human coaching? 32

Jonathan Passmore and Peter Hayward

When the counsellor becomes the coach

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Shane Warren & and Pauline Triggiani

COACHING IN CONTEXT

Hope, coaching psychology and the diagnostic 40 journey of endometriosis Linda Beswick

WORKSHOP Activating hope when it's hard to find 44 Chris Johnstone and Alison Maitland Alive to hope 48 Lorenza Clifford

COACHING EXCELLENCE

Coaching, supervision and the thing 52 with feathers lan Mitchell From contracting to curating: 56 shifting from fear to hope Jo Reeves

COLUMNS Happy enough 60 Pooja Sachdev When hope is co-created 62 Joan Swart The role of hope 63 Robert Biswas-Diener and Christian van Nieuwerburgh On hope 64 Marie Faire REVIEWS Podcast reviews 66 Smaranda Dochia Relational mindfulness 68 Lorna McDowell Team of teams 69 Mihaela Diaconu