Why steady does it when it comes to making change
He looked at me across the table in incomprehension, unable to understand why I was so upset. The words caught in my throat, my jaw tightened, the rush of blood in my ears drowned out the restaurant noise. I had tried to make him understand. Sick of hearing why change...
Do you hold yourself back?
Recently I had a pain in my shoulder. I tried all the usual things – exercise, stretches, painkillers, massage – and yet it persisted. After a few weeks I accepted that I would probably need to get some professional help but for some reason, I was resistant. I told...
The Introvert’s Guide To Christmas
I get it. You love Christmas, you love your family and you have all these wonderful ideas of how to spend it together and make it meaningful…but when it comes down to it you can find yourself exhausted at the prospect and needing some alone time sharpish, as soon as...
This is an invitation to feel
How do you feel about the world today? Or should I ask, how much do you let yourself feel, dear one? If you sometimes rage at the world, at the unfairness of it all, at your own insignificance….I feel it too. Looking out at the beauty that the earth brings us, and...
What does Joy mean to you?
What things in your life make you feel joyful? Where in your body do you feel it? Joy is something we often neglect. We can get so busy in the ‘doing ‘of life, running from one task to the next, mind racing with a to-do list, that we forget to just ‘be’. What can you...
Why get a coach? part 2
There are so many possibilities for our 3 women from last week’s post. What do you think they could gain from a coaching programme with me? Read on if you would like to know just some of the possibilties for these women and why working with me specifically could help...
Why get a coach? part 1
rofessional athletes have coaches, they recognise that in order to perform at their best under pressure they may need a little help to get there. Have you heard the saying that behind every great CEO is a great coach? It’s a well recognised avenue of support in sport...
Superwoman
My client cries with frustration, she has spent yet another period of annual leave laid low with a virus, exhausted and unable to do “all of the things”. We examine what has lead to this point and identify just how busy she has been, how much she has been doing to...