When your fear is of fear itself
*This post contains a gifted experience* At the beginning of 2020 I had a feeling that this year would throw a lot at me. 2019 felt to me like a year of really putting the work in, and I was quietly hoping 2020 would be time for it to start coming to fruition. For things to start… happening. As it turns out, so far at least, my prediction’s been dead…
Seedling Ep 16. How to get out of a funk
This week I want to talk about what we can do to pull ourselves out of a funk. You know the feeling – when you have zero motivation, you’re stuck in a rut and you really just want to stay under a duvet. I experienced this pretty badly in autumn last year so I wanted to share my experience and the steps that really helped lift my mood and make…
Monthly mindscape – birthday
It’s time for another monthly mindscape and today is my birthday! I’m turning 34 and thought instead of writing a piece of fiction, I’d tell you the story of one of my favourite birthdays. I’ve never been a big birthday person, in all honesty. If I get some sort of cake or baked good and a glass of prosecco – I’m happy. Going out to eat is usually my favourite…
Seedling Ep 15. How to build self-belief
Season 2 of Seedling is officially here! I wanted to kick this season off with a look at self-belief and confidence, and how we can build it. I share my own self-belief journey (including my years as a frustrated ‘musician’) and share some tools that can help you build self-belief. I really only scratch the surface here, but I hope it gives you some food for thought if you’re looking…
Self-care for activists
The word activist can be pretty loaded and some of us don’t feel entirely comfortable with it. Even if the word activist doesn’t ring true for you, if you consider yourself an advocate or you discuss highly charged topics like social justice or mental health regularly, then this post is for you. While I don’t think of myself as an activist, I do feel like an advocate and try to…
Why are we scared of taking risks?
Are you a natural risk taker? I am 100% not, but it’s something I’m working on. When I say risk here, I don’t mean jumping out of a plane type risk, I’m talking about social and psychological risks. Doing new things, doing the things that your self-doubt tells you you can’t. I’ve been learning a lot about the brain lately, through a science of wellbeing course I took last year…
Easing work-related stress
I’ve written about stress here before about how in some situations and in moderation, it can be good for us. It can give us the boost we need to get things done. The key word here though is moderation. For many of us, stress comes at us like a tidal wave, overwhelming us. Stress can come from lots of different places, but here I want to focus on work-related stress.…
Monthly mindscape – desert
How has the first month of 2020 treated you? I realised as I was planning my blog content for January that I totally missed my monthly mindscape for December – there was so much going on with the redesign it slipped through the net. I’m pleased to bring it back though – I’ve talked before about the fact that these posts always do the worst traffic-wise, but I keep doing…
An intentional morning routine
There’s something about January that always makes me reassess my routines. As you’ll know if you’ve followed me for some time, I have a complex relationship with routines. I love them, but I’ve had to learn not to become too reliant on them as I can quite easily get stuck in them (and therefore feel anxious when I do anything out of routine). This is why constantly reflecting on my…
How to tell if an investment is right for you
The word investment can have a lot of different meanings. Today I want to look at investments of time and money into your personal development or your business. And I’m coming at this as someone who’s recently done a fair bit of investing into my business specifically. I haven’t done the maths, but I’ve spent a lot of money on my business since deciding to become a coach, from my…