Increasingly, coaches are seeking ways to take care of themselves, and mindfulness and self-compassion are ideally suited to support them to do so, argue Mark McMordie and Michael Chaskalson in their new book. Mark McMordie reports

When Michael Chaskalson and I ask participants why they sign up for the Mindfulness for Coaches programme on which our recently published book, Mindfulness for Coaches (Routledge, 2018) is based, many simply state “I’m here for me”. When we as coaches spend so much time...