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 […]
The struggle to build resilience
Am I pushing myself or being unkind to myself? The struggle to build resilience. “You have to go.” “Why do I have to go?” “Because you said you were going to go.” This is me and my partner, Scott… back and forth about whether he was going to the gym or not on a […]
Empowerment Anchor
Celebrating People Who Empower Others: How My Best Friend Is My Life Anchor Who empowers you in your life? And I don’t mean like a full-on Beyonce or Oprah mode (we could all be a bit more Oprah I reckon…) – but just truly, taking a pause to reflect on who is there for you? […]
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 […]
I am not angry, my brother. I love you.
I am not angry, my brother. I love you. And, I’m here for you. Relationships are complicated. Especially those within your immediate family. What’s the saying? “You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family.” Whooof, ain’t that the truth. I come from a family of very loving people. My mother is […]
Why self-kindness can fuel imposter syndrome
Who could you become if you were more compassionate with yourself? Would it mean the inner critic would lose its high-profile inside you? Less noisy? Less punishing, less abusive, less impactful and less annoying? Damn, that inner critic is a nuisance! Imagine if you could finally respond to it and say – “There’s no meaningful […]
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 […]
Overthinking wastes time, energy, and good decisions
Have you ever made a decision from your gut? Have you thought about where you make the majority of your decisions? Heart? Head? Gut? Risk-calculator in a speadsheet? I’m learning about the power of our gut – or our unconscious – as I’m reading a lot about how we can feel good, and that essential […]