Perspective. It’s something we all have, and it influences every one of us by shaping our decisions, actions and behaviours. Perspective has an unspoken power that, on the one hand, can bring hope and effective change for good and, on the other, can cause chaos and devastation. In this article, Louise Smallwood discusses how considering multiple perspectives can be an access to unlocking stuck situations and relationships. She also shares a simple exercise that facilitates our ability to consi...

The power of expanding your perspective

Many think partnership is all about the label or legal contract that binds people together. However, partnership as a way of Being is far more than that. In a professional and personal context, partnership starts with a choice that you make. And it can lead to extraordinary outcomes far beyond anything a person can typically accomplish on their own. In this article, Ontological Coach, Thrive Master Coach and facilitator Louise Smallwood shares a tangible example of partnership in action and reve...

Partnership: when one plus one equals more than two

Resentment can be loud and targeted or sly and stealthy. If left unchecked, it will destroy healthy relationships, be it in a marriage, team, community, corporation or government. In this article, Ontological Coach, Thrive Master Coach and facilitator Louise Smallwood explains how to uncover where resentment may be taking hold and the steps you can take to address it.

Building healthier teams and organisations without resentment

When asked to do something we consider unreasonable, we naturally resist. In this article, Ontological Coach, Thrive Master Coach and facilitator Louise Smallwood addresses the common emotions or moods that arise when someone makes what we consider to be ‘an unreasonable request’ of us and shares effective methods that enable us to move forward with grace.

Being unreasonable: How to have difficult conversations and take bold action

There can be many pitfalls and costs in life should we ignore confronting problems. When life gets too hard, we can't always see or don’t always want to see what we need to do to address the aspects of our life that aren't working for us. In this article, Thrive Ontological Coach and Facilitator Louise Smallwood discusses this issue and how things improve when we shift from being a passenger in life to intentionally looking at and addressing these areas.

Do you look away when life gets too hard?

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Unquestionably, Louise loves people, is passionate about life, and loves community. In particular, she adores her family and spending time together with them. 

Having worked in Sales and Marketing in various industries for some 15 years, Louise was first introduced to ontology in 1998, which sparked her deep interest in exploring who we are being, how we relate to reality, and in turn, how that impacts the results we get in our lives. 

Over a decade ago Louise started her coaching journey, developing her coaching skills, utilising various psychometric tools and being trained across complementary coaching methodologies. 

Louise now works as a full-time coach and is committed to supporting leaders develop highly effective teams through ontological coaching, and interrupting anything that disempowers them. 

As an accredited Thrive Coach Trainer, Louise facilitates and leads Thrive Coach Training Programs, supporting, encouraging and developing a new generation of coaches. 

Louise admits that she loves when she gets to work alongside and partner with her husband John in facilitating training workshops with him.

In her free time, Louise also loves to exercise, enjoys watching and supporting her local rugby league team, watching MotoGP, and riding her own Ducati motorcycle with John and their friends. Though without a doubt Louise’s favourite part of her week is Sunday night church.

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Louise Smallwood

Ontological Coach. Breakthrough Results. Being Profile® Accredited Practitioner. Thrive Master Coach. Thrive Coach Trainer.

Australia

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