Seedling Ep 42. Why are we so scared of taking risks?
Today’s episode of Seedling is all abut taking psychological risks – doing something for the first time, dong something your self-doubt tells you you can’t… those types of risks. I discuss why it’s so hard for us to take risks, how we can get better at taking risks and some journaling prompts to help you decide when to push through fear, and when not to. Listen wherever you get your…
Seedling Ep 41. Questioning societal expectations
Season four of the podcast is back! It feels really good to be back behind the microphone and chatting to you all. In today’s episode I’m catching you up on what’s been going on since the last episode, talking about what season four will be all about and discussing societal expectations and why we need to question them! I won’t lie, this episode is a bit of a rallying cry…
10 Journaling prompts to decide when to push through fear (and when not to)
There are a lot of people out there who believe pushing through fear is the key to success. A quick search for fear-related quotes brings up statements like feel the fear and do it anyway, don’t let fear win, everything you want is on the other side of fear. Of course, there are times when this advice is accurate. Those times when self-doubt is holding us back from what we…
How to feel confident doing something new
When it comes to building confidence, a key ingredient is to gather evidence that you can do something and the only way to gather that evidence is to… do it. When we’ve done something a few times, we find it easier to feel confident. We can look back at the times we’ve done it before, we can delve into our evidence banks and remind ourselves how capable we are. But…
What does it really mean to feel your feelings?
I’m angry today. I haven’t felt anger like this in a while and it got me thinking about feelings in general and how essential it is to process them and, well, ‘feel’ them. But I know this concept can seem a little abstract, how exactly do we feel our feelings? Let’s start by recognising why it’s important. Us humans have a wide range of emotions that can be triggered by…
5 subtle ways low self-worth can show up
When it comes to having a low sense of self-worth, the signs can be loud and clear. Negative self-talk, poor body image, feeling generally not ‘enough’ can all sing in harmony to make us feel rubbish. But sometimes the signs are more subtle and we may not even recognise them as low self-worth initially. These signs are like whispers, barely audible, but just as crushing in the long-term. I thought…
The power of purpose
*This is extracted from my latest newsletter, to get content like this in your inbox and my free e-book on identifying limiting self-beliefs, subscribe here.* Recently I re-took the 16 personalities test (Myers Briggs) and discovered that I’m still an INFJ advocate. Reading through the description, it couldn’t be more true. My advocate side is what pulls me to do the work I do, but my past experience drives it. …
How to reframe failure as redirection
When I became burnt out last summer and needed a break from Blue Jay of Happiness – I felt like a failure. Logically I knew I just needed some rest, but after working relentlessly for years trying to get my coaching business off the ground and knowing I couldn’t do it anymore, it was hard to get past the word ‘fail’. I hadn’t been able to do what I wanted…
Seedling bonus episode: lesson 1 of how to overcome overwhelm
Today I’m sharing a special bonus episode of the podcast because my brand new audio course is now LIVE! And it’s all about overcoming overwhelm. To give you a taste of what it’s all about, I’m sharing the first lesson on my podcast. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here: Links and further reading Learn more and access my How to overcome overwhelm course How to cope with overwhelm…
Seedling Ep 40. Coming back from burnout – a follow-up chat
This is the last episode of season three! And for this episode I wanted to sit down and have a metaphorical coffee with you to catch up with how things have really been since returning to Blue Jay work following my burnout last summer. I talk about fearing burnout again, excitement for new projects and get a little (OK, very) vulnerable about money goals. I hope it’s an interesting look…