I need the Power of Courage, not confidence to communicate
(Check out the 4Ws for the practical ways to prepare) I’m a boiler. Well, I used to be. I was that person who would swallow, and swallow, and swallow all of my emotions and words until eventually – BOOM. The eruption of my emotional Vesuvius. I’ve always been ‘bad’ at communicating. Even now, I’m working […]
5 Ways to Energy Empowerment
Five Steps to Empower your Energy (aka ‘self-care’) Your workload is always there. It’s persistent and won’t fall off the edge of the cliff… and yet how much time do you spend sacrificing your energy for the deadlines and pressures of your work role? And I bet you feel like you’re always teetering on that […]
I fear rejection, but I fear not truly being ‘me’ more
I fear rejection, but I fear not truly being ‘me’ more. How my desire for connection set me free from judgement. I care about people. I care about connecting to people. I care so much about humans that sometimes if I think about the idea that I would have to give up coaching for a […]
I regret not being more vulnerable as a leader
I wish I had been vulnerable as a female business leader Being vaulnerable means being the greatest leader you can be… “It’s not professional.” “It’s not how leaders are supposed to ‘behave’.” “Being vulnerable is just a sign of weakness.” “People who perceive me as vulnerable will just take advantage of me.” “If I’m […]
Limiting Beliefs
How Facing Your Unserving Beliefs Can Help You to ‘Belong’ Our need for belonging can drive us apart from one another, and it can also bring us closer together. My relationships with my immediate family have always been the hardest ones to maintain. Correction – build. Even just building a trusting relationship with your […]
Acceptance Expands Your Limitations
Acceptance Will Heal Your Self-Esteem Because you can free yourself of the limitations holding you back. We’ve all been there. We have all had the checklists in some shape or form in our lives. The ‘diet’ checklist. The ‘partner’ checklist. The ‘me-looking-a-certain-way-to-feel-good-about-myself’ checklist. The ‘job’ checklist. The ‘in-laws’ checklist… ‘Parental-fulfilment’ checklist… The checklists are […]
Lacking self-confidence? We are all in this together
It’s normal. You’re not alone. It makes you more understanding of others. You can empower yourself by learning. It’s OK to talk about it. No one is perfect. We all have our ups and downs about how we feel about ourselves. Which one of these resonates for you? Which one of these do you […]
It’s OK to cry
I’m a cryer. My partner knows it. My mum knows it. My best friends know it. In fact, I can be watching any type of documentary or fictional series and I’m welling up, lip quivering, I’m gone, sometimes full-on sobs. My partner, Scott, usually turns to me and says, “Are you ok? Aw, you’re crying?” […]
Asking for Help Saves You Longer-Term Pain
The best leaders out there ask for help. Why? Because they know they can’t know everything or always get it right on their own. Who could? So, why is it we are so afraid to ask for help? Why is there a stigma attached to asking for help? Asking for help means: They know […]
Have Courage to Not Get it Quite Right
“I just want to get it right.” I hear this, or versions of this so very often. Humans, we all have one thing in common – we don’t like failing. Who wants to fail? What if I rephrased it… Should we want to fail? I don’t like shoulding… but if there is one should I […]