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Have you ever caught yourself saying, “I shouldn’t complain. I have so much to be grateful for.” Or perhaps you’ve heard someone else say it, their voice trailing off as they dismiss their own struggles? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, particularly after creating an Instagram reel about the limitations of gratitude. Whilst…
Have you ever noticed how gratitude can feel like another wellness rule we’re supposed to follow? Another item on the already endless list of things we should be doing for our wellbeing? I was wandering around a festival by the seaside recently when I stumbled across a talk by a professional surfer. I wasn’t planning…
A client once described her experience of life as feeling like she was constantly being knocked off balance. “Just when I think I’m managing,” she said, “something else comes along and tips everything over again.” I could hear the exhaustion in her voice. The sense that wellbeing was something elusive she was supposed to achieve…
After years of working in wellbeing, I’ve noticed something that keeps coming up in conversations with clients: the confusion between self-care and self-soothing. Someone will tell me about their self-care routine – the nightly glass of wine, the weekend shopping trips, the endless scrolling through social media when stressed. And while these things aren’t inherently…
I was having coffee with a friend recently who looked exhausted despite getting plenty of sleep. “I just feel flat,” she said. “Like I’m going through the motions but nothing really matters.” It struck me how often I hear variations of this sentiment. People who have good lives on paper – decent jobs, loving families,…
How many times have you said, “I’m just not ready yet.” Or heard them from someone else? I’d hazard a guess it’s more times than you can count. And here’s what I’ve discovered after years of coaching people through change and navigating my own fair share of life transitions: we’re rarely ever truly “ready” for…
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