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,…
Are you contemplating a career as a health and wellbeing coach but are uncertain about the post-graduation phase? You may have questions such as: – Can I make a living from Health & Wellbeing Coaching? – How can I launch my practice? – How can I find clients? These questions are common among aspiring coaches,…
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…
“I’m so tired” are words that have fallen out of my mouth so many times I couldn’t even count the number. “Me too” is the usual response to those words when I say them aloud to someone else! Why though are so many of us running around on a proverbial empty tank? I say an…