Transition Coach

It’s Happening Now

In more than thirty years Alan Neale has accompanied, supported and helped guide those in transition. Transition from single to couple, from closet to openly gay. The doors of transition have been marked age, employment, failing health and so much more. Alan’s work as Transition Coach is shaped by the beliefs that no-one is called to be alone in their journey, that strength is needed for the journey and that there is an “eloquence of the now” to which attention must be given. Everyone, every day is in transition; Alan is for you an experienced, sensitive, alert companion in the journey

And which profession does this describe?

February 16, 2015

“He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything.That points clearly to a ********* career” – G.B.Shaw. You guess or fill in the blank!

Beware The Paralysis of Mixed Motives

February 14, 2015

I believe that all I do is the result of mixed motives; not necessarily a mixture of pure and not pure, of good and not good but simply a mixture of motives. To any decision and action I bring all of me and that includes “past me of experiences” and “future me of hopes and… Continue reading →

Retirement in Process

February 13, 2015

In January of 2015 I announced my retirement from full-time parish ministry; after nearly 40 years I (and Wendy) had decided that it was good time to hang up the plastic “ring of confidence” and look for new and exciting adventures. Now I need add that the decision, for us, was not an easy one…. Continue reading →

Fascinating Responses to Announcements of Retirement

February 8, 2015

#1. Honest Harry. This response comes with honesty, sincerity and joy. There is honest expression of sadness and loss, a readiness to admit some fear without the one who is to retire but above all there is a heartwarming, sincere and joyous expression of congratulations and hopes and prayers for the very best. #2. Cautious… Continue reading →