Are you a risk taker?My husband was reading a book about a guy who sailed around Great Britain back in the 1860s and he was telling me about one part where the guy had three options.1) sail back the way he had already come2) take the easy and safe route forward3) take the riskier, potentially … Continue reading Are you a risk-taker?
Mindset
How long will it take to achieve your goals?
“How long will it take to achieve my goals? It feels like I’m not making any progress.” This is a question I’m often asked by my coaching clients when they have a goal or dream – whether it’s finding a job or a partner, dropping a dress size, writing a book, or signing a … Continue reading How long will it take to achieve your goals?
Challenge number 8 – change your morning routine for a week
What's your morning routine?My normal one goes something like this:😴 6:30 wake up, drink coffee and read news updates (in other words on auto-pilot trying to shake the zombie feeling)😴 7am (ish) have breakfast and catch up on social media (generally still feeling like a zombie)😴 8am (ish) jump in shower and feel "rearing" to … Continue reading Challenge number 8 – change your morning routine for a week
Challenge number 7 – try something new
How do you feel with the prospect of doing something new?Do your palms start to sweat? Your stomach curdle?Does your inner chatter start to go crazy? The good news is that's perfectly normal; perfectly human.See our ego mind - what some call the monkey mind - is programmed through evolution to keep us safe so … Continue reading Challenge number 7 – try something new
Challenge number 6 – Give yourself a break
For the past two weeks I have been a snot-filled, coughing monster. 🤧 All thanks to coming off the excitement, adrenalin and cortisol caused by getting married. Having a head cold is no fun at the best of times but when you're a perfectionist, people pleaser, self-doubter and "should-er" like me, having a head cold … Continue reading Challenge number 6 – Give yourself a break
Challenge number 4 – write a poem and recite it
Well that was nerve-wracking. It's one thing writing a poem, it's another thing reciting it and putting it out there into the world. I've given myself the challenge of doing something every week that pushes me outside my comfort zone to show how our mind works in trying to hold us back and to show … Continue reading Challenge number 4 – write a poem and recite it
I’m starting a challenge
I'm starting a challenge. And it's a little bit scary - but that's the point. Each week I'm setting myself a challenge to step outside my comfort zone to see what's possible. Challenge number one is to video myself and post it. See 👇 I've been stewing about it for the last couple of days. … Continue reading I’m starting a challenge
Who says you should?
My parents are having building work done. Every day at 11am and 3pm my mum makes morning and afternoon tea for said handymen.They get the option of tea or coffee as well as a selection of biscuits and cakes and several minutes of break time to have a smoke and check their phones.When I questioned … Continue reading Who says you should?
What would your life be like if fear and judgement didn’t exist?
What would change for you if you could let go of self-doubt, self-criticism, expectations, anxiety, worries about what-if, fears of what others might think and the fear of not being good enough? If all that could just, poof, and disappear, if those fears didn't exist - what would life be like for you?I ask this … Continue reading What would your life be like if fear and judgement didn’t exist?
Finding your cheerleader
I was talking to my mum the other day about self-development and we got onto the topic of relationships.Previously I was in an emotionally abusive relationship which sapped my dwindling spark but how things can change – I’m now about to get married next year to the most wonderful man.And in the intervening years I’ve … Continue reading Finding your cheerleader