Why would I want life coaching? What is life coaching, and what could life coaching do for me? These are great questions. Sometimes the best way to answer questions like this is with a story… Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a woman in her 40s called Suzanne. She is a…
What are the benefits of life coaching?
What are the benefits of life coaching and why is it something that you should consider? As I celebrate 10 years as a Life Coach, I would love this to be the year YOU experience the benefits of life coaching for yourself. Get in touch for your free taster, or read on to find out…
What could life coaching do for you?
If you knew you couldn’t fail, what would you do? What is important to you about that? Imagine that you had just 20 seconds of insane courage (more on that here), and decided to take action – before fear, or negativity, or self-doubt kicked in – what would you do? These are questions that are…
And so it begins again
Hello and a very happy new year to you! How was your festive season? I hope that you and yours had some time to stop, enjoy space and simple things, rest and celebrate. I am sorry if the season was a tough one for you. I hope that in these coming days there is some…
On ending well
It’s the end of the world as we know it. If you are of a certain age, chances are that that REM song is now running around in your head like the annoying wee ear worm it will turn out to be… Sorry about that. And it’s not the end of the world you’ll be…
The importance of curiosity in unlearning
What are you noticing about your patterns of thinking and behaving? How well are those patterns serving you this week? And are there models and patterns in there that you need to un-learn? My recent musings were around the idea of unlearning, and what it means to let go of past ways of thinking and…
To walk slowly, pausing often
As a life coach, one of the things I talk most about is the importance of being self-aware. I encourage clients to stop regularly throughout their day or week and ask themselves questions . This allows space and time to check in with themselves, with how they are feeling and what they need. Or perhaps…
A different approach to the new year
I am not a fan of new year’s resolutions. I may have mentioned this once or twice before now including just last week… DId you make any resolutions last year? If so, to what extent did you stick with them? Hmmm…..my point exactly (assuming that you, like most of us, did not last the full…
Why it is important to feel all the feelings.
Last week I wrote about the importance of taking time to feel all the feelings associated with the transitions that the children in our lives go through. These musings seem to have struck a real chord with many. The transition is important for your child, but it is also an important marker of what YOU…
Growing happier takes time
We live in a world of soundbites and an emphasis on quick fixes – Instagram pithy phrases, Twitter’s 280 characters, the internet full of instant this and 3-easy-steps-to that. But is this really the nature of how we live and grow happier? I have recently been musing here on some keys to happier living, based…