John Niland

Throughout 18 years of business coaching, I’ve often observed how a person’s relationship with themselves drives their behaviour towards clients, colleagues and peers. Like the proverbial iceberg, self-worth is the 80% below the waterline, driving a multitude of behaviours above the waterline.

Then, in the years 2015-16, I got a personal lesson in self-worth. One after the other, I was hit by a series of personal losses and suddenly I was that person self-preoccupied with the “Who-the-hell-am-I” question. Though I might have intellectually understood the difference between conditional self-esteem and intrinsic self-worth, I found I was certainly not living it.

The Self-Worth Safari grew out of my own struggles and the subsequent discovery that I was not alone. It has turned into the adventure of a lifetime: the realisation that no matter what is happening around me, I can always be a friend to myself.

Welcome to The Self-Worth Safari.

Best, John.