What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question I was asked many times when I was a child and it’s one I hear parents asking their children a lot. And yet, I only answered this question about 3 years ago having already been through one career change. (I’m 37)My Story I […]
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A crisis of confidence often raises its head when we find ourselves at a crossroads.In a series of Blog posts I’m going to explore different career crossroads and consider ways to navigate your way through confidently. This week I’m looking at redundancy. Whether you expect it or not, redundancy can be a scary time. There’s so many reasons […]
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Women, Confidence, Babies and Belief’s; How to be a working Mum. Catchy title I thought, but let’s face it, no-one has the answer on how to be a working mum. We’re all doing the best we can, working it out as we go. And that’s OK. Except, for many of us, having a family and […]
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Many of us simply want a life with balance and control. It’s not much to ask. We work hard, so we want to play hard, and it’s OK to want to have it all – the meaningful career and balanced family life. Good wellbeing, happy kids, nice holidays, time to exercise and detox. It feels […]
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Throughout my years of coaching I’ve worked with many people who wish they could be more confident. All sorts of things can hold people back from being able to embrace a more natural confidence and surprisingly one that comes up a lot is the fear that if they become more confident, they will in fact […]
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Often when we think about growing confidence this goes hand in hand with a desire to speak up more in meetings, or share opinions more widely. Maybe your goals around being more confident involve having a broader network or being able to present confidently. Often, we’re trying so hard to do the things that we’re […]
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Perfectionism is bitter sweet. For those of you who are self diagnosed perfectionists you’ll know this only too well. Perfectionists have a desire for, well perfection. They’ll most likely have high standards, a strong work ethic, a desire to produce high quality work and a purpose that drives them forward to achieve. They like to […]
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Not celebrating success is a habit that many high achievers fall into. As soon as a goal or target is achieved, they move onto the next one (which is probably already half started). They exist in a cycle of continuous striving for excellence, rarely pausing to acknowledge their achievement and celebrate success. What happens when […]
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When people ask me what I do, I tell them I’m a coach and often I’m met by blank looks and almost always a follow up question “oh so what sort of things do you do then?” I’ve been coaching for 8 years and I still haven’t found a way to easily explain what coaching […]
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In today’s world many of us are walking a thin line between “OK” and “Overwhelm” with (hopefully) a few moments of “fantastic” thrown in for good measure. Resilience and self awareness are two critical skills that help us to manage that fine line but regardless of how good we are at bouncing from challenge to […]
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