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Feature in Kitsap’s Best Places to Work-December 2022

Becoming a Career Detective The thought of finding the right job or ideal career can be daunting.  People often find themselves feeling stuck whether they are newly graduated or contemplating a career change. A great place to start is to become a detective in your own life.  The question: “What are your strengths?” Can send…

Article in GoSolo – January 2023

What’s your business, and who are your customers? I am a Life Coach to Graduates, Executives, Business Owners, and budding Entrepreneurs. I work with clients 1-1 and offer Group Coaching to businesses. My coaching explores what holds you back, the creation and embodiment of new perspectives, and defining and aligning with your values. Tell us…

Our storytelling

Following my coaching certification exam I had to wait 3-4 days to know if I’d passed.  The advice one of the coaches gave me was “While you wait, if you’re going to make up a story you might as well make it a good one”. This advice stopped me in my tracks.  I knew on…

Let’s Talk Goals

Let’s Talk Goals Whether you are a fan of resolutions or not, the start of a new year brings with it a hard focus on goals.  What do you want to achieve this year?  Here are my Top 5 Goal Setting Tips for 2022: 1. Don’t forget about 2021. Not yet anyway! Take a moment…

When are you giving your power away?

When are you giving your power away? “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any’.” Alice Walker The definition of giving power away for me is: being in a place with little or no control, you cannot exercise choice or set clear boundaries, it’s the land of…

Perspective

Perspective “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau Perspectives are a funny thing.  We can gain fresh perspective or lose it altogether.  We get lost or stuck in them, believe them to be absolute truths, and more surprisingly we can choose and create our perspectives. The only…

Where are you choosing to put your focus?

Where are you choosing to put your focus? I was transfixed by the 2020 Olympics.  I can’t take my eyes off these wonderful specimens, these select few people who are capable of amazing feats. What is it about these athletes that makes our hair stand on end, while we scream at the TV and jump…

In Defense of New Year’s Resolutions

In Defense of New Year’s Resolutions It’s that time again: New Year’s Resolutions.  It turns out you either hate or love them. It’s pretty en vogue right now to be turning away from them. Resolutions often focus on “doing” rather than “being.”  They also tend to be around things you want to stop or escape…

So Long 2020!

So Long 2020! You’d be forgiven for thinking that this year has all been part of a bizarre, sweaty dream.  It’s been quite a ride.  Before we file it away consider the following questions: What did you find challenging this year? Keeping a lid on my anxiety was an initial challenge. Having different boundaries from…

Children See the Magic

Children See the Magic “Children see the magic because they look for it.” Christopher Moore Not a day goes past as a mum when I am not stopped in my tracks, bowled over and forced to look at something in a completely different way. My daughter recently said she wanted to become an engineer.  I…

March 12th, 2020

March 12th, 2020 “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.” Aristotle At the start of 2020 I bought myself this nifty little desk calendar and I just found it again as I was unpacking after my recent move. Every day you get a tip or trick about how to be the best version…

Why self-acknowledgement is crucial

Why Self-Acknowledgement is Crucial “Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not eliminating our weaknesses.” Marilyn vos Savant Generally, we aren’t very good at saying what we are great at.  It’s often easier to list what we could improve upon, are terrible at and what we can’t stand about ourselves. How often do you take…

Lockdown was my opportunity to get things done.

“Should is a futile word. It’s about what didn’t happen.  It belongs in a parallel universe. It belongs in another dimension of space.” Margaret Atwood Lockdown was my opportunity to get things done.I should be ___________ (fill in blank) As well as being terrifying and stress inducing, lockdown has offered a space for us to reflect…