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Clare is delighted that her first book 'Supporting Midlife Career Transitions Through Coaching' will be published on 28th August 2026. Pre orders are available via the publishers website or Amazon . Reviews of the book can be found below. In Supporting Midlife Career Transitions Through Coaching, Dr Clare Mulligan-Foster provides a clear, psychological framework for professional change. She moves past the usual coaching generalisations to offer grounded authority on how to n

Clare is a senior practitioner with EMCC – European Mentoring and Coaching Council. She was recently invited to join a podcast as part of their series ‘conversations with members’   In this conversation Beth Clare McManus led the conversation and the podcast can be listened to via this link Conversations with Members: Dr Clare Mulligan-Foster – The EMCC UK Podcast | Podcast on Spotify The episode description is as follows Dr Clare Mulligan-Foster and Beth Clare McManus dive i

I was delighted to be asked back to have a further chat as part of the pursuit of happiness podcast. For this podcast we talked about finding flow at work and home. I discussed the importance of creating space for reflection, and how this can contribute to your productivity, wellbeing, and in finding flow. In this discussion I shared my own model for reflective practice which I call PAUSE. Each element of this model creates a pause in our week to allow space for reflection. P

I was approached to contribute to a blog on how to onboard neurodivergent employees in the workplace. The discussion points were: Challenges neurdivergent individuals face in the workplace (+ solutions) How to build a company culture that supports neurodiversity Tools to help neurodivergent employees Benefits of having a neurodivergent team what do neurodivergent people think The blog was created by a company called process st, and can be read here

I was asked to contribute to ‘dear problem solvers’ section of the Spring 2023 People Management Magazine. In this section,  readers send in a work issue or problem and three HR professionals are asked to respond. This months problem was about well being and mental health. I was one of the people asked to respond and the article can be read here Some of the key points I discussed were role modelling well being practice checking for signs of burnout within the HR team Manage b

I was recently invited to be part of the Pursuit of Happiness at work podcast. In this discussion we talked about what does happiness at work mean and how can we think about improving our happiness   Clare referenced the PERMA model by Martin Seligman which provides a framework for understanding wellbeing. In the PERMA model that are five building blocks that help develop flourishing P ositive Emotion E ngagement R elationships M eaning A ccomplishment In the podcast, I discu